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Linear Energy Transfer

Medical Definition: Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, exposure is measured in kiloelectron volts per micrometer of tissue (keV/micrometer T).
Guide Notes: DF: note short X ref
Previously Indexed: Energy Transfer (1968-1994)

Linear Energy Transfer Medical Definitions and Terms

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