TABLE 2.

Normal-Organ Radiation-Absorbed Dose

Organ or tissue	Absorbed dose (mGy/MBq)
	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Adrenal glands	0.38	0.22	0.06	0.98
Brain	4.11	2.09	1.04	9.38
Breasts	0.25	0.14	0.03	0.66
Gallbladder wall	0.43	0.25	0.07	1.01
Lower large intestine wall	0.37	0.23	0.03	0.97
Small intestine	0.38	0.23	0.04	0.97
Stomach wall	1.14	0.93	0.08	3.72
Upper large intestine wall	0.38	0.23	0.04	0.96
Heart wall	0.45	0.24	0.10	1.02
Kidneys	0.37	0.22	0.06	1.11
Liver	0.92	0.77	0.09	3.17
Lungs	0.28	0.14	0.10	0.76
Muscle	0.34	0.18	0.06	0.84
Ovaries	0.39	0.24	0.03	0.98
Pancreas	0.45	0.25	0.06	1.09
Red marrow	0.39	0.17	0.11	0.90
Osteogenic cells	0.60	0.26	0.19	1.36
Skin	0.29	0.14	0.07	0.71
Spleen	0.37	0.24	0.04	1.28
Testes	0.32	0.20	0.02	0.89
Thymus	0.33	0.18	0.06	0.85
Thyroid	1.15	1.12	0.13	7.14
Urinary bladder wall	2.01	2.42	0.08	12.10
Uterus	0.47	0.30	0.04	1.49
Total body	0.58	0.25	0.20	1.22
Effective dose (mSv/MBq)	0.69	0.28	0.26	1.59