Table 1: Tissue weighting factors according to ICRP 103 (ICRP 2007)
Tissue |
Tissue weighting factor wT |
ΣwT |
(*) Remaining tissues: Adrenals, extrathoracic region, gall bladder, heart, kidneys, lymphatic nodes, muscle, oral mucosa, pancreas, prostate (♂), small intestine, spleen, thymus, uterus/cervix (♀). |
Bone-marrow (red), colon, lung, stomach, breast, remaining tissues(*) |
0.12 |
0.72 |
Gonads |
0.08 |
0.08 |
Bladder, oesophagus, liver, thyroid |
0.04 |
0.16 |
Bone surface, brain, salivary glands, skin |
0.01 |
0.04 |
|
Total |
1.00 |
Source: SCENIHR, Health effects of security scanners for passenger
screening (based on X-ray technology), (2012),
3.5 Dosimetric aspects, pp.22-27
|