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- FIGURE 1.
Calculation methodology for absorbed dose distribution.
- FIGURE 2.
Dose distribution in liver from 1.0-MeV-photon uniform source. Dose units are mGy/MBq × s.
- FIGURE 3.
Dose distribution in kidneys from 1.0-MeV-photon uniform source. Dose units are mGy/MBq × s.
- FIGURE 4.
Dose distribution in kidneys from 0.935-MeV-electron uniform source. Dose units are mGy/MBq × s.
- FIGURE 5.
Dose distribution in kidneys from 0.935-MeV-electron uniform source. Dose units are mGy/MBq × s.
- FIGURE 6.
(A) Axial slices show hypothetic lesion anatomy (red) created in liver. (B) Hypothetic nonuniform activity distribution in lesion region. (C) Regional dose distribution in lesion region and surrounding tissues caused by hypothetic nonuniform activity distribution. Dose units are mGy/MBq × s.
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Organ or region Organ identification number Number of voxels* Voxel-based phantom mass (g)† Adult male phantom mass (g)‡ Skin 1 268,688 17,883.87§ 3,010.0 Spinal cord 3 2,960 197.02 — Spine 5 14,016 932.90 1,288.0 Rib cage and sternum 6 28,685 1,909.27 — Pelvis 7 14,419 959.73 848.0 Long bones 8 7,673 510.71 — Skeletal muscle 9 303,002 20,167.81 — Lungs 10 62,374 1,181.61 1,000.0 Heart 11 9,354 622.60 770.0 Liver 12 29,277 1,948.68 1,910.0 Gallbladder 13 329 21.90 66.2 Kidney 14 7,618 507.05 299.0 Esophagus 16 580 38.60 — Stomach 17 5,133 341.65 418.0 Small bowel 18 26,447 1,760.31 — Colon 19 18,284 1,216.98 — Pancreas 20 792 52.72 94.3 Adrenals 21 62 4.13 16.3 Blood pool 23 16,441 1,094.31 — Gas (bowel) 24 3,167 210.80 — Fluid (bowel) 25 528 35.14 — Bone marrow 26 18,618 1,239.21 — Thyroid 28 30 7.00 20.7 Trachea 29 392 26.09 — Spleen 31 5,568 370.61 183.0 Urine 32 6,597 439.10 — Feces 33 1,134 75.48 — Testes 34 1,731 115.22 39.1 Prostate 35 438 29.15 — Rectum 37 1,467 97.64 — Diaphragm 39 4,528 301.38 — Bladder 40 3,147 209.46 259.0 Lesion 63 915 60.90 —
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