Table 2:

Radiation doses of individual organs/tissues in CTP, s-PBV, and w-PBV protocols measured from 2 repeated TLD exposure experimentsa

Tissue or OrganCTPs-PBVw-PBV
Brain163.55 ± 89.4552.29 ± 35.31107.51 ± 34.20
Salivary gland13.94 ± 1.353.03 ± 0.61137.75 ± 16.77
Thyroid4.44 ± 1.641.20 ± 0.2812.68 ± 2.48
Thymus0.23 ± 0.080.10 ± 0.070.46 ± 0.15
Esophagus1.18 ± 0.360.60 ± 0.082.61 ± 0.36
Breast0.61 ± 0.170.19 ± 0.071.16 ± 0.17
Lung0.50 ± 0.120.28 ± 0.091.19 ± 0.20
Stomach0.06 ± 0.040.07 ± 0.060.16 ± 0.08
Liver0.08 ± 0.030.05 ± 0.030.19 ± 0.07
Kidney0.64 ± 0.740.05 ± 0.020.18 ± 0.03
Small intestine0.03 ± 0.050.03 ± 0.050.04 ± 0.05
Colon0.00 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.000.01 ± 0.01
Bladder0.05 ± 0.030.05 ± 0.030.08 ± 0.05
Gonads0.06 ± 0.030.03 ± 0.030.07 ± 0.04
Bone marrow0.43 ± 0.150.32 ± 0.131.12 ± 0.36
Skin0.45 ± 0.290.12 ± 0.060.65 ± 0.11
Bone surface0.42 ± 0.150.32 ± 0.151.12 ± 0.50
Effective doseb2.77 ± 1.590.87 ± 0.553.91 ± 0.78
  • a Unless otherwise specified, data are in millisieverts.

  • b The sum of organ doses are weighted by the tissue-weighting factor recommended in the International Commission on Radiation Protection number 103.