Table 3. DYNAMIC STUDIES WITH RADIOTRACERS
STUDY TYPE ........................................TRACER ........................................REGION ........................................PATHOLOGY
Cardioangiography ...............................Tc-RBC, Tc-HSA ........................Chest ........................................
Aneurysms, congenital heart defects; myocardial dyskinesia; cardiomegaly
Cerebral Blood Flow ............................TcO4 ................................................Head/neck ........................................Cerebral death, AVM
Cholecystography ....................................Tc-DISIDA ..................................Abdomen ........................................Obstructive disease
Cisternogram ...............................................In-111 DTPA ..............................Head/neck ....................................Blockage/slowed CSF flow
Dynamic kidney ........................................Tc-DTPA ........................................Back ................................................Obstructive disease
Gastric emptying ........................................Tc-ovalbumin ................................Abdomen ........................................Abnormal GE Rates
.......In-DTPA ......................................................................................................regurgitation
Pulmonary vent ........................................Xe-133 gas .......................................Upper back .....................................obstructed airways
Renogram ....................................................I-131 hippuran ................................Back ...................................................renal dysfunction
.....Tc-MAG3
Venogram ....................................................Tc-MAA ...........................................Legs ..................................................thrombosis
Voiding cystogram ....................................Tc-sulfur colloid ............................Abdomen ........................................reflux of urine
incomplete bladder emptying
Stephen Karesh, PhD. |
Last Updated: August 14, 1996 |