Administered activity (intravenously) | Bladder (organ receiving largest radiation dose)* | Effective dose | ||||
Radiopharmaceutical | MBq | mCi | mGy/MBq | rad/mCi | mSv/MBq | rem/mCi |
18F-FDG | 370–740 | 10–20 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.019 | 0.070 |
↵* Voiding interval, 3.5 h. Changes in bladder wall dose are approximately linear with changes in voiding interval; therefore, for voiding interval of 2.0 h, dose to bladder wall would change by factor of 2/3.5.