Radiopharmaceuticals in NM

Question 1

Application:

Pulmonary ventilation scintigraphy

Answer 1

Xe-133 (inert gas)

Question 2

Pulmonary ventilation scintigraphy

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Xe-127 (inert gas)

Question 3

Pulmonary ventilation scintigraphy

Answer 3

Kr-81m krypton (inert gas)

Question 4

Thyroid scintigraphy, thyroid uptake function studies

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I-123 sodium iodide

Question 5

Inflammatory disease and infection detection

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In-111 oxine leukocytes

Question 6

Adrenal medullary tumor imaging

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I-123 meta-iodo-benzyl-guanidine (MIBG)

Question 7

Somatostatin receptor tumor imaging

Answer 7

In-111 pentetreotide (OctreoScan)

Question 8

Dopamine transporter receptor imaging for Parkinson disease and parkinsonian syndromes

Answer 8

I-123 ioflupane (DaTscan)

Question 9

Thyroid cancer scintigraphy; thyroid uptake function studies; treatment of Graves disease, toxic nodule, and thyroid cancer

Answer 9

I-131 sodium iodide

Question 10

B-cell lymphoma imaging and therapy

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I-131 tositumomab (Bexxar)

Question 11

B-cell lymphoma therapy

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In-111 ibritumomab (Zevalin)

Question 12

PERFUSION AGENTS

Answer 12

O-15 water
N-13 ammonia
Rb-82 chloride

Question 13

METABOLIC AGENTS

Answer 13

F-18 sodium fluoride
Fe-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
O-15 oxygen
C-11 acetate
C-11 palmitate
N-13 glutamate

Question 14

TUMOR AGENTS

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F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
C-11 methionine
F-18 fluorothymidine

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RECEPTOR-BINDING AGENTS

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C-11 carfentanil
C-11 raclopride
F-18 fluoro-L-dopa

Question 16

BLOOD VOLUME

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C-11 carbon monoxide

Ga-68 ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

Question 17

AMYLOID-IMAGING AGENT

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F-18 florbetapir

Question 18

Meckel’s diverticulum detection, salivary and thyroid gland scintigraphy

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Tc-99m sodium pertechnetate

Question 19

Lymphoscintigraphy

Liver/spleen scintigraphy, bone marrow scintigraphy

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Tc-99m sulfur colloid

Question 20

Skeletal scintigraphy

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Tc-99m diphosphonate

Question 21

Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy, liver intraarterial perfusion scintigraphy

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Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA)

Question 22

Radionuclide ventriculography, gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic hemangioma

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Tc-99m red blood cells

Question 23

Renal dynamic scintigraphy, lung ventilation (aerosol), glumerular flitration

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Tc-99m diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic-acid (DTPA)

Question 24

Renal dynamic scintigraphy

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Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3)

Question 25

Renal cortical scintigraphy

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Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA)

Question 26

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy

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Tc-99m iminodiacetic acid (HIDA)

Question 27

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, breast imaging

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Tc-99m sestamibi (Cardiolite)

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Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

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Tc-99m tetrofosmin (Myoview)

Question 29

Cerebral perfusion scintigraphy, white blood cell labeling

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Tc-99m exametazime (HNPAO)

Question 30

Cerebral perfusion scintigraphy

Answer 30

Tc-99m bicisate (ECD)