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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2012 Mar 7;57(5):10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1433. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1433

Table 2.

Source organs simulated in the newborn phantom. Sources and acronyms from ICRP Publication 110 were used (ICRP 2009).

Acronym Source Region Notes
Adipose Adipose/residual tissue
Adrenals RAdrenal + LAdrenal
AI Alveolar-interstitium Left (L) + right (R) lungs used as surrogate tissue.
AV Large arteries and veins
Blood Whole body blood Weighted average of miscellaneous source regions. Male (M) and female (F) specific
source.
Brain Brain
Brchiole-f Bronchioles fast L + R lungs used as surrogate tissue.
Brchiole-s Bronchioles slow Equal to Brchiole-f.
Brchiole-b Bronchioles bound Equal to Brchiole-f.
Brchiole-q Bronchioles sequestered Equal to Brchiole-f.
Breast Breast-a + Breast-g M + F specific source.
Bronch Bronchi only
Bronchi-f Bronchi fast Weighted average of bronchi and trachea.
Bronchi-s Bronchi slow Equal to Bronchi-f.
Bronchi-b Bronchi bound Equal to Bronchi-f.
Bronchi-q Bronchi sequestered Equal to Bronchi-f.
Bronchial Bronchial region L + R lungs, bronchi, and trachea.
Cartilage Cartilage Weighted average of Cartilage-b and Cartilage-o.
Cartilage-b Bone-associated cartilage Cartilage part of the developing skeleton only found in the newborn.
Cartilage-o Other cartilage Cartilage common to most ages.
C-bone-S Cortical bone mineral surface Equal to C-bone-V.
C-bone-V Cortical bone mineral volume
Colon-cont Colon contents Weighted average of LC-cont, RC-cont, and RSig-cont.
Colon-wall Colon wall Weighted average of LC-wall, RC-wall, and RSig-wall.
ET Extrathoracic region Weighted average of ET1-sur and ET2-sur.
ET1-sur Surface of anterior nasal passages
ET2-sur Surface of posterior nasal passages
+ pharynx
ET2-seq Sequestered ET2 region Equal to ET2-sur.
Eye-lens Lenses of eye
GB-cont Gall bladder contents
GB-wall Gall bladder wall
Ht-cont Blood in heart
Ht-wall Heart wall
Kidney-C RKidney cortex + LKidney cortex
Kidney-M RKidney medulla + LKidney
medulla
Kidney-P RKidney pelvis + LKidney pelvis
Kidneys RKidney + LKidney Weighted average of Kidney-C, Kidney-M, and Kidney-P.
LC-cont Left colon contents
LC-wall Left colon wall
Liver Liver
LN-ET Lymph nodes in ET region M + F specific source.
LN-Th Lymph nodes in thoracic region M + F specific source.
Lymph Lymph nodes, except LN-ET + LN-
TH
M + F specific source.
LN-Total All lymph node regions Weighted average of LN-ET, LN-TH, and other Lymph. M + F specific source.
Lungs RLung + LLung
Marrow Bone marrow
Muscle Muscle
Oesophagus-f Oesophagus fast Equal to Oesophagus.
Oesophagus-s Oesophagus slow Equal to Oesophagus.
Oesophagus Oesophagus wall
Ovaries ROvary + LOvary
Pancreas Pancreas
P-gland Pituitary gland
Prostate Prostate
RC-cont Right colon contents
RC-wall Right colon wall
ROB Rest of body Miscellaneous tissues used in the blood source. M + F specific source.
RSig-cont Rectosigmoid colon contents
RSig-wall Rectosigmoid colon wall
S-glands Salivary glands Parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual salivary glands.
SI-cont Small intestine contents
SI-wall Small intestine wall
Skin Skin
Sp-cord Spinal cord
Spleen Spleen
St-cont Stomach contents
St-wall Stomach wall
S-tissue Soft tissue (T-body - mineral bone) T-body minus mineral bone sources. M + F specific source.
T-body Total body tissues (total body minus
contents of walled organs)
Weighted average of all unique soft tissue sources minus contents of walled organs. M
+ F specific source.
T-bone-S Trabecular bone mineral surface
T-bone-V Trabecular bone mineral volume
Testes Testes
Thymus Thymus
Thyroid Thyroid
Trachea Trachea
UB-cont Urinary bladder contents M + F specific source.
UB-wall Urinary bladder wall M + F specific source.
Uterus Uterus/cervix