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. 2014 Apr 16;19(6):392–398. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2014.03.004

Table 1.

Elemental composition and density assigned to each segmented structure in the voxel phantoms.

Medium/tissue Elemental composition (% by mass)
Density (g/cm3)
H C N O Na Mg P S Cl K Ca
Water2 11.2 88.8 0.9982
Skin13 10.0 20.4 4.2 64.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.10013
Bladder13 10.5 9.6 2.6 76.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.014a
Rectum13,b 10.6 11.5 2.2 75.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.932a
Prostate13 10.5 25.6 2.7 60.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.027a
Vesicles13,c 10.5 25.6 2.7 60.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.989a
Spinal cord14,d 10.7 14.5 2.2 71.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.04014
Bone13,e 3.5 16.0 4.2 44.5 0.3 0.2 9.5 0.3 21.5 1.92014
Muscle13 10.2 14.3 3.4 71.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.05014
Residual tissue14,f 11.4 59.8 0.7 27.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.95014
a

This study.

b

Considered alimentary tract stomach and intestine elemental composition.

c

Considered prostate tissue elemental composition.

d

Considered brain elemental composition and density.

e

Adult mineral bone.

f

Adipose tissue.