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. 2021 Sep 23;36(3):273–281. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_6_21

Table 4.

Organ dose calculatedfor131I by GATE and medical internal radiation dose methods

Total dose (self-dose+cross-dose) (mGy/MBq)

Kidneys Liver Thyroid Spleen




GATE MIRD GATE MIRD GATE MIRD GATE MIRD
Patient 1 1.39E-1 1.80E-1 8.54E-2 9.03E-2 7.50E-2 7.36E-2 5.76E-1 5.83E-1
Ratio DGATE/DMIRD 0.77 0.94 1.02 0.99
Patient 2 8.01E-2 8.48E-2 3.50E-2 3.33E-2 1.14E-1 1.07E-2 1.30E-1 1.25E-1
Ratio DGATE/DMIRD 0.94 1.05 1.06 1.04
Patient 3 1.82E-1 1.88E-1 1.41E-1 1.46E-1 1.21E-1 1.17E-1 3.45E-1 3.56E-1
Ratio DGATE/DMIRD 0.97 0.97 1.03 0.97
Patient 4 1.88E-1 1.95E-1 1.97E-1 2.04E-1 2.03E-1 2.06E-1 6.64E-1 6.53E-1
Ratio DGATE/DMIRD 0.96 0.96 0.98 1.02
Total dose (GATE) 1.47E-1 1.15E-1 1.28E-1 4.26E-1

MIRD: Medical internal radiation dose, GATE: Geant4 application for tomographic emission