Radiation & fractionation I have been reading up on radiation,
but have some trouble fully understanding fractionation. Is
there any simple approximation of the relation of fractionation
and recovery, or some sort of adjusted effective dose? A single
continuous exposure of 1 Gy over 1 hour, compared to 20 acute
doses of 50 mGy (which is still an absorbed dose of 1 Gy over 1
hour), what exactly is the difference/relation? And can it be
modelled/approximated? Would the fractionation effectively be
less (either expressed as an effective dose [Sv] or an arbitrary
constant) than the continuous exposure? So the continuous
exposure would be (assuming photons) 1 Sv, but the fractionation
actually somewhat less than 1 Sv (due to the tissue/cells being
able to partially recover). Or is it not possible to express it
such a manner? I guess it's not a very well understood field?
I've had trouble finding more practical or straight-forward
material. Everything is pretty vague, "fractionation is less
damaging as it spreads o