Radiation Dose Estimates for I-124 Sodium Iodide

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	Estimated Radiation Dose (mGy/MBq)
ORGAN	mGy/MBq	rad/mCi
Adrenals	5.8E-02	2.1E-01
Brain	1.5E-01	5.7E-01
Breasts	6.2E-02	2.3E-01
Gallbladder Wall	7.1E-02	2.6E-01
LLI Wall	7.9E-02	2.9E-01
Small Intestine	2.8E-01	1.0E+00
Stomach	4.5E-01	1.7E+00
ULI Wall	9.9E-02	3.7E-01
Heart Wall	8.4E-02	3.1E-01
Kidneys	5.4E-02	2.0E-01
Liver	9.7E-02	3.6E-01
Lungs	1.1E-01	4.1E-01
Muscle	1.4E-01	5.3E-01
Ovaries	8.8E-02	3.2E-01
Pancreas	8.8E-02	3.3E-01
Red Marrow	1.1E-01	4.2E-01
Bone Surfaces	1.3E-01	4.7E-01
Skin	7.2E-02	2.7E-01
Spleen	6.6E-02	2.4E-01
Testes	4.3E-02	1.6E-01
Thymus	1.7E-01	6.3E-01
Thyroid	2.1E+02	7.8E+02
Urinary Bladder Wall	7.9E-01	2.9E+00
Uterus	1.1E-01	4.2E-01
Effective Dose Equivalent	6.5E+00 mSv/MBq	2.4E+01 rem/mCi

Based on model in MIRD Dose Estimate Report No. 5 (data gathered in human subjects), J Nucl Med 16:857-860, 1975 (25% thyroid uptake).

Estimate calculated using phantom of Cristy & Eckerman (Report ORNL/TM-8381/V1 & V7)