Base SI Units, Derived SI Units, and

Radiographic Units
Notebook #1

Laura Ramirez
December 7, 2016
RTE 141
Professor Yost

Base SI Units
British Units
Formula Example

Quantity
Mass

Symbol
kg

Kilogram

Length

Meter

Time

second

Electric

ampere

Temperature

kelvin

F=(K-2.73.15)*9/5+32
C=K-273.15

Amount of
substance

mol

mole

1 mol=1,000 mmol

Luminous
Intensity

cd

candela

540x1012

23.4g= 0.0234kg
1 meter=3.28084 ft.
1mile=1609.34 meters
60secs=1 min
60 min=1 hr.
60 watts/5 A=12 Volts

Definition
The amount of
quantity of matter
The distance between
two points
Vibrations of cesium133 atoms
Charged with
Degree or intensity of
heat present in a
substance or object.
A standard defined
quality that measures
the size of an ensemble
of elementary entities.
It is given in direction.
It is a source that emits
monochromatic
radiation at a high
frequency.

Quantity

Unit name

Absorbed dose

Gray

Derived SI Units
British
Symbol
Unit
Gy

Rad

Charge

Coulomb

Esu

Electric potential

Volt

Dose equivalent

Sievert

Sv

Rem

Energy

Joule

ft/lb

Exposure

Coulomb/
kilogram

C/kg

Frequency

Hertz

Hz

Force

Newton

Magnetic Flux

Weber

Wb

Magnetic Flux
Density

Tesla

Power

Watt

Radioactivity

Bequerel

Bq

gauss

curie

Definition

Reflects amount of energy that radioactive

sources deposit in materials passed.
Physical property that causes it to
experience a force when placed in an
electromagnetic field.
A measure of the work required by an
electric field to move electric charges.
An estimate of biological effect of a dose of
ionizing radiation.
Power derived from utilization of physical
or chemical resources, especially to
provide light and heat or to work machines.
The state of being exposed to contact with
something.
The rate at which a vibration occurs that
constitutes a wave, either in a material or
in an electromagnetic field usually
measured per second.
Strength or energy as an attribute of
physical action or movement.
Through a surface integral of the normal
component of the magnetic field passing
through that surface. The SI unit of
magnetic flux is the weber and the CGS unit
is the Maxwell.
The amount of magnetic flux in an area
taken perpendicular to the magnetic fluxs
direction.
The rate of doing work. It is the amount of
energy consumed per unit time.
The number of nuclear disintegrations per
unit time.

Radiologic Units
Quantity

Abb
R

Roentgen

Radiation absorbed

Rad
Rem

Radiation equivalent in man

Kerma
Air kerma
Integral Dose
Effective Dose
Activity

Definition
A unit of ionizing radiation, the amount producing
one electrostatic unit of positive or negative ionic
charge in one cubic centimeter of air under standard
conditions.
Absorbed is a physical dose quality representing the
mean energy imparted to matter per unit mass by
ionizing radiation.
One of the two standard units used to measure the
dose equivalent, which combines the amount of
energy, along with the medical effects of the given
type of radiation.
Kinetic energy released per mass. The sum of the
initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles
liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation in a sample
of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.
Kerma is given mass of air. Measured by the unit Gy.
The total energy absorbed by the body, the product of
the mass of tissue irradiated and the absorbed dose.
The level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to
achieve the desired clinical improvement.
The activity of a source is defined as the rate at which
a source of unstable nuclei decays measured in decays
per second.