Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuc Med

27.8 days

Half life of Cr-51

Sodium chromate

Mixed with Cr-51 wherein it is used for red blood cell volume

Albumin

Mixed with Cr-51 for gastrointestinal protein loss

270 days

Half-life of Co-57

Cynocobalamin

Used in both Co-57 and Co-58 for Vit. B12 absorption

72 days

Half-life of Co-58

77 hours

Half life of Gallium 67

Gallium Citrate

Mixed with Ga-67 for inflammatory process and tumor imaging

67.4 hours

Half-life of Indium 111

In111 -DTPA

For CSF Imaging

Prostascint

For Prostate Cancer

OctreoScan

For Colorectal or Ovarian cancer

13.3 hours

Half-life of I-123

Thyroid function imaging

Sodium Iodide I-123

60 days

Half life of I-125

Triiodothyronine

Thyroid hormone assay

Thyroxine

Thyroid hormone assay

I-125 Human Serum Albumin

Plasma Volume

8 days

Half life of I-131

I-131Sodium iodide

Thyroid function imaging and therapy

Hippurate

For Renal function

6 hours

Half life of Tc 99m

Sodium Pertechnetate

For thyroid structure, brain imaging, scrotum, salivary glands, renal perfusion and pericardial effusion

Sodium Pertechnetate

for evaluation of left to right cardiac shunts, Meckel’s diverticulum detection

Sulfur Colloid Tc-99m

Liver, spleen imaging, and renal transplants for lymphoscintigraphy and bone marrow scintigraphy

Boiling

mode of preparation of Sulfur Colloid Tc-99m

EDTA

Prevents sulfur colloid aggregation and removal of aluminum chelation in the eluate

Tc-99m Human Serum Albumin

Blood pool imaging

Macroaggregated Albumin (MAA)

For pulmonary perfusion and liver intraarterial scintigraphy

Sestamibi

For Cardiovascular imaging and myocardial perfusion

Tc-99m DPTA

For overall function of the kidneys, esophageal motility

Dimercaptusuccinic Acid (DMSA)

Renal cortical scintigraphy

Mercaptoacetyl Triglycine (MAG3) or Mertiatide

Renal Dynamic Scintigraphy

Diphosphonate

Skeletal scintigraphy

Pyrophosphonate

Bone and Myocardial Imaging

HMPAO

Brain function scintigraphy, cerebral perfusion scintigraphy, white blood cell labeling

Iminodiacetic Acid

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Neurolite (Bisicate)

Cerebral perfusion scintigraphy

Myoview(Tetrofosmin)

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Tc-99m Red blood cells

Radionuclide ventriculography, gastointestinal bleeding and hepatic hemangioma

75.5 hours

Half-life of Thallium 201

Thallous Chloride

Myocardial Imagin

5.3 days

Half-life of Xe-131

Xenon Gas

For lung ventilation

• Radioiodine I-131 and I-123

• In-111

• Tl-201

• Radioactive inert gass

Single Photon Radionuclides

• C-11

• N-13

• O-15

• F-18

• Ga-68

• Rb-82

Dual Photon Radionuclide for PET

Radioactive Inert Gas

For pulmonary ventilation imaging

• Xe-133

• Tc-99m Labeled Aerosols

• Xe-1278

• Kr-81

Examples of Radioactive Inert Gas