Table 4.
SAF verification study. Ratio of the Svalues obtained from previously developed monenergetic SAFs to the Svalues obtained from direct simulation of the spectra. Liver source shown.
| Ratio -- S(Calculator) / S(Direct) | Radionuclide and Emission Type |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tc-99m | Y-90 | |
| Organ / Tissue | Photons | Betas |
| Adipose | 1.01 | 1.15 |
| Adrenals | 1.02 | 1.00 |
| Brain | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Breast (F) | 0.96 | 1.75 |
| Bronchial | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Cartilage | 1.01 | 1.02 |
| ET1-sur | 1.28 | 1.42 |
| ET2-sur | 0.98 | 0.95 |
| Eye-lens | 1.28 | 1.02 |
| GB-wall | 1.04 | 0.99 |
| Ht-wall | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Kidney-C | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Kidney-M | 1.01 | 1.30 |
| LC-wall | 1.03 | 1.04 |
| Liver | 1.01 | 1.00 |
| LN-ET (F) | 1.24 | -- |
| LN-Th (F) | 1.04 | 0.68 |
| Lungs | 1.01 | 1.00 |
| Lymph (F) | 1.04 | 1.00 |
| Muscle | 1.01 | 1.00 |
| Oesophagus | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Ovaries | 1.06 | 0.98 |
| Pancreas | 1.02 | 1.00 |
| Pit-gland | 1.02 | 40.69 |
| RC-wall | 1.02 | 0.99 |
| RSig-wall | 1.03 | 1.15 |
| S-glands | 1.06 | 1.31 |
| SI-wall | 1.02 | 1.01 |
| Skin | 1.02 | 1.04 |
| Sp-cord | 1.02 | 0.94 |
| Spleen | 1.00 | 1.01 |
| St-wall | 1.02 | 1.00 |
| Thymus | 1.04 | 0.99 |
| Thyroid | 1.00 | 1.40 |
| Trachea | 1.08 | 1.05 |
| UB-wall (F) | 1.00 | 1.13 |
| Uterus | 1.03 | 1.05 |