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Table 2 List of the body parts considered by CT-Expo, NCICT, NCICTX, and Virtual Dose for organ dose estimation

From: Patient organ and effective dose estimation in CT: comparison of four software applications

Body part

CT-Expo

NCICT

NCICTX

Virtual Dose

Adrenals

X

X

X

X

Bladder

X

X

X

X

Blood vessels

 

X

X

 

Bone endosteum

   

X

Bone marrow

X

X

X

X

Bone surface

X

   

Shallow marrow

 

X

X

 

Brain

X

X

X

X

Breast

X (F)

X (M, F)

X (M, F)

X (M, F)

Colon

 

X

X

X

Effective dose ICRP 103

X

 

X

X

Effective dose ICRP 60

X

X

X

X

Extra-thoracic tissue

X

  

X

Eye balls

 

X

X

 

Gallbladder

X

X

X

X

Gonads

X

X

X

X

Heart

X

X (wall)

X (wall)

X

Kidneys

X

X

X

X

Lens

X

X

X

 

Liver

X

X

X

X

Low large intestine

X

   

Lungs

X

X

X

X

Lymph nodes

X

  

X

Muscle

X

X

X

X

Oesophagus

X

X

X

X

Oral mucosa

X

X (oral cavity)

X (oral cavity)

X

Pancreas

X

X

X

X

Pituitary gland

 

X

X

 

Rectum and sigmoid

 

X

X

 

Remainder ICRP 103

   

X

Remainder ICRP 60

   

X

Salivary glands

X

X

X

X

Skin

X

X

X

X

Small intestine

X

X

X

X

Spinal cord

 

X

X

 

Spleen

X

X

X

X

Stomach

X

X (wall)

X (wall)

X

Thymus

X

X

X

X

Thyroid

X

X

X

X

Trachea

 

X

X

 

Upper large intestine

X

   

Uterus (F)/prostate (M)

X

X

X

X

  1. F Female, ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection, M Male