FINAL 05 - Radiopharmaceuticals Flashcards
Is a radioactive pharmaceutical agent that is used for diagnostic or therapeutic procedure
Radiopharmaceutical
Substances that have the same number of protons but have varying numbers of neutrons
Radionuclide
Equation that allows the clinician to predict the activity of radioactive material
Decay equation
The fundamental unit of radioactivity; defined as 3.7x10^10 nuclear transformation per second or disintegrations per second (dps)
Curie (Ci)
Radiopharmaceuticals that deliver the minimum possible radiation dose to the patient while still obtaining the required diagnostic information (Types of radiopharmaceuticals)
Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
Radiopharmaceuticals that deliver the maximum radiation dose to the diseased organ or tumor while minimizing the radiation dose to nontarget tissues (Types of radiopharmaceuticals)
Therapy radiopharmaceuticals
A metastable nuclear isomer of technetium 99, the most commonly used medical radioisotope (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Technetium-99m (99m Tc)
Half-life of Technetium-99m (99m Tc)
1 day/24 hours
An isotope of yttrium; used in radiation therapy to treat cancer (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Yttrium-90 (90 Y)
Half-life of Yttrium-90 (90 Y)
64.1 hours
A diagnostic radiopharmaceutical indicated for myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Thallous-201 chloride (201 Tl)
Meaning of SPECT
Single-photon emission computed tomography
Used as a radioactive tracer to obtain images of a specific type of tissue, or disease state of tissue (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Gallium-67 citrate (67 Ga)
An isotope of indium that is useful for isotopic labeling of blood cell components (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Indium-111 chloride (111 In)
Half life of Indium-111 chloride (111 In)
2.8 days
Used in nuclear imaging; used for the diagnostic study of thyroid diseases (Examples of radiopharmaceutical agents)
Sodium iodide-123 (123 I)