Radionuclides



Radionuclides





RADIONUCLIDES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS









TABLE 68-1 Commonly Used Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals










































































































































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Jun 12, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY | Comments Off on Radionuclides

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Nuclide


Half-life


Energy (keV)


Tracer


Applications


Dose (mCi)


Time to imaging


99mTechnetium (99mTc)


6h


140


Pertechnetate


Thyroid—diagnostic imaging


5


20min






GI—Meckel scana


5


0






Testes—torsion


10


0





HMPAO


Brain—perfusion SPECT


20


20 min





Pyrophosphate


Cardiac—infarct


15


2 h





RBC


Cardiac—gated ventriculography (MUGA)


20


0






GI—bleeding scan


20


0






Liver—SPECT for hemangioma


20


0





Sestamibi


Cardiac—perfusionb


25


30-60 min






Parathyroid—adenoma


20


0 + 2 h





Teboroxime


Cardiac—perfusion


25-30


0





Sulfur colloid


GI—gastric/esophageal emptying for liquids


1


0






GI—gastric/esophageal emptying for solids


0.5


0






Liver—SPECT for mass


5


5 min





IDA derivative


Liver—cholecystitis, biliary atresiac


5


0





MAA


Lung—perfusion


3


0