N.M. (RADIONUCLIDES) Flashcards
(9 cards)
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- HALF LIFE: 6 HRS
- USES: Skeleton and heart muscle imaging, brain, thyroid, lungs, liver, spleen, kidney, gall bladder, bone marrow, salivary and lacrimal glands, heart blood pool, infection
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TECHNETIUM-99M
2
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- HALF LIFE: 5 DAYS
- USES: Used for pulmonary ventilation studies
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- XENON-133
- KRYPTON-81
3
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- HALF LIFE: 32 DAYS
- USES: Used for CSF studies in the brain
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YTTERBIUM-169
4
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- HALF LIFE: N/A
- USES: Position emitters for PET for studying brain physiology and pathology, cardiology, detection of cancers and the monitoring of progress in their treatment
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- CARBON-11
- NITROGEN-13
- OXYGEN-15
- FLUORINE-18
5
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- HALF LIFE: 8 DAYS
- USES: Thyroid imaging
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IODINE-131
6
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- HALF LIFE: 78 HOURS
- USES: Tumor imaging and localization of inflammatory lesions (infections)
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GALLIUM-67
7
Q
- HALF LIFE: 2.8 DAYS
- USES: Used for brain studies, infection, colon transit studies
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INDIUM-111
8
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- HALF LIFE: 65 HRS
- USES: PET agent in myocardial perfusion imaging
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RUBIDIUM-82
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- HALF LIFE: 73 HRS
- USES: Used for diagnosis of coronary artery disease and other heart conditions and for location of low-grade lymphomas
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THALLIUM-201
