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Spleen Scintiphotography with Technetium-99m Sulfur Colloid and the Gamma Ray Scintillation Camera^1,2,

Chicago, Illinois

ABSTRACT

Technetium-99m sulfur colloid has proved to be a useful agent for imaging the spleen. With a dose of 2-3 millicuries, excellent quality scintiphotographs with 400,000 dots per picture can be made in one minute or less with the gamma scintillation camera and a 3-inch multi-aperture collimator. Using posterior, anterior, and lateral views, the normal spleen is easily separated from the left lobe of the liver. Because of the frequent association of hepatic and splenic disease, it is often an advantage to examine both organs at the same time. This is rapidly and effectively accomplished with ^99mTc sulfur colloid and the gamma camera.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the Department of Radiology, University of Chicago and the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital (operated by the University of Chicago for the United States Atomic Energy Commission), Chicago, Illinois.

² Supported in part by U. S. P. H. S. General Research Support Grant No. 1-SO1-FR-65367-01.