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Deposition of energy

The absorbed dose , D , is the quotient of ҧ by dm , where ҧ is the mean energy imparted by ionizing radiation to matter of mass dm (ICRU 85, 2011)

ҧ

=

( ഥ ഥ)

=

;

= න ഥ + ഥ