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SNMMI Procedure Standard for Bone Scintigraphy 4.0

Twyla B. Bartel, Manohar Kuruva, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Mohsen Beheshti, Erica J. Cohen, Alan F. Weissman and Tracy L. Yarbrough
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2018, 46 (4) 398-404;

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  • TABLE 1

    Radiation Dosimetry in Adults

    RadiopharmaceuticalAdministered activity (MBq)Critical organ (bladder)Effective dose
    99mTc-phosphates (intravenous)500–1,1100.047 (mGy/MBq)0.0049 (mSv/MBq)
    34.8 (mGy/740 MBq)3.6 (mSv/740 MBq)
    52.2 (mGy/1,110 MBq)5.4 (mSv/1,110 MBq)

    • Values for normal bone uptake and normal renal function are from Radiation Dose to Patients from Radiopharmaceuticals. London, U.K.: ICRP; 1988:215. ICRP report 53. See also Weber DA, Makler PT Jr, Watson EE, Coffey JL, Thomas SR, London J. MIRD dose estimate report no. 13: radiation absorbed dose from technetium-99m-labeled bone imaging agents. J Nucl Med. 1989;30:1117–1122.

  • TABLE 2

    Radiation Dosimetry in Children (5 y old)

    RadiopharmaceuticalAdministered activity (MBq)Critical organ (bladder)Effective dose
    99mTc-phosphates (intravenous)170–2100.11 (mGy/MBq)0.012 (mSv/MBq)
    18.7 (mGy/740 MBq)2.0 (mSv/740 MBq)
    23.1 (mGy/1,110 MBq)2.5 (mSv/1,110 MBq)

    • Values for normal bone uptake and normal renal function are from Radiation Dose to Patients from Radiopharmaceuticals. London, U.K.: ICRP; 1988:215. ICRP report 53. See also Weber DA, Makler PT Jr, Watson EE, Coffey JL, Thomas SR, London J. MIRD dose estimate report no. 13: radiation absorbed dose from technetium-99m-labeled bone imaging agents. J Nucl Med. 1989;30:1117–1122.

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