TABLE 1

Deviations in Absorbed Dose (mGy/MBq) Calculation for Reference Voxel Phantoms and Mathematic Phantoms for 18F-FDG

MaleFemale
TargetVoxel phantomMathematic phantomVoxel phantomMathematic phantomMale phantom, voxel/mathematicFemale phantom, voxel/mathematic
Brain3.5E−023.8E−023.9E−024.4E−028.5%13.0%
Breast9.1E−039.2E−031.2E−021.1E−021.6%5.4%
Colon1.2E−021.3E−021.5E−021.5E−026.7%2.4%
Liver2.2E−022.2E−022.7E−022.8E−020.1%3.8%
Lungs2.0E−022.0E−022.4E−022.5E−020.4%3.6%
Red marrow1.2E−021.2E−021.4E−021.4E−026.4%4.2%
Skin7.3E−038.3E−038.7E−039.7E−0313.8%11.6%
Stomach wall1.2E−021.1E−021.4E−021.3E−0210.7%3.1%
Thyroid1.0E−021.1E−021.2E−021.3E−028.6%7.7%
Urinary bladder wall6.9E−022.2E−011.0E−012.8E−01212.8%184.8%
Adrenals1.3E−021.3E−021.6E−021.5E−020.4%2.0%
Extrathoracic airways1.0E−021.1E−021.2E−021.3E−023.9%3.7%
Gallbladder wall1.4E−021.3E−021.6E−021.5E−027.9%7.6%
Heart wall6.2E−026.7E−027.9E−028.9E−027.2%12.2%
Kidneys1.2E−021.1E−021.4E−021.4E−023.1%0.9%
Muscle9.5E−031.1E−021.1E−021.3E−0214.4%12.1%
Pancreas1.3E−021.3E−021.4E−021.6E−022.6%14.2%
Small intestine wall1.3E−021.2E−021.6E−021.5E−025.2%6.9%
Spleen1.2E−021.1E−021.3E−021.4E−024.0%1.8%
Thymus1.2E−021.2E−021.6E−021.4E−023.2%7.5%