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. 2012 Oct 8;39(11):6550–6571. doi: 10.1118/1.4754584

Table 5.

For given phantom and examination category, variability of CTDIvol-to-organ dose conversion coefficients (h factors, unitless) across fully encompassed organs (i.e., organs completely inside the scan coverage)a.

  Male
Female
  Normal Obese class I Obese class II Normal Obese class I Obese class III
  (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Chest-abdomen-pelvis 12 16 18 16 18 23
Chest 8 15 16 12 20 21
Abdomen-pelvis 16 16 26 14 9 17
Abdomen 11 13 20 10 10 19
Pelvis 26 28 47 4 5 5
Adrenal 16 18 22 19 18 15
Liver 12 13 21 10 11 19
Kidney 12 15 23 13 13 17
Liver-to-kidney 12 13 20 10 10 20
Kidney-to-bladder 18 22 27 16 12 17
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Variability is quantified by the coefficient of variation (standard deviation × 100%/mean).