| Descriptor English: | Linear Energy Transfer | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Transferencia Lineal de Energía
| ||||||
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Transferência Linear de Energia | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Transfert linéique d'énergie | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Energy Transfer, Linear LET Transfer, Linear Energy |
||||||
| Tree number(s): |
G01.154.240.400 G02.111.255.400 G02.216.400 |
||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018499 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, exposure is measured in kiloelectron volts per micrometer of tissue (keV/micrometer T). |
||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
||||||
| Previous Indexing: |
Energy Transfer (1968-1994) |
||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 95; was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1992-94; LET was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1968-94 |
||||||
| Online Note: | use ENERGY TRANSFER to search LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER 1992-94 & LET 1968-94 |
||||||
| History Note: | 95; was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1992-94; LET was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1968-94 |
||||||
| DeCS ID: | 32163 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D018499 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1995/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1994/06/07 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/17 |
-
-
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Physical Phenomena [G01]Physical Phenomena -
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Chemical Phenomena [G02]Chemical Phenomena -
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Chemical Phenomena [G02]Chemical Phenomena
|
|
Linear Energy Transfer
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0027740 |
| Scope note | Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, exposure is measured in kiloelectron volts per micrometer of tissue (keV/micrometer T). |
| Preferred term | Linear Energy Transfer |
| Entry term(s) |
Energy Transfer, Linear LET Transfer, Linear Energy |
We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website
We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.
Go to survey
