TABLE 1

Residence Times in Source Regions and Number of Subjects Contributing to Each Source

Source organResidence time (h)No. of subjects
Brain0.0125
Gall bladder content0.0167*
Stomach0.0023
Upper large intestine0.0113
Heart content0.0027
Heart wall0.0043
Kidneys0.0124
Liver0.1076
Lungs0.0083
Muscle0.0663
Cortical bone0.0216
Spleen0.0025
Urinary bladder content0.02216
Remainder of body0.206
  • * Four subjects were imaged at 0–40 min to represent the dynamic phase and 3 subjects were scanned at steady state at approximately 100 min after tracer injection.