Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Pregnancy Many clinicians are concerned about ordering radionuclide scans for a pregnant patient. The question most frequently arises in connection with lung and hepatobiliary scans. In general, if the scan…
Sample Techniques for Nuclear Imaging
This appendix is provided as a guide to the technical aspects of various imaging procedures. Some of the less common procedures have not been included, and the procedures described herein…
Answers to Unknown Case Sets
Answers to Unknown Case Sets Case 1.1 1.1a. What is the most likely diagnosis? Unobstructed patulous collecting system of the right kidney with prompt washout of activity from the collecting…
Special Considerations and Requirements for Iodine-131 Therapy
Evaluation of patients and considerations prior to iodine-131 ( 131 I) are presented in Chapter 4 , and release instructions for iodine-131 therapy patients are also presented in Chapter 13…
General Considerations for Hospitalized Patients Receiving Radionuclide Therapy
Many authors have concluded that the release of patients treated with therapeutic amounts of radiopharmaceuticals is not likely to expose any member of the public, including external and internal dose…
Nonradioactive Pharmaceuticals in Nuclear Medicine
Pharmaceutical Indication Adult Dose Acetazolamide (Diamox) Brain perfusion 1 g in 10 mL sterile water, IV over 2 min for adults (14 mg/kg for children) 10–20 min before injecting tracer Adenosine (Adenocard) Cardiac stress 140 mcg/kg…
Gastrointestinal Tract
Abstract This chapter contains information on the common nuclear medicine gastrointestinal imaging techniques. These include liver-spleen colloid imaging, blood pool agents, localization of ectopic gastric mucosa, hepatobiliary function, and gastrointestinal…
Injection Techniques and Pediatric Dosages
Pediatric doses of radiopharmaceuticals ideally should be kept as low as possible. A balance must be achieved between the smaller doses needed in a small patient and the minimum dose…
Other Radionuclide Decay Tables
Fluorine-18 Time (Hours) Fraction Remaining 0.25 0.910 0.50 0.827 0.75 0.753 1.00 0.685 1.25 0.623 1.50 0.567 1.75 0.515 2.00 0.469 2.50 0.387 3.00 0.321 4.00 0.219 5.00 0.150 6.00…
Technetium-99m Decay and Generation Tables
The table that follows may be used to determine the amount of technetium-99m ( 99m Tc) remaining in a sample after a given period of time using the following formula:…
