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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2012 Mar 7;57(5):10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1433. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1433

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