Radionuclide Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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Skeleton and heart muscle imaging, brain, thyroid, lungs, liver, spleen, kidney, gall bladder, bone marrow, salivary and lacrimal glands, heart blood pool, infection.
A
Technetium 99m
2
Q
Used for pulmonary ventilation studies.
A
Xenon 133
Krypton 81
3
Q
Used for CSF studies in the brain.
A
Ytterbium 169
4
Q
Thyroid imaging.
A
Iodine 131
5
Q
Tumor imaging and localization of inflammatory lesions (infections).
A
Gallium 67
6
Q
Used for BRAIN STUDIES, infection, colon transit studies.
A
Indium 111
7
Q
PET agent in myocardial perfusion imaging.
A
Rubidium 82
8
Q
Used for diagnosis of CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE and other heart conditions and for location of low-grade lymphomas.
A
Thallium 201
