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Tissue Weighting Factors (
ICRP 60 -> 103 - 116
)
Effective Dose E = Σ
all organs
(w
T
H) = Σ
all organs
(w
T
w
R
D)
•
Tissue weighted sum of equivalent doses in all specified organs and tissues of the body
•
w
T
is the tissue weighting factor by which the equivalent dose in an organ or tissue T is
weighted to represent the age- and sex-averaged relative contribution of T to overall
radiation detriment from stochastic effects (ICRP, 1991)
•
Effective dose is a quantification of risk for
stochastic
effects