Answer to Question #345308 in Atomic and Nuclear Physics for Rich

Question

A broken leg about 1.2kg in mass receives an equivalent dose of 0.40 mSv. (For x-rays RBE =1.0 Sv/Gy or 1.0 rem/rad)

(a) Find the equivalent dose in mrem

(b) What is the absorbed dose in mrad?

(c) What is the absorbed dose in mGy?

(d) If the x-ray energy is 50keV, how many x-ray photons are absorbed?

Answer 1

0.40 mSv=400 mrem,

400 mrem=400 mrad,

0.40 mSv=0.40 mGy.