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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2022 May 2;67(10):10.1088/1361-6560/ac6725. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac6725

Table 1:

Tabulated physical parameters for atomic composition, physical density, relative electron density, and stopping power ratio derived from physical measurements of the bone phantom material versus in vivo bone tissue composition from ICRU Report 4422 and ICRP Report 23.23
Phantom Physical Measurements Literature Values
% composition Density (g/cc) ρe SPR % composition Density (g/cc) ρe SPR
Bone H: 6
C: 46
N: 4
O: 31
Ca: 12
Trace < 1		 1.18 1.12 1.125 H: 5–9
C: 40–60
N: 2–4
O: 30–45
Ca: 8–20		 1.14 – 1.2 1.12 – 1.18 1.12 – 1.18