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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2013 Mar 20;54(6):855–860. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.112.114165

TABLE 3.

Selected Organ Dose and ED for Discussed Radiopharmaceuticals

Organ 68Ga-DOTATATE* 68Ga-DOTATOC (12) 68Ga-DOTANOC (13) 111In-DTPA-octreotide (19) 18F-FDG (20)
Kidneys (mSv/MBq) 9.21E−02 2.2E−01 8.97E−02 4.5E−01 1.7E−02
Liver (mSv/MBq) 4.50E−02 7.4E−02 3.38E−02 7.0E−02 2.1E−02
Spleen (mSv/MBq) 2.82E−01 2.4E−01 7.25E−02 3.2E−01 1.1E−02
Urinary bladder wall (mSv/MBq) 1.25E−01 7.0E−02 8.36E−02 1.8E−01 1.3E−01
ED (mSv/MBq) 2.57E−02 2.3E−02 1.67E−02 8.0E−02 1.9E−02
Typical IA
 MBq 185 185 185 74 370
 mCi 5 5 5 2 10
Estimated ED per scan (mSv) 4.8 4.3 3.1 5.9 7.0
*

Radiation dose to uroepithelium is higher than would be experienced in patients allowed to void after injection. There are technical differences between these reported series. Additionally, subjects in these series are not same.

IA = injected activity for adult scan.