[PDF][PDF] False positive brain scans from extracranial contamination with 99mTechnetium

RL Witcofski, TJ Roper… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1965 - Soc Nuclear Med
One of the major advantages of the brain scan in the neurological workup is the small
percentage of false-positive scans. Within the last several months a large number of …

Analysis of 96 abnormal brain scans using technetium 99m (pertechnetate form)

JL Quinn, I Ciric, WN Hauser - JAMA, 1965 - jamanetwork.com
Technetium 99m, in the pertechnetate form, was evaluated as an agent for brain scanning.
99m Tc has a physical half-life of six hours and no particulate radiation emission; large …

[CITATION][C] The utilization of 99mTechnetium in Brain Scanning

R Witcofski, D Maynard, I Meschan - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1965 - Soc Nuclear Med
The Utilization of 99―Technetiumin Brain Scanning Page 1 JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR
MEDICINE 6:121-130, 1965 The Utilization of 99―Technetiumin Brain Scanning …

Comparison brain scanning with mercury 203 and technetium 99m

MN Croll, LW Brady, DS Faust, I Kazem, J Antoniades… - Radiology, 1968 - pubs.rsna.org
The localization by radioisotope scanning of intracranial lesions, both neo-plastic and non-
neoplastic, has undergone profound change in the past seventeen years. The …

Spinal Fluid Appearance of

R Janeway, CD Maynard, RL Witcofski… - Archives of …, 1968 - jamanetwork.com
THE radiopharmaceutical, 99m Technetium (99m Tc), pertechnetate is widely used as an
agent for brain scanning. Due to its nearly ideal γ-emission energy (140 kev), short half-life …

Technetium-99m in clinical nuclear medicine

A Gottschalk - Annual Review of Medicine, 1969 - annualreviews.org
BRAIN SCANNING As pertechnetate (99mTc04-), technetium has an initial distribution in the
body quite similar to iodide (5, 6), and has been used widely for brain scanн ning. Like …

Clinical Comparison of Two 99mTc Tracers for Brain Scanning: Pertechnetate vs. Labeled Albumin

GL Schall, LS Zeiger, G Di Chiro, WH Briner, F Matsen - Radiology, 1971 - pubs.rsna.org
Abstract 99mTc pertechnetate (TcO) and 99mTc, albumin (TcA) were injected at different
times into 60 patients for radionuclide brain studies. Twelve out of 20 lesions were …

[CITATION][C] A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ACCURACY OF THE/sup 99m/Tc PERTECHNETATE BRAIN SCAN: FOLLOWUP OF 1000 PATIENTS.

RL Witcofski, CD Maynard, TJ Roper - J. Nucl. Med., 8: 187-96 (Mar. 1967)., 1967 - osti.gov
Subject: N28530*-Life Sciences-Medicine-Radiodiagnosis; BRAIN; CHLORMERODRIN;
DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DIURETICS; DRUGS; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MAN; …

[PDF][PDF] Brain scanning; normal anatomy with technetium-99m pertechnetate

JF Mack, MM Webber, LR Bennett - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1966 - Soc Nuclear Med
METHOD Technetium is obtained from a column of alumina on which molybdenum (" Mo) in
the form of molybdate is absorbed. By eluting this column with physi ological saline …

Survey of 99mTc contamination of laboratory personnel: its degree and routes.

H Nishiyama, SJ Lukes, PA Feller, RJ Van Tuinen… - Radiology, 1980 - pubs.rsna.org
Internal contamination of personnel preparing 99mTc labeled radiopharmaceuticals was
confirmed by detection of radioactivity in urine. Observation of work habits, whole-body …