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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

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Other Figures & Tables on this publication:

Table 1: Tissue weighting factors according to ICRP 103 (ICRP 2007)

Table 2: Measured effective doses for various security scanners

Table 3: Modelled organ equivalent doses from backscatter scanners

Figure 1: A modern backscatter unit showing a passenger being screened.

Figure 2: A modern transmission unit with the side maintenance panel removed.

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