Radiation Dose Estimates for Tc-99m Albumin Microspheres

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	Estimated Radiation Dose
ORGAN	mGy/MBq	rad/mCi
Adrenals	7.3E-03	2.7E-02
Brain	1.2E-03	4.5E-03
Breasts	4.6E-03	1.7E-02
Gallbladder Wall	4.7E-03	1.8E-02
LLI Wall	7.8E-03	2.9E-02
Small Intestine	3.9E-03	1.5E-02
Stomach	1.8E-02	6.5E-02
ULI Wall	9.0E-03	3.3E-02
Heart Wall	8.7E-03	3.2E-02
Kidneys	3.6E-02	1.3E-01
Liver	5.5E-03	2.0E-02
Lungs	5.8E-02	2.2E-01
Muscle	3.2E-03	1.2E-02
Ovaries	3.4E-03	1.3E-02
Pancreas	7.5E-03	2.8E-02
Red Marrow	3.8E-03	1.4E-02
Bone Surfaces	5.6E-03	2.1E-02
Skin	1.6E-03	6.1E-03
Spleen	6.8E-03	2.5E-02
Testes	1.5E-03	5.6E-03
Thymus	5.8E-03	2.1E-02
Thyroid	1.4E-02	5.0E-02
Urinary Bladder Wall	1.0E-02	3.8E-02
Uterus	3.3E-03	1.2E-02
Effective Dose Equivalent	1.4E-02 mSv/MBq	5.4E-02 rem/mCi

Based on model in MIRD Dose Estimate Report No. 10 (data gathered in human subjects), J Nucl Med 23:915-917, 1982.

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