Research Article
Development of -N4-NIM for Molecular Imaging of Tumor Hypoxia
Table 3
Radiation dose estimates for the reference adult forββ99mTc-N4-NIM.
| Target organ | rad/mCi | Human dose (mCi) | rad |
| Organs (5 rem annual/15 rem total) |
| Adrenals | | 20 | 0.131 | Brain | | 20 | 0.010 | Breasts | | 20 | 0.024 | Gall bladder wall | | 20 | 0.086 | Lli wall | | 20 | 0.031 | Small int | | 20 | 0.059 | Stomach | | 20 | 0.084 | Uli wall | | 20 | 0.055 | Heart wall | | 20 | 0.110 | Kidneys | | 20 | 1.640 | Liver | | 20 | 0.088 | Lungs | | 20 | 0.101 | Muscle | | 20 | 0.029 | Pancreas | | 20 | 0.169 | Bone surfaces | | 20 | 0.082 | Skin | | 20 | 0.018 | Testes | | 20 | 0.016 | Thymus | | 20 | 0.034 | Thyroid | | 20 | 0.020 | Urine bladder wall | | 20 | 0.024 | Uterus | | 20 | 0.033 | Eff dose | | 20 | 0.068 |
| Blood-forming organs (3 rem annual/5 rem total) |
| Ovaries | | 20 | 0.033 | Red marrow | | 20 | 0.043 | Spleen | | 20 | 0.654 | Eff dose eq | | 20 | 0.195 | Total body | | 20 | 0.045 |
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