Radiation Physicist Question:

What is air kerma?

Radiation Physicist Interview Question
Radiation Physicist Interview Question

Answer:

Air kerma the initial kinetic energy of the primary ionizing particles (photoelectrons, Compton electrons, positron/negatron pairs from photon radiation, and scattered nuclei from fast neutrons) produced by the interaction of the incident uncharged radiation in a small volume of air, when it is irradiated by an x-ray beam. Unit of measure is Gray.


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