Expectation value of the number of spontaneous nuclear transitions from a particular energy state occurring in an amount of radionuclide in a small time interval, divided by that time interval
Product of D, Q and N, at the point of interest in tissue, where D is the absorbed dose, Q is the quality factor and N is the product of any other modifying factors H = D · Q · N For Q and N, see CIPM, 1984, Recommendation 1 and ICRU Report 33 (1980)