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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