Recommending Linear Dosing Guidelines, Critical Organ Dose, and Effective Dose to Healthy Subjects After Administration of 18F-FDG (83–85)
| Patient | Administered activity MBq/kg (mCi/kg) | Organ receiving the largest radiation dose* mGy/MBq (rad/mCi) | Effective dose* mSv/MBq (rem/mCi) |
| Newborn | — | 0.21 (0.77)† | |
| Child (1 y old) | Body: 3.7–5.2 (0.10–0.14) Minimum: 26.0 MBq (0.7 mCi) | Bladder, 0.51 (1.9) | 0.080 (0.30) |
| Child (5 y old) | Bladder, 0.36 (1.3) | 0.048 (0.18) | |
| Child (10 y old) | Bladder, 0.24 (0.91) | 0.032 (0.13) | |
| Child (15 y old) | Brain: 3.7 (0.10) Minimum: 14 MBq (0.37 mCi) | Bladder, 0.16 (0.60) | 0.022 (0.08) |
| Adult | Bladder, 0.15 (0.49) | 0.019 (0.07) |