Radiation dose measurements in coronary CT angiography

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World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2013; 5(12): 459-464
Published online Dec 26, 2013. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i12.459

Table 2 Tissue weighting factor comparison between International Commission on Radiological Protection publication-103 and publication-60

Organs	Tissue weighting factor, W_T
Organs	ICRP-103	ICRP-60
Colon	0.12	0.12
Lung	0.12	0.12
Red bone marrow	0.12	0.12
Stomach	0.12	0.12
Breast	0.12	0.05
Gonads	0.08	0.20
Bladder	0.04	0.05
Liver/Oesophagus	0.04	0.05
Thyroid	0.04	0.05
Bone surface/skin	0.01	0.01
Brain	0.01	-
Salivary glands	0.01	-
Remainder tissues	0.12¹	0.05²

Adapted from Ng et al[7].

¹Remainder tissues in International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)-103: adrenals, kidneys, muscle, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, thymus, uterus/cervix, prostate, extra-thoracic region, gallbladder, heart, lymphatic nodes and oral mucosa;

²Remainder tissues in ICRP-60: adrenals, kidney, muscle, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, thymus, uterus, upper large intestine and brain.

Citation: Sabarudin A, Sun Z. Radiation dose measurements in coronary CT angiography. World J Cardiol 2013; 5(12): 459-464
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v5/i12/459.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v5.i12.459