AS 1852(881)—1988

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INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
VOCABULARY

Chapter 881—RADIOLOGY AND

RADIOLOGICAL
PHYSICS
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee TE/13, Symbols, Units &
Quantities for Electrotechnology. It was approved on behalf of the Council of
the Standards Association of Australia on 15 March 1988 and published on
17 June 1988.

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Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Confederation of Australian Industry
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Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia
Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works
Queensland Chamber of Mines
Railways of Australia Committee
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Telecom Australia
The Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia
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 AS 1852(881)—1989

Australian Standard
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INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
VOCABULARY

Chapter 881—RADIOLOGY AND

RADIOLOGICAL
PHYSICS

First publi shed in part as AS C50(65)— 1970.

(endorsement of IEC 50(65)—1964).
Redesignated AS 1852(65)— 1970.
(endorsement of IEC 50(65)—1964).
AS C50(70) fir st published 1970
(endorsement of IEC 50(70)—1959).
Redesignated AS 1852(70)— 1970
(endorsement of IEC 50(70)—1959).
AS 1852(65)— 1970 and AS 1852(70)—1970
revised, amalgamated and redesignated
AS 1852(881)—1988.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 5082 1
 AS 1852(881)—1988 2

PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by Standards Australia’s Committee on Symbols, Units
and Quantities for Electrotechnology, under the authority of both the
Telecommunications and Electronics Standards Board and the Electrical Standards
Board. This Standard supersedes AS 1852(65)—1970, International Electrotechnical
Vocabulary, Radiology and radiological physics, which was withdrawn in July 1985,
and in part, AS 1852(70)—1970, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary,
Electrobiology, which was withdrawn in March 1987.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from IEC 50(881)—1983,
Acknowledgement is accordingly made to the International Electrotechnical
Commission for this assistance.
This Standard is one of the AS 1852 series of Standards. In the past, this series has
consisted of direct endorsements of the IEC 50 series of the International
Electrotechnical Vocabulary. In future, newly issued parts of IEC 50, where
appropriate, will be issued as Australian Standards, i.e. not endorsements. The full text
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of the definitions in English, French and Russian has been included as some definitions
are considered to be incomplete when produced in one language.
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engineering. The series lists terms in English, French and Russian, and in some cases
Spanish. It is intended that other Australian Standards will refer to AS 1852 and not
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CONTENTS
Page
SECTION

881-01 GENERAL TERMS, DOMAINS, SUBDIVISIONS AND

PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
881-02 IONIZING RADIATIONS: TYPES AND PROPERTIES . . . . . . . . 8
881-03 IONIZING RADIATIONS: SOURCES AND INTERACTIONS . . . 29
881-04 IONIZING RADIATIONS: QUANTITIES AND UNITS . . . . . . . 42
881-05 RADIOLOGICAL APPARATUS: X-RAY SOURCES AND
ASSEMBLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
881-06 RADIOLOGICAL APPARATUS: RADIATION SOURCES
AND PARTICLE ACCELERATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
881-07 RADIOLOGICAL APPARATUS: SPECIFICATIONS AND
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TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
881-08 AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT: GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
881-09 AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT: RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS
AND THERAPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
881-10 RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES: DIAGNOSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
881-11 RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES: THERAPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
881-12 DOSIMETRY: GENERAL TERMS, SPECIAL QUANTITIES
AND UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
881-13 DOSIMETRY: RADIATION DETECTORS AND MEASURING
DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
881-14 RADIATION PROTECTION: SPECIAL QUANTITIES AND
UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
881-15 RADIATION PROTECTION: EXPOSURE OF PEOPLE . . . . . . . 145
881-16 RADIATION PROTECTION: METHODS AND MONITORING . . 148
881-17 SOME BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION . . . 155

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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