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Bush__The_Essential_Physics_for_Medical_Imaging - Biomedical ...

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99mTc-basedmyocardial perfusion agentsare replacing 20'TIdue to superiorimaging characteristics.Physiologically inert noble gas. Most of thegas that enters circulation returns tolungs and is exhaled. Exhaled 133Xegas istrapped (adsorbed) by charcoal filtersystem.20'TI Thallous chloride(01)Injected at maximalstress. Image-10-15 min later.Redistributionimage -4 hr afterstress image.Accumulates in viablemyocardium, analogousto potassium.Identification andsemiquantitative assessmentof myocardial ischemia andinfarction. Also localizes inparathyroid adenomas.NoneInhalation; 133Xefreelyexchanges between bloodand tissue; concentratesmore in fat than in othertissues.Pulmonary function. Gas isadministered by inhalationfrom a closed respirator system.Note: Radiopharmaceutical used <strong>for</strong>: D, diagnostic imaging; DNI, diagnostic nonimaging; T, therapy.Method of administration: IV, intravenous; 1M, intramuscular; IC, intracavitary; ORL, oral; INH, inhalation.RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell; NA, not applicable.

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