Importance of absorbed dose distribution in the body volume for the autcome of radiation injury

The results of a 20-year study of 10 patients who had acute radiation disease in the past caused by absorbed dose distribution of various degree of uniformity, have shown that in uneven irradiation both a period of formation and a period of long-term aftereffects are characterized by a greater number of affected systems and more severe outcomes. The severity and time of the development of the most serious ones (amputation of thelimb, cataractas) can be forecast by some early clinical signs