Table 2.
Radiation exposure doses in mSv (total body dose [only CT], effective dose and organ doses) for children with HD according to the five age and weight categories and for adults with DLBCL, for a whole-body CT (WB-CT), a CT of neck and chest (CT neck-chest), and a 18F-FDG PET (PET) respectively
| 0 years old / 3.6 kg | 1 year old / 9.7 kg | 5 years old / 19.8.2 kg | 10 years old / 33.2 kg | 15 years old / 56.8 kg | Adult / 74 kg | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WB-CT | CT neck-chest | PET | WB-CT | CT neck-chest | PET | WB-CT | CT neck-chest | PET | WB-CT | CT neck-chest | PET | WB-CT | CT neck-chest | PET | WB-CT | CT neck-chesta | PET | |
| Total body | 4.8 | 2.6 | n.a. | 5.7 | 3.0 | n.a. | 6.9 | 3.3 | n.a. | 6.9 | 3.5 | n.a. | 9.0 | 4.4 | n.a. | 10.7 | 5.3 | n.a. |
| Effective dose | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 13.3 | 7.9 | 4.2 |
| Bone marrow | 2.2 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 13.4 | 7.0 | 2.4 |
| Stomach | 6.2 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 13.9 | 7.3 | 2.4 |
| Colon | 6.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Liver | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| Lung | 6.7 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 2.2 |
| Breast | 5.6 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 1.9 |
| Prostate | 5.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Uterus | 6.1 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| Ovary | 6.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 10.6 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Bladder | 6.0 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 35.8 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 35.4 |
| Other solid organs | 4.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Thyroid | 6.4 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 2.1 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 2.1 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 2.2 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 2.2 |
n.a. not available
aThis acquisition is not part of the clinical protocols