TABLE 3.

Absorbed Doses after Injection of 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 μg of ^99mTc-(HE)₃-G3

	Absorbed dose, mGy/MBq
Site	1,000 μg	2,000 μg	3,000 μg
Adrenals	0.031 ± 0.007	0.031 ± 0.007	0.032 ± 0.002
Brain	0.0010 ± 0.0004	0.0011 ± 0.0002	0.0012 ± 0.0001
Breasts	0.008 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.001
Gallbladder wall	0.017 ± 0.003	0.015 ± 0.004	0.014 ± 0.002
LLI wall	0.005 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.003	0.006 ± 0.001
Small intestine	0.0076 ± 0.0010	0.009 ± 0.004	0.009 ± 0.002
Stomach wall	0.0060 ± 0.0008	0.006 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.002
ULI wall	0.007 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.003	0.009 ± 0.002
Heart wall	0.004 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	0.0042 ± 0.0007
Kidneys	0.10 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.05
Liver	0.016 ± 0.003	0.011 ± 0.003*	0.0100 ± 0.0008*
Lungs	0.005 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.001
Muscle	0.0024 ± 0.0005	0.003 ± 0.001	0.0028 ± 0.0007
Ovaries	0.014 ± 0.005	0.014 ± 0.008	0.013 ± 0.003
Pancreas	0.012 ± 0.001	0.013 ± 0.003	0.016 ± 0.004
Red marrow	0.0033 ± 0.0007	0.004 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001
Osteogenic cells	0.006 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001
Skin	0.0014 ± 0.0004	0.0015 ± 0.0003	0.0017 ± 0.0003
Spleen	0.010 ± 0.001	0.010 ± 0.003	0.012 ± 0.004
Thymus	0.006 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.003	0.0068 ± 0.0002
Thyroid	0.017 ± 0.003	0.018 ± 0.005	0.022 ± 0.003
Urinary bladder wall	0.013 ± 0.007	0.014 ± 0.009	0.019 ± 0.007
Uterus	0.008 ± 0.002	0.055 ± 0.01	0.009 ± 0.003
Total body	0.004 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001
Effective dose equivalent (mSv/MBq)	0.017 ± 0.002	0.020 ± 0.012	0.019 ± 0.005
Effective dose (mSv/MBq)	0.011 ± 0.001	0.012 ± 0.006	0.012 ± 0.003

^*Significant (P < 0.05) difference with absorbed dose after the injection of 1,000 μg ^99mTc-(HE)₃-G3.

LLI = lower large intestine; ULI = upper large intestine.