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. 2019 Aug;8(Suppl 2):S118–S125. doi: 10.21037/gs.2019.03.06

Table 2. Effective doses in radioisotope imaging for discriminating benign from malignant cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules.

Tracer Effective dose due to the radiotracer (in millisievert) CTDI vol (mGy) of CT (in case of SPECT/CT or PET/CT)
Iodine-123 4.4 4
Technetium-99m-pertechnetate 0.98 4
Technetium-99m-MIBI 1.5 4
Fluorine-18-FDG 4.8 5

Source: Swiss Diagnostic Reference Levels for Nuclear Medicine Imaging (L-08-01, http://www.str-rad.ch).