absorbed dose

as defined in Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety…, Article 4, point (1) (Definitions)

(1)

"Absorbed dose" (D) is the energy absorbed per unit mass

where

is the mean energy imparted by ionising radiation to the matter in a volume element,

dm	is the mass of the matter in this volume element.

In this Directive, absorbed dose denotes the dose averaged over a tissue or an organ. The unit for absorbed dose is the gray (Gy) where one gray is equal to one joule per kilogram:

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