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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2011 Dec;52(12):1923–1929. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092221

TABLE 3.

wT-Weighted Equivalent Organ Doses, Absorbed Doses, and LAR Values for Two 32-kg Pediatric Patients for 99mTc-DMSA Renal Imaging Studies

Short, stout (fifth bin 90th percentile, 125-cm height) Tall, thin (seventh bin 10th percentile; 147-cm height)


LAR* LAR


Target organ wT H(rT)/A0
(mSv/MBq)
D(rT)/A0
(mGy/MBq)
10-y-old
girl
Sex- and
age-averaged
wT H(rT)/A0
(mSv/MBq)
D(rT)/A0
(mGy/MBq)
10-y-old
girl
Sex- and
age-averaged
Colon 7.81E–04 6.51E–03 0.6 0.5 4.94E–04 4.12E–03 0.2 0.2

Lungs 1.86E–03 1.55E–02 4.6 2.2 1.45E–03 1.21E–02 1.8 0.9

Stomach wall 2.16E–04 1.80E–03 0.1 0.0 1.52E–04 1.27E–03 0.0 0.0

Ovaries 3.79E–06 4.74E–05 0.0 0.0 3.74E–06 4.68E–05 0.0 0.0

Urinary bladder wall 2.57E–05 6.43E–04 0.1 0.0 2.16E–05 5.40E–04 0.0 0.0

Esophagus 9.22E–06 2.31E–04 5.40E–06 1.35E–04

Liver 2.97E–03 7.43E–02 0.9 0.9 2.16E–03 5.40E–02 0.3 0.3

Brain 6.53E–06 6.53E–04 1.59E–05 1.59E–03

Salivary glands 3.85E–07 3.85E–05 1.10E–06 1.10E–04

Skin 1.28E–04 1.28E–02 9.97E–05 9.97E–03

Remainder 7.57E–03 6.31E–02 4.96E–03 4.13E–02

Red bone marrow 5.26E–04 4.38E–03 0.2 0.2 4.09E–04 3.41E–03 0.1 0.1

Endosteum 9.22E–05 9.22E–03 7.18E–05 7.18E–03

Effective dose 1.42E–02 9.84E–03
*

No. of excess cancer incidence cases for population of 100,000 receiving AA of 1.85 MBq/kg (=59.2 MBq).

No. of excess cancer incidence cases for a population of 100,000 receiving AA of 0.93 MBq/kg (=29.6 MBq)