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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Med. 2015 Apr 16;56(6):855–861. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.115.156133

TABLE 3.

Absorbed Organ Dose Coefficients and Absorbed Organ Doses (150 MBq of 68Ga-PSMA)

Target organ β (mGy/MBq) Photon (mGy/MBq) Total (mGy/MBq) Absorbed dose (mGy)
(150 MBq)
Adrenals 5.87E–03 7.62E–03 1.35E–02 2.0
Brain 5.87E–03 2.43E–03 8.29E–03 1.2
Breasts 5.87E–03 2.58E–03 8.44E–03 1.3
Gallbladder wall 1.16E–02 7.99E–03 1.96E–02 2.9
Lower large intestine wall 5.87E–03 4.68E–03 1.06E–02 1.6
Small intestine 5.87E–03 5.24E–03 1.11E–02 1.7
Stomach wall 5.87E–03 5.24E–03 1.11E–02 1.7
Upper large intestine wall 5.87E–03 5.25E–03 1.11E–02 1.7
Heart wall 1.48E–02 5.36E–03 2.02E–02 3.0
Kidneys 1.96E–01 2.31E–02 2.20E–01 33.0
Liver 3.30E–02 1.01E–02 4.31E–02 6.5
Lungs 5.87E–03 3.91E–03 9.78E–03 1.5
Muscle 5.87E–03 3.65E–03 9.52E–03 1.4
Ovaries 5.87E–03 4.94E–03 1.08E–02 1.6
Pancreas 5.87E–03 7.38E–03 1.32E–02 2.0
Red marrow 8.07E–03 4.35E–03 1.24E–02 1.9
Osteogenic cells 1.16E–02 4.04E–03 1.57E–02 2.4
Skin 5.87E–03 2.28E–03 8.15E–03 1.2
Spleen 5.26E–02 1.09E–02 6.34E–02 9.5
Testes 5.87E–03 3.28E–03 9.14E–03 1.4
Thymus 5.87E–03 3.62E–03 9.49E–03 1.4
Thyroid 5.87E–03 3.15E–03 9.01E–03 1.4
Urinary bladder wall 5.70E–02 1.03E–02 6.74E–02 10.1
Uterus 5.87E–03 5.72E–03 1.16E–02 1.7
Salivary glands 6.07E–02 6.07E–02 9.1
Total body 7.88E–03 3.85E–03 1.17E–02 1.8
Effective dose coefficient (mSv/MBq) 1.99E–02
Effective dose coefficient (mSv/MBq)* 1.93E–02 ± 0.09E–02
Effective dose (mSv) 3.0
*

Mean effective dose coefficient of P1–P5.