Tc99m IDA (iminodiacetic acid) analogs

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Tc99m IDA (iminodiacetic acid) analogues are hepatobiliary agents in nuclear medicine, used in cholescintigraphy.

These include:

The use of IDA alone (Tc99m-IDA) is an older technique and "H"epatic "IDA" scan resulted in the term "HIDA" scan. Tc99m-IDA is seldom used anymore, but the term "HIDA scan" remains.

  • -<p><strong>Tc<sup>99m</sup> IDA (iminodiacetic acid) analogues</strong> are <a href="/articles/hepatobiliary-imaging-in-nuclear-medicine">hepatobiliary agents in nuclear medicine</a>, used in <a title="Cholescintigraphy" href="/articles/cholescintigraphy">cholescintigraphy</a>.</p><p>These include:</p><ul>
  • -<li>Tc<sup>99m</sup>-DISIDA: diisopropyl IDA, aka Hepatolite</li>
  • -<li>Tc<sup>99m</sup>-Mebrofenin: trimethyl bromo IDA, aka Choletec</li>
  • -<li>Tc<sup>99m</sup>-PIPIDA: paraisopropyl iminodiacetic acid</li>
  • +<p><strong>Tc<sup>99m</sup> IDA (iminodiacetic acid) analogues</strong> are <a href="/articles/hepatobiliary-imaging-in-nuclear-medicine">hepatobiliary agents in nuclear medicine</a>, used in <a href="/articles/cholescintigraphy">cholescintigraphy</a>.</p><p>These include:</p><ul>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/tc99m-disida">Tc<sup>99m</sup>-DISIDA</a>: diisopropyl IDA, also known as Hepatolite</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/tc99m-mebrofenin">Tc<sup>99m</sup>-Mebrofenin</a>: trimethyl bromo IDA, <strong>Choletec <sup>TM</sup></strong>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/tc99m-pipida">Tc<sup>99m</sup>-PIPIDA</a>: paraisopropyl iminodiacetic acid</li>

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