SV: Dose Correlation

[Persliden Jan <Jan.Persliden@lio.se>]

I find this analogy misleading. We are primarily concerned with the effects
of the energy deposited in the body.
We can not boil water with the energy that would kill a person if the same
energy was deposited as ionising radiation.
A comparison with the natural levels of ionising radiation is ok for the
patients I have talked to.

Jan Persliden, PhD
Principal medical physicist
Dept of Radiation Physics
University Hospital
Linköping
Sweden
Jan.Persliden@lio.se

Doc. Jan Persliden			Jan Persliden, Ph D. Assoc. Prof.
1:e sjukhusfysiker			Principal Medical Physicist	
Radiofysikavdelningen		Dept. of Radiation Physics
Universitetssjukhuset		University Hospital
581 85 Linköping			S-581 85 Linköping
				Sweden
Tel: + 46 13 22 29 14
Fax + 46 13 22 17 99
E-mail: Jan.Persliden@lio.se

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> Från:	james kane [SMTP:jkane@siumed.edu]
> Skickat:	den 24 september 1998 20:43
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> Ämne:	Dose Correlation
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> In an older issue of RSO magazine, I found an article describing ways in
> which to present and increase the public's understanding of radiation
> topics. The author mentions a comparison to 5 rems of whole body dose as
> equivalent to the amount of energy required to light a 4 watt night light
> for 1 second.
> 
> I find this an interesting analogy, but in what way might this be
> verified?
>  
> 
> 
> 
> James Kane
> Office of Radiological Control
> Southern Illinois University
> School of Medicine
> jkane@siumed.edu
> 
> 
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