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Radiation Dose Estimates for I-131 HSA


  Estimated Radiation Dose (mGy/MBq)
ORGAN mGy/MBq rad/mCi
     
Adrenals 5.3E-01 2.0E+00
Brain 1.0E+00 3.8E+00
Breasts 4.0E-01 1.5E+00
Gallbladder Wall 5.0E-01 1.9E+00
LLI Wall 4.1E-01 1.5E+00
Small Intestine 4.3E-01 1.6E+00
Stomach 4.7E-01 1.7E+00
ULI Wall 4.3E-01 1.6E+00
Heart Wall 3.0E+00 1.1E+01
Kidneys 1.2E+00 4.6E+00
Liver 9.6E-01 3.6E+00
Lungs 2.5E+00 9.3E+00
Muscle 3.9E-01 1.4E+00
Ovaries 4.2E-01 1.5E+00
Pancreas 5.5E-01 2.0E+00
Red Marrow 4.9E-01 1.8E+00
Bone Surfaces 4.4E-01 1.6E+00
Skin 3.2E-01 1.2E+00
Spleen 2.4E+00 9.0E+00
Testes 3.5E-01 1.3E+00
Thymus 5.6E-01 2.1E+00
Thyroid 4.0E-01 1.5E+00
Urinary Bladder Wall 5.2E-01 1.9E+00
Uterus 4.2E-01 1.6E+00
     
Effective Dose Equivalent 1.1E+00 mSv/MBq 4.0E+00 rem/mCi

Based on total body kinetic model in ICRP 53 (data gathered in human subjects), modified by assumed fractional distribution of blood in model of Hui and Poston.

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