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Table 1 Organ absorbed doses

From: Estimating radiation effective doses from whole body computed tomography scans based on U.S. soldier patient height and weight

Organ

Female

Male

 

Measured Absorbed Dose (mGy)

Calculated Absorbed Dose (mGy)

ABS % Difference

Measured Absorbed Dose (mGy)

Calculated Absorbed Dose (mGy)

ABS % Difference

Adrenals/Gall Bladder

26.90 ± 0.03

25 ± 1

2

27.9 ± 0.4

23 ± 1

5

Brain

0.29 ± 0.02

0.4 ± 0.1

8

0.7 ± 0.3

0.4 ± 0.1

14

Colon

22.3 ± 0.7

21.1 ± 0.8

1

28 ± 5

20 ± 0.8

8

Esophagus

25 ± 1

23 ± 1

2

22.1 ± 0.4

21 ± 1

1

Eye

0.495 ± 0.008

NA

 

0.74 ± 0.08

NA

 

Kidney

24.2 ± 0.5

31.5 ± 0.9

7

24.2 ± 0.8

30.3 ± 0.9

5

Liver

26.0 ± 0.2

29.5 ± 0.3

3

26.3 ± 0.9

28.1 ± 0.3

2

Lung

27 ± 1

33.9 ± 0.7

6

24 ± 1

32.4 ± 0.6

7

Pancreas

25.9 ± 0.4

25.1 ± 0.7

1

28.5 ± 0.2

23.2 ± 0.7

5

Thymus

23.5 ± 0.3

25 ± 5

2

27.0 ± 0.5

24 ± 5

3

Thyroid

12.3 ± 0.4

24 ± 9

16

30.2 ± 0.8

24 ± 9

6

Uterus/Testes

25.6 ± 0.1

21 ± 4

5

8 ± 4

0.8 ± 0.4

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  1. Organ absorbed doses for a chest abdomen pelvis scan. The measured absorbed dose values are from the anthropomorphic phantoms and the calculated absorbed dose values are from the mathematical phantom.