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Table 1 Activity distributions in normal liver tissue from the left lobe of Pt 1

From: Heterogeneity of microsphere distribution in resected liver and tumour tissue following selective intrahepatic radiotherapy

 

Small mass

Medium mass

Large mass

All

Mass (mg)

8 ≤ m ≤ 41

47 ≤ m ≤ 76

80 ≤ m ≤ 422

8 ≤ m ≤ 422

m ¯ (mg)

20

63

210

100

n

11

11

12

34

Spheres ¯ /biopsy

1,200

3,300

9,200

4,400

A ¯ / m ¯ (Bq/mg)

3,100

2,600

2,200

2,200

CV

0.45

0.46

0.41

0.46

SK

−0.35

−0.52

−0.12

0.058

  1. CV, coefficient of variation; m ¯ , mean mass of n tissue biopsies; Spheres ¯ /biopsy, average number of spheres per biopsy; A ¯ / m ¯ , mean activity concentration; SK, skew of the distribution.