Radiation Dose Estimates for fe-59 Citrate*

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	Estimated Radiation Dose (mGy/MBq)
ORGAN	Males	Females
Adrenals	1.0E+01	1.1E+01
Brain	6.7E+00	8.9E+00
Breasts	4.7E+00	6.3E+00
Gallbladder Wall	9.7E+00	9.6E+00
LLI Wall	5.3E+00	7.2E+00
Small Intestine	6.0E+00	7.2E+00
Stomach	8.0E+00	8.9E+00
ULI Wall	6.2E+00	7.7E+00
Heart Wall	1.9E+01	2.4E+01
Kidneys	1.2E+01	1.3E+01
Liver	2.2E+01	1.9E+01
Lungs	1.4E+01	1.9E+01
Muscle	4.9E+00	6.3E+00
Ovaries	---	7.3E+00
Pancreas	1.2E+01	1.2E+01
Red Marrow	1.2E+01	1.4E+01
Bone Surfaces	8.5E+00	1.0E+01
Skin	3.4E+00	4.6E+00
Spleen	8.5E+01	5.4E+01
Testes	3.5E+00	---
Thymus	6.9E+00	9.0E+00
Thyroid	4.3E+00	5.7E+00
Urinary Bladder Wall	4.5E+00	5.1E+00
Uterus	5.2E+00	6.9E+00
Total Body	6.0E+00	7.3E+00
Effective Dose Equivalent	1.4E+01 mSv/MBq	1.4E+01 mSv/MBq
Effective Dose	1.0E+01 mSv/MBq	1.2E+01 mSv/MBq

* Calculated using the kinetic model of Thind (Health Physics 68(1):9-20,
1995. Activity in blood apportioned to brain, heart contents, kidneys,
and lungs according to the model of Hui and Poston.

Estimate calculated using phantoms of Cristy & Eckerman (Report ORNL/TM-8381/V1 & V7). Bone and marrow model of Eckerman (Aspects of dosimetry of radionuclides within the skeleton with particular emphasis on the active marrow, In Fourth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium; A.T. Schlafke-Stelson and E. E. Watson eds. CONF-851113, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, 1986. pp 514-534.) used. The effective dose equivalent is a quantity which may be suitable for comparing risks of different procedures in nuclear medicine, radiology, and other applications involving ionizing radiation, but should not be construed to give information about risks to individual patients and should not be applied to situations involving radiation therapy.