Dosimetric Results for PTC Patients with More Than 4-Week Hypothyroidism in Comparison to rhTSH PTC Patients
| Parameters of iodine kinetics | Hypothyroid (n = 31) | rhTSH (n = 60) | P |
| Activity (MBq) | 3,298 ± 714 | 3,274 ± 736 | 0.79 |
| Thyroid uptake (%) | 4.5 ± 1.8 | 3.7 ± 1.6 | 0.07 |
| Thyroid half-life (h) | 38.0 ± 19.9 | 30.3 ± 14.8 | 0.05 |
| Thyroid cumulated activity (MBq*d) | 351 ± 272 | 244 ± 174 | 0.07 |
| Thyroid residence time (h) | 2.6 ± 2.0 | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 0.09 |
| Thyroid dose (Gy) | 985 ± 763 | 685 ± 488 | 0.07 |
| Whole-body half-life (h) | 21.6 ± 12.8 | 16.5 ± 4.7 | 0.02 |
| Whole-body cumulated activity (MBq*d) | 1,682 ± 530 | 1,602 ± 508 | 0.54 |
| Whole-body residence time (h) | 12.3 ± 2.7 | 11.9 ± 3.5 | 0.34 |
| Remaining-body dose (mGy) | 85 ± 28 | 87 ± 28 | 0.88 |