ICRU sphere
The ICRU sphere is a 30-cm tissue-equivalent (ICRU 4-element tissue) sphere.
(Adapted from ICRP Publication 123, 2013)
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from ICRP Publication 118, 2012
Sphere of 30 cm diameter made of ICRU tissue. The ICRU sphere is used to define the operational quantities for area monitoring.