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. 2025 Jul 28;17(7):107486. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i7.107486

Table 2.

Radiation conversion factors

Head Neck Chest Abdomen Pelvis
Adult 0.0019 0.0052 0.0146 0.0153 0.0129
10-year-old 0.0027 0.0094 0.0237 0.0249 0.0219
5-year-old 0.0035 0.0121 0.0323 0.0357 0.0300
1-year-old 0.0054 0.0168 0.0482 0.0530 0.0446
Newborn 0.0087 0.0210 0.0739 0.0841 0.0701

Conversion factors (data are in mSv·mGy-1·cm-1) from dose-length product to effective dose as a function of region, and age from the international commission on radiological protection publication 103 recommendations[65].