Technetium-99m-glucoheptonate as a brain-scanning agent: critical comparison with pertechnetate

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7276047

Waxman, A D; Tanacescu, D; Siemsen, J K; Wolfstein, R S

Delayed /sup 99m/Tc-glucoheptonate and pertechnetate scans were evaluated in a paired study for their ability to detect brain lesions. Glucoheptonate was found to be superior in eight of 17 cases of brain tumor and in two of ten patients with cerebral infarction. In addition, early (30 min) /sup 99m/Tc-glucoheptonate brain scans were compared with delayed studies: the former were inferior in 48 percent of the cases. We conclude that /sup 99m/Tc-glucoheptonate is a promising agent for delayed brain scanning, offering better lesion detection than pertechnetate.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 7276047
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 17:5; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BRAIN
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DRUGS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
SCINTISCANNING
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES