Kinetics and dosimetry of thallium-201 in human testes
Journal Article
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· Journal of Nuclear Medicine
OSTI ID:250011
- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ (United States)
Thallous chloride ({sup 201}Tl) is a well-known imaging agent. It has been shown to accumulate in the testes. In view of this, the testicular kinetics of {sup 201}Tl is investigated in humans and the absorbed dose to the organ calculated. Thallous chloride {sup 201}Tl was injected intravenously into four patients for myocardial perfusion studies. After clinical evaluation, the testicular uptake and clearance of {sup 201}Tl were monitored for about 1 wk using a gamma camera. Testicular uptake of {sup 201}Tl was rapid with a mean biological uptake half-time of 0.67 hr and mean biological clearance half-time of 280 hr. The mean maximum testicular uptake of {sup 201}Tl was about 0.4% of the injected activity. These data were utilized to calculate the average absorbed dose to the testes. The absorbed dose to the testes was calculated to be 3.5 x 10{sup {minus}4} Gy/MBq (1.3 rad/mCi) of injected activity. When the relative biological effectiveness of the Auger emitter {sup 201}Tl is taken into account, the equivalent dose to the testes is 9.5 x 10{sup {minus}4} Sv/MBq (3.5 rem/mCi). 14 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 250011
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Medicine Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 36; ISSN 0161-5505; ISSN JNMEAQ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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