Table 3: Modelled organ equivalent doses from backscatter scanners

	Organ equivalent dose (μSv)
	Combined backscatter/transmission scanner			Backscatter scanner
	RCP-AM	RCP-AF	Katja	RCP-AM	RCP-AF	Katja
Thyroid	0.248	0.264	0.443	0.045	0.047	0.046
Urinary bladder wall	0.115	0.203	0.177	0.020	0.034	0.017
Breast, total	0.269	0.239	0.410	0.021	0.045	0.045
Eye lenses	0.514	0.390	0.686	0.060	0.071	0.069
Lymphatic nodes	0.165	0.172	0.169	0.036	0.031	0.028
Muscle tissue	0.189	0.182	0.148	0.009	0.034	0.033
Ovaries		0.083	0.050		0.013	0.012
Skin, total	0.398	0.418	0.382	0.089	0.091	0.091
Testes	0.257			0.047
Foetus total body			0.122			0.012
Effective dose	0.139		(0.160)	0.025		(0.022)

 

Source: SCENIHR, Health effects of security scanners for passenger screening (based on X-ray technology), (2012),
 3.5 Dosimetric aspects, pp.22-27