TABLE 3

Radioactive Particle Size Distribution

99mTc-colloid% Activity in particle size range (dv, μm)
>0.20.1–0.20.1–0.02<0.02
Antimony trisulfide*0.7 ± 0.12.9 ± 1.56.7 ± 5.089.7 ± 5.9
Rhenium sulfide72.1 ± 5.66.6 ± 1.720.0 ± 5.91.3 ± 0.3
  • * n = 5.

  • n = 6. Percentage radioactive particle size distribution above 0.2 μm (n = 3): >0.8 μm, 56.0% ± 4.8%; 0.8–0.45 μm, 3.9% ± 1.8%; 0.45–0.2 μm, 10.3% ± 1.7%; 0.2–0.1 μm, 7.0% ± 2.4%; 0.1–0.02 μm, 21.3% ± 5.0%; <0.02 μm, 1.5% ± 0.3%.