Table 1:
Organ* | Number of MOSFETs 1 year old phantom |
Number of MOSFETs 10 year old phantom |
Tissue Weighting factor ICRP 103 |
Tissue Weighting factor ICRP 60 |
f-factor for effective energy for each tube potential |
||
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80 kVp | 100 kVp | 120 kVp | |||||
Brain | 6 | 3 | 0.01 | In remainder | 1.0686 | 1.0745 | 1.0789 |
Salivary gland | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | - | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Red Bone Marrow (RBM) | 14 | 14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Bone surface | 14 | 14 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 6.1499 | 5.4305 | 4.8774 |
Thyroid | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Lung | 5 | 5 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.0691 | 1.0738 | 1.0775 |
Esophagus | 3 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Breast | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.8719 | 0.9079 | 0.9346 |
Stomach | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Liver | 3 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Colon | 3 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Bladder | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Ovaries/Testes | 2 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 1.0571/ 1.0478 |
1.0638/ 1.0561 |
1.0689/ 1.0624 |
Remainder** | 11 | 13 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 1.0601 | 1.0663 | 1.0710 |
Skin was not included.
Remainder ICRP 103 included: adrenals, extrathoracic (ET) region, gall bladder, heart, kidneys, oral mucosa, pancreas, prostate, small intestine, spleen, thymus, uterus/cervix, without lymphatic nodes and muscle. Remainder ICRP 60 included: adrenals, brain, upper large intestine, small intestine, kidneys, muscle, pancreas, spleen, thymus and uterus.