Tc-99m pertechnetate
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Tc-99m pertechnetate is one of the technetium radiopharmaceuticals used in renal imaging.
Characteristics
- photon energy: 140 keV
- physical half life
: - biological half life: 6 hours
- normal distribution: stomach, thyroid, salivary glands, (testicles)
- excretion: renal, GI
- target organ: thyroid, colon, bladder, stomach
Uses, doses and timings
- testicular
- adult dose: 10 mCi IV
- pediatric dose: 250 mCi/kg (minimum 2 mCi)
- time of imaging: 60 second flow study with delayed static images
- Meckel's
- adult dose: 10 mCi IV
- pediatric dose: 30-100 mCi/kg (min 2.0 mCi)
- time of imaging: immediate (1 frame/s x 60 s then q 5-10 min x 1 hr)
- thyroid
- adult dose: 1-10 mCi IV (usually 3-5 mCi)
- time of imaging: 20 minutes
- parathyroid subtraction
- adult dose: 1-2 mCi IV
- time of imaging: image for 15 minutes after Tl-201 injection and imaging
See also
-<p><strong>Tc-99m pertechnetate</strong> is one of the <a href="/articles/technetium-agents" title="Technetium radiopharmaceuticals">technetium radiopharmaceuticals</a> used in renal imaging.</p><h4>Characteristics</h4><ul>- +<p><strong>Tc-99m pertechnetate</strong> is one of the <a href="/articles/technetium-agents">technetium radiopharmaceuticals</a> used in renal imaging.</p><h4>Characteristics</h4><ul>
-<li>physical half life: </li>- +<li>physical half life</li>
-<li>target organ : thyroid, colon, bladder, stomach</li>- +<li>target organ: thyroid, colon, bladder, stomach</li>
-</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/thyroid-scan-tc-99m" title="Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan">Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan</a></li></ul>- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/thyroid-scan-tc-99m">Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan</a></li></ul>