Radiopharmaceuticals Page 1

Question 1

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG)

Answer 1

positron emission tomography
imaging

Question 2

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Sodium Fluoride (NaF)

Answer 2

malignant diseases of the
skeleton

Question 3

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Fluciclovine

Answer 3

Detects and locates suspected
prostate cancer recurrence in
patients with elevated PSA
following treatment

Question 4

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Fluciclovine TRADE NAME

Answer 4

Axumin

Question 5

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Florbetair

Answer 5

Detects plaque in the brain

Question 6

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Florbetair TRADE NAME

Answer 6

Amyvid

Question 7

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Florbetaben

Answer 7

Estimates amyloid neuritic
plaque in cognitive impaired
and Alzheimer patients

Question 8

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Florbetaben TRADE NAME

Answer 8

Neuroceq

Question 9

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Flutemetamol

Answer 9

Estimates amyloid neuritic
plaque in cognitive impaired
and Alzheimer patients

Question 10

Flourine-18 (18Fl) Flutemetamol TRADE NAME

Answer 10

Vizamyl

Question 11

Gallium-67 (67Ga)

Answer 11

soft-tissue tumor and
inflammatory process imaging

Question 12

Gallium-67 (67Ga) TRADE NAME

Answer 12

Neoscan

Question 13

Gallium-68 (68Ga) Dotatate

Answer 13

localization of somatostatin
receptor positive
neuroendocrine tumors

Question 14

Gallium-68 (68Ga) Dotatate TRADE NAME

Answer 14

Netspot

Question 15

Indium-111(111In) chloride

Answer 15

for labeling monoclonal
antibodies and peptides
(OncoScint & Octreoscan)

Question 16

Indium-111(111In) chloride TRADE NAME

Answer 16

Indiclor

Question 17

Indium-111(111In) pentetate (DTPA)

Answer 17

imaging of CSF kinetics

Question 18

Indium-111(111In) oxyquinoline (oxine)

Answer 18

for labeling leukocytes and
platelets

Question 19

Indium-111(111In) Capromab pendetide

Answer 19

monoclonal antibody for
imaging prostate cancer

Question 20

Indium-111(111In) Capromab pendetide TRADE NAME

Answer 20

ProstaScint

Question 21

Indium-111(111In) Imciromab pentetate

Answer 21

monoclonal antibody for
diagnosis of myocardial
necrosis

Question 22

Indium-111(111In) Imciromab pentetate TRADE NAME

Answer 22

Myoscint

Question 23

Indium-111(111In) pentetreotide

Answer 23

imaging of neuroendocrine
tumors

Question 24

Indium-111(111In) pentetreotideTRADE NAME

Answer 24

Ostreoscan

Question 25

Iodine-123 (123I) sodium iodide

Answer 25

thyroid imaging & uptake

Question 26

Iodine-131(131I) sodium iodide

Answer 26

thyroid uptake, imaging, &
therapy

Question 27

Technetium-99m(99Tc) pertechnetate

Answer 27

imaging of thyroid, salivary
glands, ectopic gastric
mucosa, parathyroid glands,
dacryocystography,
cystography