Research Article

Development of πŸ— πŸ— 𝐦 𝐓 𝐜 -N4-NIM for Molecular Imaging of Tumor Hypoxia

Table 3

Radiation dose estimates for the reference adult for  99mTc-N4-NIM.

Target organrad/mCiHuman dose (mCi)rad

Organs (5 rem annual/15 rem total)

Adrenals 6 . 5 6 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.131
Brain 5 . 0 3 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 4 200.010
Breasts 1 . 2 2 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.024
Gall bladder wall 4 . 2 8 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.086
Lli wall 1 . 5 3 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.031
Small int 2 . 9 7 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.059
Stomach 4 . 1 9 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.084
Uli wall 2 . 7 4 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.055
Heart wall 5 . 5 0 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.110
Kidneys 8 . 2 0 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 2 201.640
Liver 4 . 4 1 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.088
Lungs 5 . 0 5 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.101
Muscle 1 . 4 6 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.029
Pancreas 8 . 4 4 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.169
Bone surfaces 4 . 1 1 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.082
Skin 8 . 8 1 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 4 200.018
Testes 8 . 1 1 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 4 200.016
Thymus 1 . 6 9 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.034
Thyroid 9 . 9 3 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 4 200.020
Urine bladder wall 1 . 1 8 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.024
Uterus 1 . 6 5 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.033
Eff dose 3 . 4 1 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.068

Blood-forming organs (3 rem annual/5 rem total)

Ovaries 1 . 6 7 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.033
Red marrow 2 . 1 5 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.043
Spleen 3 . 2 7 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 2 200.654
Eff dose eq 9 . 7 3 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.195
Total body 2 . 2 6 𝐸 βˆ’ 0 3 200.045