Finsen unit

Finsen unit
(FU)
   a unit formerly used in medicine to measure the intensity of the ultraviolet light used in various medical treatments. Ultraviolet radiation of the standard wavelength 296.7 nanometers has intensity 1 Finsen unit if its energy density is 105 watts per square meter. The unit honors the Danish physician Niels Finsen (1860-1904), who received the Nobel prize for medicine in 1903 for his research on the use of light in the treatment of various diseases.

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