Definition
The relative biological effectiveness for radiation of type R on a tissue of type T is traditionally defined as the ratio
where DX is a reference absorbed dose of radiation of a standard type X, and DR is the absorbed dose of radiation of type R that causes the same amount of biological damage. Both doses are quantified by the amount of energy absorbed in the cells.
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