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| | Whole Body Scanning Using Computed Cotomography (CT) - Radiation Quantities and Units |
 | | Absorbed dose is the energy deposited in a small volume of matter (tissue) by the radiation beam passing through the matter divided by the mass of the matter. |
 | | Equivalent dose - The biological effects of an absorbed dose of a given magnitude are dependent on the type of radiation delivering the energy (i.e., whether the radiation is from x rays, gamma rays, electrons (beta rays), alpha particles, neutrons, or other particulate radiation) and the amount of radiation absorbed. |
 | | Thus, for CT, the absorbed dose in a tissue, in Gy, is equal to the equivalent dose in Sv. |
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