Radiopharmaceuticals — Flashcards

Gallium lung scintigraphy is highly sensitive for _____ pneumonia

In radionuclide imaging, the most useful pharmaceutical agent for skeletal imaging is _____ linked to MDP

Half-life of Tc 99m is _____

An ideal therapeutic radioisotope should have _____ beta and low gamma emitter activity

Parathyroid imaging (to distinguish adenomas from thyroid tissue) is most commonly performed using a _____ scan.

The Tc 99m labelled RBC is used for the assessment of occult GI hemorrage, _____ function and vascular lesions

_____ sign in Gallium scan is seen in sarcoidosis

_____ carcinoid is more likely to have reduced uptake on FDG PET scan than an atypical carcinoid.

Hint: Typical/Atypical

Hepatic scintigraphy shows a "_____" due to healthy hypertrophied caudate lobe, in budd chiari syndrome

The _____ sign is seen on gallium-67 scans in the setting of thoracic sarcoidosis