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We calculated\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors using a set of adult abdominal CT images combined with deep learning-based automatic organ segmentation and Monte Carlo dose calculation methods and compared them with those calculated from two phantom-derived\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factor approaches: the fixed AAPM TG23 coefficient and body size-dependent\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors calculated using National Cancer Institute dosimetry system for CT (NCICT). Abdomen-pelvis CT images from 38 adults (18 females, 20 males) spanning water-equivalent diameter (WED) values of 21\u201341 cm were segmented using TotalSegmentator and an in-house gonad model, converted into voxelised anatomical models, and coupled with a validated CT scanner Monte Carlo model. CT image-based\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors were calculated as effective dose divided by DLP and evaluated as functions of WED and sex. Image-based\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors decreased with increasing WED for both sexes, and female values were higher than male values at comparable WED. Over the overlapping WED range, NCICT-based\n                    <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors showed good agreement with CT-based values with the same decreasing trend. The fixed TG23 coefficient introduced systematic bias at smaller and larger body sizes. However, the selected NCICT adult phantoms did not cover the lower-WED end of the CT cohort. 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