Relative Biological Effectiveness

Preferred Label : Relative Biological Effectiveness;

NCIt synonyms : Quality Factor; RBE;

NCIt related terms : Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE);

NCIt definition : A factor assigned to a type of ionizing radiation in converting absorbed dose measured in grays to a biologically equivalent dose measured in sieverts. In formula form, (equivalent dose) (quality factor) x (absorbed dose).;

Alternative definition : OORO: Relative biological effectiveness value used for treatment planning;

Details

Origin ID

C94971;

UMLS CUI

C0035023;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- quality factor [IUPAC Term]
- relative biological effectiveness [IUPAC Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- relative biological effectiveness [MeSH Descriptor]
- relative biological effectiveness [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- relative biological effectiveness [MeSH Descriptor]
- relative biological effectiveness [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]

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