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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2010 Nov 12;55(23):7009–7023. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/23/S04

Table 2.

Mean organ absorbed dose values and standard deviations (variation about the mean) for out-of-field organs from TLD measurements and for in-field organs from TPS calculations.

Organ Mean dose (Gy/GyRx) Standard deviation
Out-of-field
Brain 2.5 × 10−3 0.9 × 10−3
Eyes 2.5 × 10−3 0.2 × 10−3
Thyroid 7.6 × 10−3 1.8 × 10−3
Heart 22.1 × 10−3 9.0 × 10−3
Breast 23.7 × 10−3 3.9 × 10−3
Bladder 5.3 × 10−3 4.2 × 10−3
Rectum 2.8 × 10−3 1.1 × 10−3
Prostate 2.1 × 10−3 0.7 × 10−3
Testicles 1.2 × 10−3 0.2 × 10−3
In-field
Right kidney 4.54 × 10−1 3.73 × 10−1
Spinal cord 2.35 × 10−1 1.93 × 10−1
Esophagus 1.87 × 10−1 2.62 × 10−1
Liver-CTV 3.38 × 10−1 2.91 × 10−1
Stomach 1.75 × 10−1 0.90 × 10−1