99mTc-TRODAT-1 Radiation Doses

            The critical organ is the liver, with an estimated 0.046 mGy/MBq  and 0.17 rads/mCi dose.  Whole brain 0.002 mGy/MBq  and 0.008 rads/mCi. Ovaries 0.008 mGy/MBq and 0.029 rads/mCi. Testes 0.001 mGy/MBq and 0.004 rads/mCi. Total body estimated dose 0.005 mGy/MBq and 0.019 rads/mCi. Effective dose in females of 0.013 mSv/MBq and 0.049 rem/mCi. Effective dose in males of 0.011 mSv/MBq and 0.039 rem/mCi.

References:

P. David Mozley, James B. Stubbs, Karl Plossl,Stefan H. Dresel, Eleathea D. Barraclough, Abass Alavi, Luis I. Araujo and Hank F. KungBiodistribution and Dosimetry of TROD AT-1 : A Technetium-99m Tropane for Imaging Dopamine Transporters. J Nucl Med 1998; 39:2069-2076.

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