dose of whole thorax lung irradiation that causes 50% of the total study population to have lung dysfunction
The amount of x-radiation that is sufficient to cause 50 percent of a population to have lung dysfunction (measurable as increased breathing rate or other parameter) within a certain time frame.
lung morphological measurement +
lung protein activity measurement +
parasitic infection population measurement +
percentage of study population developing radiation pneumonitis during a period of time
residual lung volume
total lung capacity
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
dose of whole thorax lung x-radiation that causes 50% of the total study population to have lung dysfunction
Narrow Synonyms:
dose of whole thorax lung irradiation at which breathing rate increases for 50% of the total study population