Table 2.
Tissue weighting factors in ICRP Publication 103 [28]
| Tissue | Tissue weighting factor |
|
|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |
| Testes | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ovaries | 0.08 | 0 |
| Bone surface | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Bladder | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Bone marrow, red | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Brain | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Breast | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Colon | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Liver | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Lungs | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Oesophagus | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Salivary glands | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Skin | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Stomach | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Thyroid | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Remaindera | 0.12 | 0.12 |
aComponent organs for remainder in ICRP 103: adrenals, extrathoracic airways, gallbladder, heart, kidneys, lymphatic nodes, muscle, oral mucosa, pancreas, prostate, small intestine, spleen, thymus and uterus/cervix.