TABLE 2

Effects of Variations in Organ Masses on Self-Absorbed S Values for 4 Radionuclides

OrganMass (g)*S value (mGy/MBq/s) calculated by indicated method† for:
90Y99mTc111In131I
MCScaledInterpolMCScaledInterpolMCScaledInterpolMCScaledInterpol
Right kidney0.145.07E-15.60E-17.27E-11.85E-21.68E-22.16E-24.17E-23.51E-24.53E-22.00E-12.07E-12.67E-1
0.213.70E-13.73E-16.26E-11.24E-21.12E-21.83E-22.81E-22.34E-23.84E-21.34E-11.38E-12.27E-1
0.263.15E-13.02E-15.55E-11.02E-29.04E-31.60E-22.31E-21.89E-23.35E-21.10E-11.12E-11.98E-1
Liver1.119.40E-21.03E-11.08E-12.07E-32.42E-32.55E-35.91E-35.76E-36.06E-32.69E-22.78E-22.92E-2
1.557.02E-27.82E-28.46E-21.82E-31.78E-31.97E-34.36E-34.34E-34.72E-31.95E-22.01E-22.25E-2
1.836.04E-26.62E-26.97E-21.55E-31.51E-31.60E-33.75E-33.67E-33.88E-31.65E-21.70E-21.82E-2
Total body21.86.05E-36.24E-36.50E-31.53E-41.48E-41.54E-44.03E-43.91E-44.09E-41.49E-31.51E-31.58E-3
26.45.03E-35.15E-35.73E-31.28E-41.22E-41.37E-43.41E-43.23E-43.65E-41.24E-31.25E-31.39E-3
31.14.29E-34.45E-34.95E-31.10E-41.10E-41.19E-42.96E-43.01E-43.19E-41.06E-31.08E-31.20E-3

  • ↵* Masses are listed as minimum, mean, and maximum, from top to bottom, for each organ.

  • ↵† Methods were Monte Carlo (MC), scaling according to mass (Scaled), and linear interpolation (Interpol).