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. 2020 Apr;61(4):613–619. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.233288

TABLE 3.

Comparison of Dose Estimates Calculated in Current Study with Dose Estimates Reported for Other Published Intravenous 18F−FDG Dosimetry

Site Current study FDA package insert (1) Jones 1982 (21) Mejia 1991 (22) Deloar 1998 (23) Hays 2002 (24) Khamwan 2010 (25) Velasques2010 (26) Mattsson 2015 (27)
n 9 Unknown 11 8 6 Unknown 35 97 Unknown
Adrenals 1.02E−02 ± 4.65E−03 1.3E−02* 1.8E−02* 1.6E−02* 1.2E−02*
Brain 4.20E−02 ± 8.91E−03 1.9E−02 2.2E−02 2.9E−02 3.7E−02 3.5E−02 4.6E−02* 3.8E−02
Breasts 8.84E−03 ± 8.24E−04 9.2E−03* 1.0E−02* 1.0E−02* 7.3E−03 7.7E−03 8.8E−03
Gallbladder wall 1.33E−02 ± 1.40E−03 1.3E−02 1.3E−02
LLI wall 1.44E−02 ± 1.66E−03 1.4E−02 1.8E−02* 1.5E−02* 1.4E−02
Small intestine 1.35E−02 ± 1.32E−03 1.3E−02 1.7E−02* 1.5E−02* 1.2E−02
Stomach wall 1.42E−02 ± 1.32E−03 1.3E−02 1.5E−02* 1.2E−02 1.2E−02 1.1E−02
ULI wall 1.33E−02 ± 1.58E−03 1.2E−02 1.7E−02* 1.5E−02* 1.2E−02
Heart wall 3.28E−02 ± 1.57E−02 5.9E−02* 4.3E−02* 4.5E−02* 1.7E−02 3.5E−02* 6.9E−02* 6.7E−02*
Kidneys 2.29E−02 ± 5.11E−03 2.0E−02 2.3E−02* 3.0E−02* 2.8E−02* 5.9E−03 2.7E−02* 7.4E−02* 1.7E−02
Liver 1.50E−02 ± 1.98E−03 1.6E−02* 2.0E−02* 2.3E−02* 1.8E−02* 8.4E−03 3.0E−02* 2.4E−02* 2.1E−02*
Lungs 1.38E−02 ± 3.31E−03 1.7E−02* 2.1E−02* 1.1E−02 1.8E−02* 8.4E−03 4.6E−03 1.5E−02* 2.0E−02*
Muscle 8.89E−03 ± 1.24E−03 1.1E−02* 1.0E−02*
Ovaries 1.13E−02 ± 3.21E−04 1.4E−02* 1.4E−02* 1.6E−02* 1.5E−03* 1.1E−02 1.4E−02*
Pancreas 1.40E−02 ± 4.08E−03 2.6E−02* 2.0E−02* 2.6E−02* 1.6E−03 1.3E−02
Red marrow 8.74E−03 ± 1.15E−03 1.3E−02* 1.4E−02* 1.2E−02* 5.6E−03 1.7E−03 1.8E−02* 1.1E−02* 1.1E−02*
Osteogenic cells 1.39E−02 ± 2.37E−03 4.1E−02* 1.5E−02* 8.0E−03 2.1E−02* 1.1E−02 1.1E−02
Skin 6.90E−03 ± 1.01E−03 8.1E−03* 1.1E−03 7.8E−03*
Spleen 1.35E−02 ± 3.45E−03 3.8E−02* 4.3E−02* 2.2E−02* 1.4E−02* 2.1E−03 1.5E−02* 1.1E−02
Testes 8.63E−03 ± 2.55E−03 1.1E−02* 1.8E−02* 1.5E−02* 1.5E−02* 1.5E−03 1.1E−02* 1.1E−02* 1.1E−02*
Thymus 9.72E−03 ± 1.76E−03 1.2E−02* 1.2E−02* 1.2E−02*
Thyroid 9.99E−03 ± 3.12E−03 1.1E−02* 1.3E−02* 1.3E−02* 1.0E−02* 1.0E−02* 1.0E−02*
Bladder wall 8.46E−02 ± 1.42E−02 8.6E−02* 1.2E−01* 1.2E−01* 3.1E−01* 4.3E−02 6.4E−02 1.3E−01
Uterus 2.98E−02 ± 8.18E−03 1.7E−02 1.9E−02 1.9E−02 1.8E−02
Total body 1.03E−02 ± 1.44E−03 1.1E−02* 1.2E−02* 1.4E−02*
Effective dose (mSv/MBq) 1.53E−02 ± 1.63E−03 1.8E−02* 2.4E−02* 2.9E−02* 1.5E−02 1.9E−02*
*

Higher reported dose than in current study.

FDA = Food and Drug Administration; LLI = lower large intestine; ULI = upper large intestine.

All dose estimates are reported in mSv/MBq.