Absorbed dose

The physical dose quantity absorbed dose (D) is the energy (E) per unit mass (m) deposited by ionizing radiation in matter. The corresponding unit is gray (Gy). It is often simply called "dose".

Related quantities

• ambient dose equivalent
• collective effective dose
• committed effective dose
• committed equivalent dose
• directional dose equivalent
• effective dose
• equivalent dose
• exposure
• irradiation geometry
• kerma
• personal dose equivalent
• radiation weighting factor
• tissue weighting factor