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4. Description of <strong>the</strong> data presented<br />

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Organ dose conversion factors (<strong>in</strong> this case as mean absorbed dose to an<br />

organ, normalised to air kerma free <strong>in</strong> air on <strong>the</strong> axis of rotation) were calculated<br />

for separate <strong>body</strong> sections of 1 cm height at positions vary<strong>in</strong>g<br />

contiguously from <strong>the</strong> top of <strong>the</strong> head down to several centimetres below<br />

<strong>the</strong> bottom of <strong>the</strong> trunk. In Appendices B, D and E, tables of dose conversion<br />

factors per s<strong>in</strong>gle section are listed for a number of organs. (Appendix<br />

B shows <strong>the</strong> data for <strong>the</strong> baby phantom and Appendix D those for <strong>the</strong><br />

seven year old child; <strong>in</strong> Appendix E <strong>the</strong> data for asymmetrical irradiation<br />

of <strong>the</strong> seven year old child are given.)<br />

4.1. Organs considered<br />

The organs and tissues considered <strong>in</strong> this catalogue are <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

adrenals<br />

bladder<br />

bra<strong>in</strong><br />

breasts<br />

colon<br />

eye lenses<br />

kidneys<br />

liver<br />

lungs<br />

oesophagus<br />

ovaries<br />

pancreas<br />

red <strong>bone</strong> <strong>marrow</strong><br />

skeleton<br />

sk<strong>in</strong><br />

small <strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>e<br />

spleen<br />

stomach<br />

testes<br />

thymus<br />

thyroid<br />

tissue<br />

uterus<br />

The dose to <strong>the</strong> red <strong>bone</strong> <strong>marrow</strong> is given both as dose to <strong>the</strong> red <strong>bone</strong><br />

<strong>marrow</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>bone</strong>s listed below and as mean dose to <strong>the</strong> <strong>whole</strong><br />

amount of red <strong>bone</strong> <strong>marrow</strong> distributed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>body</strong>.<br />

The <strong>bone</strong>s for which <strong>the</strong> dose to <strong>the</strong> red <strong>bone</strong> <strong>marrow</strong> is listed separately<br />

are:

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