Relative Biological Radiation Efficiency

Relative biological effectiveness of radiation

Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) is a quantitative indicator of the measure of the biological effect of various types of radiation (for example, X-rays, neutrons, gamma rays) compared to the effect of accelerated electron photons on the same tissue, with equal energy. It is used to evaluate the relative biological effectiveness of different types of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays, gamma rays, and neutron rays.

General characteristics of RBE

RBE is widely used to study the biological effects of all types of ionizing radiation. It indicates that a biologically equivalent amount of radiation