Thallium-201 for medical use

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1972

OSTI ID:4386313

Lebowitz, E; Greene, M W; Bradley-Moore, P; Atkins, H; Ansari, A; Richards, P; Belgrave, E

From 20th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine; Miami Beach, Florida, USA (12 Jun 1973). The advantages of using /sup 201/Tl as an analog for K in diagnostic tracer studies are discussed. It is pointed out that the photons of /sup 201/Tl are detected with high efficiency and resolution in a lowenergy collimator gamma camera system. Tissue distribution studies in goats show that /sup 201/Tl concentrates in the renal medulla and would be of value in kidney function studies, has a differential uptake in melanomas, and concentrates in the myocardium, making it advantageous for myocardial visualization and function studies. (CH)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. (USA)
• NSA Number: NSA-29-005378
• OSTI ID: 4386313
• Report Number(s): BNL--18094; CONF-730662--1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANALOG SYSTEMS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
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