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Table 2 Activity distributions in normal liver tissue from the right 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)

12 ≤ m ≤ 62

63 ≤ m ≤ 125

128 ≤ m ≤ 391

12 ≤ m ≤ 391

m ¯ (mg)

39

82

240

120

n

22

20

20

62

Spheres ¯ /biopsy

510

740

2,200

1,200

A ¯ / m ¯ (Bq/mg)

670

450

470

480

CV

0.63

0.67

0.57

0.65

SK

0.27

2.8

1.7

1.2

  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.