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Table 6 PET + CT Total Organ Absorbed Dose (mGy)

From: Patient-adapted organ absorbed dose and effective dose estimates in pediatric 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography studies

 

All ages

<  1 Y

1–5 Y

6–10 Y

11–15 Y

16–17 Y

 

Adrenals

13

13

13

13

13

13

 

Brain

17

11

13

17

21

23

 

Breast

6.1

4.0

5.4

5.5

6.9

8.4

 

Colon

14

13

14

14

13

13

 

Esophagus

14

14

15

15

13

14

 

Eyes

12

11

12

13

12

8.7

 

Eye Lens

7.0

4.1

5.9

7.0

8.0

9.9

 

Gall Bladder

13

12

13

13

12

12

 

Gonads

14

13

14

14

13

13

 

Heart

49

44

45

55

49

42

 

Kidneys

13

13

14

14

13

13

 

Liver

19

17

18

19

18

18

 

Lungs

18

18

19

18

17

17

 

Pancreas

13

13

14

14

13

12

 

Prostate/Uterus

16

14

16

17

16

15

 

Red Marrow

10

11

10

11

10

10

 

Small Intestine

13

13

14

14

12

13

 

Spleen

13

12

13

13

12

12

 

Stomach

13

12

13

13

13

12

 

Thymus

17

15

17

17

16

16

 

Thyroid

16

13

15

15

15

18

 

Bladder

56

51

60

57

52

49

 
  1. <1Y = patients aged less than one year at scan time
  2. 1-5Y = patients aged one year to five years old at scan time
  3. 6-10Y = patients aged five years to ten years old at scan time
  4. 11-15Y = patients aged eleven to fifteen years old at scan time
  5. 16-17Y = patients aged sixteen to seventeen years old at scan time
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BMC Medical Imaging

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