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[2ND YEAR] PH 107 - Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Drug Delivery Systems, and Medical Devices (Lec.) > FINAL 05 - Radiopharmaceuticals > Flashcards

FINAL 05 - Radiopharmaceuticals Flashcards

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Is a radioactive pharmaceutical agent that is used for diagnostic or therapeutic procedure

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Radiopharmaceutical

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Substances that have the same number of protons but have varying numbers of neutrons

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Radionuclide

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Equation that allows the clinician to predict the activity of radioactive material

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Decay equation

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The fundamental unit of radioactivity; defined as 3.7x10^10 nuclear transformation per second or disintegrations per second (dps)

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Curie (Ci)

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Radiopharmaceuticals that deliver the minimum possible radiation dose to the patient while still obtaining the required diagnostic information (Types of radiopharmaceuticals)

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Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals

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Radiopharmaceuticals that deliver the maximum radiation dose to the diseased organ or tumor while minimizing the radiation dose to nontarget tissues (Types of radiopharmaceuticals)

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Therapy radiopharmaceuticals

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A metastable nuclear isomer of technetium 99, the most commonly used medical radioisotope (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Technetium-99m (99m Tc)

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8
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Half-life of Technetium-99m (99m Tc)

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1 day/24 hours

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An isotope of yttrium; used in radiation therapy to treat cancer (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Yttrium-90 (90 Y)

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Half-life of Yttrium-90 (90 Y)

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64.1 hours

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A diagnostic radiopharmaceutical indicated for myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Thallous-201 chloride (201 Tl)

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Meaning of SPECT

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Single-photon emission computed tomography

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13
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Used as a radioactive tracer to obtain images of a specific type of tissue, or disease state of tissue (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Gallium-67 citrate (67 Ga)

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14
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An isotope of indium that is useful for isotopic labeling of blood cell components (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Indium-111 chloride (111 In)

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Half life of Indium-111 chloride (111 In)

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2.8 days

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16
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Used in nuclear imaging; used for the diagnostic study of thyroid diseases (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Sodium iodide-123 (123 I)

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17
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Half life of Sodium iodide-123 (123 I)

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13.13 hours

18
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An isotope used to treat hyperthyroidism and certain thyroid cancer (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Sodium iodide-131 (131 I)

19
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Emits beta particles and gamma rays; it localizes selectively in the bone and is used in palliation of bone cancer (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Samarium-153 (153 Sm)

20
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This isotope is useful in calibration of gamma ray spectrometers (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Holmium-166 (166 Ho)

21
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This synthetic isotope is bound to ocreotate and is used in targeted radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors and bone pain palliation (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)

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Lutetium-177 (177 Lu)

22
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2 isotopes that are used for bone palliation, endo-radiotherapy, tumor therapy (RR)

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Rhenium-186 & Rhenium-188 (186/188 Re)

23
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Therapy where the absorbed dose to be delivered should be determined from uptake measurements, effective half-life of the radiopharmaceutical and the size of the thyroid

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I-131 therapy

24
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Is a local intraarticular injection of radionuclides in colloidal form of radiotherapy

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Radiosynovectomy

25
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A kind of care that makes a person feel better even if it does not cure the disease

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Palliation

26
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Involves the IV injection of a radiopharmaceutical

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Pain palliation

27
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Imaging that detects function properties of the human tissue

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Nuclear imaging

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The distribution of the pharmaceutical is fixed over the imaging period (Types of nuclear imaging)

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Static imaging

29
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The camera scans over the whole body to cover more widespread distributions or unknown locations (Types of nuclear imaging)

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Whole body imaging

30
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Consecutive images are acquired over a period of time showing the changing distribution of the radiopharmaceutical in the organ of interest (Types of nuclear imaging)

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Dynamic imaging

31
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Scan that reflects bone metabolism and blood flow, and allows functional analysis of bone turnover (Types of scan)

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Scan where a proportionately spread embolization of the pulmonary capillary bed yields an image reflection the lung blood perfusion (Types of scan)

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Scan that offers structural and functional information by displaying the thyroid image and calculating uptake, organ volume, etc. (Types of scan)

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Thyroid scintigraphy/scan

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Reflects renal blood perfusion, uptake, and excretion (Types of scan)

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Dynamic renal scintigraphy

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Meaning of PET

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Positron emission tomography

36
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4 isotopes used in PET (CNOF)

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Carbon-11, Nitrogen-13, Oxygen-15, Fluorine-18

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Is a radioactive isotope of carbon that decays to boron-1; it is used in radioactive labeling of molecules in PET (Isotopes used in PET)

38
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Is a radioisotope of nitrogen used in PET, primarily to tag ammonia molecules for PET myocardial perfusion (Isotopes used in PET)

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Nitrogen-13

39
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Is a radioisotope synthesized into fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for use in PET scans and used for labelling antibodies that allows for PET imaging of cancer (Isotopes used in PET)

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Fluorine-18

40
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Is a radioisotope of oxygen used in PET-imaging; it is synthesized through deuteron bombardment of nitrogen-14 using a cyclotron (Isotopes used in PET)

41
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Machine that works by using a scanning device to detect positrons (subatomic particles) emitted by a radionuclide in the organ or tissue being examined

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PET scanner

42
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An apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic particles are accelerated by an alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field

[2ND YEAR] PH 107 - Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Drug Delivery Systems, and Medical Devices (Lec.) (15 decks)

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