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Estimated risk of lung cancer incidence for males (M) and females (F) for a routine chest CT scan (CTDIvol 15 mGy; DLP 480 mGy) obtained using the lung cancer risk estimates provided in BIER VII and expressed per 10 000 patient examinations.
| Patient age (years) | Patient weight (kg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 70 | 100 | ||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 20 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 6.8 |
| 40 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| 60 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
