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Table 4 List of percent blood volume predicted by the FDG newborn model compared with values for the adult in ICRP 106 and the original FDG adult model

From: Pharmacokinetic modeling of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for premature infants, and newborns through 5-year-olds

Organ

Fraction blood volume (%)

Adults (ICRP 106)

Adults (Hays and Segall)

Premature

0- to 5-year-olds

Brain

1.2

–a

2.2

13.5

Lungs

12.5

15

9

3

Heart wall

1.0 (same listed has coronary tissue)

6.9 (includes coronary artery)

2.5

3.1

Liver

10

24.3

–

9.8

  1. aHays and Segall paper referred to Huang et al. brain model and did not explicitly list a fractional blood volume for brain
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