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Radiology Converters

Radiation - Absorbed Dose Converter

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... Dekagray = ... Gray

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... Dekagray

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Use this page to convert dekagray values into gray, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 daGy = 10 Gy

1 Gy = 0.1 daGy

Example: 1 daGy = 10 Gy

One dekagray is 10 grays.

History: SI prefix deka- applied to the gray.

Current use: Rarely used metric variant.

Also written as daGy.

Defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter.

History: Named after Louis Harold Gray, a pioneer in the field of radiobiology. Adopted by the CGPM in 1975.

Current use: The primary international unit used in radiotherapy, radiation protection, and radiobiology.

Also written as Gy, grays.