RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS Flashcards
As gas for lung imaging to detect alveolar blockage
XENON 133 INJECTION
Myocardial perfusion imaging for diagnosis and localization of myocardial ischemia and infarction
THALLIUM 201 CHLORIDE INJECTION
For liver and spleen imaging
TECHNETIUM 99M SODIUM PHYTATE INJECTION
Bone and renal imaging
TECHNETIUM 99M SODIUM PHOSPHATE INJECTION
A renal imaging agent and localization of brain, lung and gall bladder lesions
TECHNETIUM 99M GLUCEPTATE INJECTION
diagnostic
aid for liver scanning.
Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid Injection
skeletal
imaging agent used to demonstrate regions of altered
osteogenesis.
Technetium Tc 99m Pyrophosphate Injection
brain and
kidney visualization, for vascular dynamic studies for
measurement of glomerular filtration and lung ventilation
studies.
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate Injection
kidney
imaging.
Technetium Tc 99m Ferpentate Injection
hepatobiliary
imaging agent.
Technetium Tc 99m Iminodiacetic acid (TIDA) or
Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic acid (HIDA)
best agent for
bone imaging.
Technetium Tc 99m Etidrenate Injection
diagnostic aid for scanning
bones to detect and define lesions and to study bone
growth and abnormal formation.
Strontium Sr 85 Injection
neoplastic and
polycythemic suppressant, diagnostic aid for localization of
ocular tumor.
Sodium Phosphate P 32 Solution
detection and
location of cranial lesion, thyroid and salivary glands,
imaging placental localization and blood pool imaging.
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m Injection
thyroid function.
Sodium Iodide I 123, I 125, I 131
bone imaging,
especially to define area of altered osteogenic activity.
Sodium Fluoride F 18 Injection
biological tracer to
measure circulating red-cell volume, red-cell survival time
and whole blood volume.
Sodium chromate Cr 51 Injection
determining circulating
times, sodium space and total exchangeable sodium.
Sodium chloride Na 22 Injection
used for lung imaging.
Albumin Microspheres Tc 99m, In 111, In 113m, Pb 203
detection and
quantitation of gastrointestinal protein loss and placental
localization.
Chromated Cr 51 Albumin Injection -
diagnostic aid in the
determination of total blood and plasma volumes.
Iodinated I 125 Albumin Injection
diagnostic aid in the
determination of total blood and plasma volumes,
circulation times or cardiac output and as adjunct to other
diagnostic procedures in the detection and localization of
brain tumors, in placental localization and in
cisternography
Iodinated I 131 Albumin Injection
diagnostic study of the lungs (pulmonary embolism) by
radioisotope scanning.
Iodinated I 131 Albumin Aggregated Injection
diagnostic aid for
scanning the brain for suspected lesions and the kidneys
for anatomical and functional abnormalities.
Chlormerodrin Hg 197 Injection
same uses as above.
Chlormerodrin Hg 203 Injection
neoplastic
suppressant for palliative treatment of pleural and
peritoneal effusions.
Chromic Phosphate P 32 Injection
60 Co has
replaced radium, which is relatively expensive for many
radiation uses of the latter element.
Cyanocobalamin Co 57 and Co 60 Capsules and
Solution
diagnostic aid to study the absorption and
deposition of Vit. B12 in normal individuals and in patients
with megaloblastic anemias.
Cyanocobalamin Co 57 and Co 60 Capsules and
Solution
diagnostic agent for lung
imaging.
Ferric hydroxide In 113m
diagnostic aid for the
evaluation of the kinetics of iron metabolism.
Ferrous nitrate Fe 59 Injection
for
brain and kidney imaging and for cisternographic diagnosis
of CSF rhinorrhea.
Pentetate Ytterbium Trisodium Yb 169 Injection
tumor localization
and studies of renal blood flow.
Potassium Chloride K 42 Injection
for heart imaging.
Potassium Chloride K 43 Injection
diagnostic aid
(liver function), especially for differential diagnosis of
hepatobiliary diseases.
Rose Bengal Sodium I 131 Injection
scintigraphy of the
pancreas and parathyroid glands.
Selenomehtionine Se 75 Injection
study metabolism of
endogenous thyroxine, supplementing other tests of thyroid
function.
Levothyroxine I 125 and I 131
diagnostic agents for measuring fat absorption in
suspected pancreatic disease and other gastrointestinal
dysfunction.
Oleic acid I 125 and I 131, Trinolein I 125 and I 131
diagnostic
aid for brain scanning, for studies of glomerular filtration
and for kidney imaging.
Pentetate Indium Trisodium In 113 Injection
diagnostic
aid for studies of cardiac output, for cisternography, for
evaluation of glomerular filtration and in renal scintigraphy.
Pentetate Indium Disodium In 111 Injection
blood-pool studies,
including visualization, aneurysms, and in placental
scintigraphy.
Indium Chloride In 113m Injection
for liver, spleen
and bone marrow scintigraphy.
Indium Hydroxide In 113m Injection
in vitro assay of circulating insulin
either free or bound.
Insulin I 125 and I 131
for kidney
function.
Iodohippurate Sodium I 131 Injection
lung function, ventilation and perfusion
and radiocardiology.
Krypton Kr 81m
in vitro evaluation of
thyroid function.
Liothyronine I 125 and I 131
diagnostic aid in pulmonary
scintigraphy.
Ferrous Hydroxide Tc 99m
diagnosis and localization of
deep-vein thrombosis, the accumulation of fibrinogen in
clots is observable by use of a radiation detector pressed to
the surface of the limb.
Fibrinogen I 125 Injection
diagnosis of lesions of
the lungs, breast, maxillary sinuses and liver by using
scanning and organ-imaging techniques. A positive 67 Ga
uptake is a potential indicator of certain malignancies such
as lymphomas, bronchogenic carcinoma, and Hodgkin’s
disease.
Gallium Citrate Ga 67 Injection
