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. 2025 Jul 23;17:200166. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200166

Table 3.

Average effective dose and select organ doses for computed tomography, by age group and examination type

Examination type
Effective dose (mSv)
Organ dose (mGy)
Bone marrow
Brain
Eye lens
Thyroid
Overall and by age Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Head/brain 2.9 (2.8) 9.8 (6.7) 39.0 (14.8) 41.7 (17.0) 6.3 (18.0)
 <1 y 4.7 (4.5) 14.1 (8.1) 35.6 (18.6) 37.7 (21.2) 18.8 (30.8)
 1-5 y 3.6 (2.3) 13.3 (6.1) 35.5 (15.3) 37.0 (17.3) 7.0 (13.0)
 6-10 y 2.6 (1.5) 9.8 (4.5) 39.1 (13.1) 41.0 (14.9) 3.2 (8.2)
 11-15 y 1.9 (0.8) 6.2 (2.4) 42.5 (12.9) 46.4 (15.0) 1.9 (1.4)
 16-21 y 1.7 (0.6) 4.9 (1.5) 43.4 (10.3) 47.8 (11.5) 1.4 (1.2)
Maxillofacial/sinus 0.5 (1.7) 1.3 (4.6) 5.9 (17.7) 8.3 (22.1) 1.8 (8.7)
 <1 y 1.6 (2.0) 5.2 (3.7) 11.0 (11.0) 16.4 (12.0) 11.8 (20.5)
 1-5 y 0.9 (2.2) 3.4 (6.4) 8.5 (17.3) 11.0 (19.0) 3.9 (14.3)
 6-10 y 0.5 (2.0) 1.6 (6.4) 6.6 (21.9) 8.8 (24.4) 1.4 (4.6)
 11-15 y 0.5 (1.7) 1.1 (3.4) 6.6 (20.9) 9.3 (27.6) 1.5 (5.7)
 16-21 y 0.3 (0.8) 0.6 (1.3) 3.8 (8.3) 5.7 (12.1) 1.0 (6.1)
Neck 6.5 (3.7) 4.1 (2.8) 1.0 (2.3) 0.8 (2.7) 32.1 (17.2)
 <1 y 7.4 (5.1) 6.2 (4.0) 1.0 (1.2) 1.1 (2.5) 24.1 (9.7)
 1-5 y 6.0 (3.4) 4.0 (2.5) 0.9 (1.0) 0.7 (1.3) 23.9 (11.6)
 6-10 y 5.3 (1.8) 2.7 (0.8) 0.6 (0.2) 0.4 (0.1) 23.7 (6.8)
 11-15 y 6.9 (3.9) 3.7 (2.0) 0.8 (0.5) 0.5 (0.4) 38.9 (19.0)
 16-21 y 7.4 (3.2) 5.0 (2.0) 1.6 (5.7) 1.2 (6.4) 45.6 (20.1)
Cervical spine 3.0 (6.6) 3.0 (7.0) 5.7 (10.0) 7.5 (12.5) 13.7 (22.0)
 <1 y 7.9 (34.3) 12.3 (39.3) 15.0 (52.0) 14.2 (49.3) 29.6 (84.7)
 1-5 y 3.2 (3.7) 3.4 (3.7) 5.3 (5.6) 6.5 (7.6) 11.0 (11.3)
 6-10 y 2.9 (5.5) 2.9 (4.3) 5.3 (7.9) 7.7 (14.5) 14.3 (25.8)
 11-15 y 2.5 (2.5) 2.1 (2.2) 4.9 (6.3) 6.4 (9.4) 11.8 (11.4)
 16-21 y 3.0 (1.9) 2.8 (1.6) 6.4 (3.9) 8.6 (4.8) 15.6 (15.5)
Bone marrow Breast Lung Thyroid
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Chest 4.9 (4.0) 2.8 (2.3) 6.9 (6.6) 7.6 (6.6) 7.7 (6.2)
 <1 y 2.6 (2.0) 2.0 (1.8) 3.3 (2.9) 4.0 (3.5) 5.1 (4.5)
 1-5 y 3.4 (3.2) 2.4 (2.6) 4.2 (3.9) 5.2 (4.6) 6.7 (6.1)
 6-10 y 3.8 (3.3) 2.1 (1.6) 5.0 (5.2) 5.6 (4.6) 6.7 (4.9)
 11-15 y 4.8 (3.8) 2.6 (1.9) 7.3 (7.8) 8.3 (8.3) 8.4 (6.6)
 16-21 y 7.2 (4.5) 3.9 (2.5) 10.5 (7.1) 11.1 (6.3) 9.4 (5.9)
Bone marrow Colon Kidney Liver Ovaries Testes
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Abdomen and pelvis 4.7 (3.1) 3.4 (2.2) 6.2 (5.8) 6.3 (5.3) 5.9 (4.4) 5.5 (4.9) 5.8 (6.1)
 <1 y 2.8 (3.9) 1.4 (2.3) 4.6 (6.7) 3.6 (6.0) 2.8 (4.4) 5.1 (0.1) 4.4 (8.0)
 1-5 y 3.8 (2.2) 1.9 (1.1) 5.2 (3.5) 5.2 (3.3) 5.0 (3.2) 4.4 (3.6) 4.4 (3.4)
 6-10 y 3.6 (1.8) 2.2 (1.0) 3.5 (3.9) 3.9 (3.7) 4.3 (2.9) 2.4 (3.1) 2.7 (4.2)
 11-15 y 4.3 (2.6) 3.2 (1.9) 4.4 (5.3) 4.8 (4.8) 5.1 (3.6) 3.9 (4.6) 3.3 (7.2)
 16-21 y 6.0 (4.0) 4.5 (2.7) 9.5 (6.7) 9.2 (6.2) 7.9 (5.5) 8.3 (5.3) 10.6 (6.5)
Lower extremity 0.1 (0.7) 0.1 (0.7)
 <1 y 0.94 0.47
 1-5 y 0.22 (0.1) 0.15 (0.0)
 6-10 y 0.12 (0.5) 0.15 (0.5)
 11-15 y 0.07 (0.5) 0.08 (0.3)
 16-21 y 0.06 (1.1) 0.10 (1.2)

mGy, milliGray; mSv, milliSievert.