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. 2006 Aug 24;7(3):80–94. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v7i3.2200

Table 3.

Summary of mean organ doses per hospital for each CT examination

Mean organ doses per hospital (mGy)
Selected organ AGKH BMC KCMC MMH MNH RMC SHMH TMJH
(a) Head
RBM a
2.4±1.0
3.9±1.5
3.4±1.1
5.8±1.7
3.3±0.5
2.1±0.3
2.9±0.5
4.5±1.1
brain
37.5±16.1
62.6±23.4
52.0±1.0
84.4±22.6
51.2±9.5
32.5±4.8
48.4±8.5
72.1±16.5
eye lens
41.0±21.0
75.0±28.1
57.0±10.1
110.3±35.2
53.6±11.1
40.2±6.3
92.8±9.6
92.5±21.0
Thyroid
1.6±0.8
2.4±1.0
2.5±1.0
4.7±1.5
2.3±0.4
1.5±0.4
2.3±1.1
3.0±1.0
(b) Chest
RBM a
7.8±3.2
12.4±4.4
7.0±0.5
10.7±6.0
10.3±2.6
7.9±0.1
11.4±0.8
11.6±1.0
lung
20.1±6.3
44.0±7.9
24.0±0.0
25.3±10.1
34.6±12.7
31.5±3.5
36.0±5.7
38.9±2.1
breast
14.8±0.0
36.0±8.1
20.0±0.0
21.0±8.1
29.6±17.1
29.5±0.7
31.0±1.4
33.1±1.0
Thyroid
21.5±0.0
9.0±2.7
4.9±0.0
4.6±0.0
8.7±2.1
3.5±1.9
12.1±1.0
9.3±1.2
esophagus
23.3±0.0
50.0±5.5
27.0±0.0
27.0±0.0
52.0±5.5
42.5±0.7
68.0±0.0
43.6±0.8
(c) Abdomen
liver
26.1±10.1
42.8±5.2
21.0±1.4
28.0±4.2
41.6±6.2
33.0±1.4
40.5±10.2
30.7±6.5
stomach
28.5±10.9
46.4±6.0
22.5±0.7
28.0±3.5
42.4±6.5
36.0±0.0
42.7±11.6
32.3±6.9
pancreas
24.9±9.8
39.6±4.9
18.5±0.7
26.0±6.0
37.9±5.5
31.0±1.4
44.7±13.5
28.7±6.2
spleen
26.8±10.4
42.1±5.3
20.5±0.7
28.0±1.9
41.5±6.0
33.0±2.3
37.9±9.4
30.5±6.2
kidney
32.0±12.6
51.6±7.5
25.0±0.5
30.0±5.0
44.6±7.2
39.0±1.7
47.3±13.6
47.3±7.2
adrenal
26.4±10.4
40.1±5.2
18.5±0.7
26.0±2.8
40.3±5.6
32.0±1.4
49.4±14.3
29.7±6.1
gland
(d) Lumbar spine
large
32.4±2.4
29.0±9.2
9.6±3.0
21.1±1.1
9.4±3.8
11.5±0.5
17.9±0.0
17.4±7.3
intestine
small
32.9±3.5
28.0±6.2
10.5±2.7
22.4±1.3
11.9±3.9
11.5±0.7
18.1 ±0.0
18.0±6.2
intestine
colon
17.8±4.6
8.8±3.2
8.3±2.3
18.3±1.4
8.5±2.3
5.2±0.6
9.3±3.4
12.0±2.8
gonads
8.2±10.8
7.4±2.6
11.7±6.9
11.5±11.2
8.1±5.7
9.0±1.8
2.6±3.1
12.6±10.4
uterus
28.6±7.3
6.2±2.1
15.6±8.2
27.3±2.8
11.9±5.9
8.7±3.1
14.4±6.5
19.0±5.8
(e) Pelvis
ovaries
21.0±1.0
23.0±0.0
16.4±5.1
21.8±0.0
32.2 ±0.0
39.7±16.2
bladder
26.0±13.5
26.0±0.0
19.5±6.4
25.0±0.0
38.0±0.0
38.6±24.7
uterus
23.4±11.8
26.0±0.0
17.5±4.9
23.0±0.0
34.0±0.0
42.7±18.1
Testis
11.2±16.0
5.0±0.0
7.6±0.0
7.0±0.0
16.7±11.4
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