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Radiation - Absorbed Dose Converter

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... Kilogray = ... Milligray

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... Kilogray

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

1 kGy = 1,000,000 mGy

1 mGy = 0.000001 kGy

Example: 1 kGy = 1,000,000 mGy

One kilogray is 1,000 grays.

History: SI prefix kilo- applied to the gray.

Current use: Used in food irradiation and industrial sterilization.

Also written as kGy.

One milligray is equal to 0.001 grays.

History: Standard SI prefix applied to the gray.

Current use: Commonly used in diagnostic radiology to express patient doses (e.g., CT scans).

Also written as mGy, milligrays.