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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2022 May 26;67(11):10.1088/1361-6560/ac6ebc. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac6ebc

Table 4.

Values of relative electron densities (ρe) and effective atomic numbers (Zeff) from reference and Syngo.Via for the CIRS adult male (M701), adult female (M702), and 5-year-old child (M705) phantoms.

Reference Syngo.Via

ρe Zeff ρe
Zeff
M701 M702 M705 M701 M702 M705
Lung 0.200 7.332 0.207 ± 0.019 0.208 ± 0.018 0.216 ± 0.015 - - -
Breast 0.976 6.769 - 0.965 ± 0.022 - - 7.282 ± 0.687 -
Soft Tissue 1.028 7.187 1.031 ± 0.029 1.031 ± 0.025 1.025 ± 0.014 7.110 ± 1.044 7.165 ± 0.859 7.342 ± 0.360
Spinal Cord 1.027 7.426 1.062 ± 0.031 1.060 ± 0.023 1.046 ± 0.013 6.691 ± 1.590 6.921 ± 1.139 7.537 ± 0.428
Brain 1.039 7.438 1.053 ± 0.011 1.047 ± 0.010 1.046 ± 0.008 7.408 ± 0.315 7.420 ± 0.303 7.433 ± 0.219
Bone (M701/M702) 1.495 11.634 1.437 ± 0.050 1.443 ± 0.042 - 11.741 ± 0.742 11.651 ± 0.654 -
Bone (M705) 1.436 11.481 - - 1.387 ± 0.028 - - 11.475 ± 0.284