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Radiopharmaceutical Administered activity (MBq) Critical organ (bladder) Effective dose 99mTc-phosphates (intravenous) 500–1,110 0.047 (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.
Radiopharmaceutical Administered activity (MBq) Critical organ (bladder) Effective dose 99mTc-phosphates (intravenous) 170–210 0.11 (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.