Radiation effective dose is calculated using standard mathematical weighting when only part of the body is irradiated
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SUPPORTED
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Effective dose is a standard metric used to assess stochastic radiation detriment from partial-body or non-uniform irradiation by applying established tissue weighting factors to individual organ doses.
Evidence for · 2
CT effective dose per dose length product using ICRP 103 weighting factors
2011 · cited by 153
Paper 0 details how CT effective doses for various partial body regions are calculated using standard tissue weighting factors such as those from ICRP 103.
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Calculation of effective dose.
2000 · cited by 0
Paper 9 explains that effective dose is calculated as a weighted average of organ doses to equate partial-body irradiation detriment to whole-body irradiation.