radiopharmaceuticals

• Carbon-14 Urea is used in the Pytest for the detection of H Pylori.
• Cobalt-57 cyanocobalamin is used in the Schilling test.
• Cobalt -57 & -58 cyanocobalamin dicopac is discontinued for Schilling test.
• Chromium-51 sodium chromate is used in Chromitope (Bracco) for labeling RBCs.
• Fluorine-18 FDG is used in positron emission tomography imaging.
• Fluorine-18 Florbetapir is used in Amyvid for Beta amyloid plaque PET imaging for Alzheimer's disease.
• Gallium-67 Neoscan (GE) is used in DuPont Ga-67 for imaging soft-tissue tumor and inflammatory process.
• Indium-111 chloride Indiclor (Nycomed) is used in Indiclor (Nycomed) for labeling monoclonal antibodies and peptides.
• Indium-111 pentetate (DTPA) is used in Indium DTPA In 111 for imaging of CSF kinetics.
• Indium-111 oxyquinoline (oxine) is used in Indium-111 oxine for labeling leukocytes and platelets.
• Indium-111 Capromab pendetide ProstaScint is used in ProstaScint for imaging prostate cancer.
• Indium-111 Imciromab pentetate Myoscint is not on market for imaging of myocardial necrosis.
• Indium-111 pentetreotide Octreoscan is used in Octreoscan for imaging of neuroendocrine tumors.
• Indium-111 satumomab pendetide OncoScint CR/OV is not on market for imaging of metastatic disease associated with colorectal and ovarian cancer.
• I-123 sodium iodide is used in Amersham for thyroid imaging & uptake.
• I-123 Iobenguane (MIBG) is used in Adreview for neuroendocrine tumor imaging.
• I-125 iothalamate Glofil is used in Glofil for measurement of glomerular filtration.
• I-131sodium iodide is used in Iodotope (Bracco) for thyroid uptake, imaging, & therapy.
• Tositumomab & Iodine I 131 Tositumomab Bexxar is used in Bexxar for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
• I-131 iodohippurate Hippuran; Hipputope is discontinued for renal imaging and function studies.
• I-131 iodomethylnorcholesterol (NP-59) is used in (Univ of Michigan) for adrenal imaging.
• I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is used in I-131 MIBG for imaging of pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas.
• Krypton-81m gas (from Rb-81 generator) is discontinued for pulmonary ventilation imaging.
• P-32 chromic phosphate Phosphocol � P32 is used in Phosphocol � P32 for the therapy of intracavitary malignancies.
• Tc-99m Pentetate (DTPA) is used for renal imaging and function studies; radioaerosol ventilation imaging.
• Tc-99m Arcitumomab is a monoclonal antibody used for colorectal cancer.
• Mallinckrodt DTE is used for imaging of thyroid, salivary glands, ectopic gastric mucosa, parathyroid glands, dacryocystography, cystography.
• Tc-99m Apcitide is a peptide used for imaging of DVT.
• Carbon-14 Urea is used in the Pytest for the detection of H Pylori.
• Cobalt-57 cyanocobalamin is used in the Schilling test.
• Cobalt-57 & -58 cyanocobalamin is used in the Dicopac discontinued product for the Schilling test.
• Chromium-51sodium chromate is used in the Chromitope (Bracco) product for imaging soft-tissue tumors and inflammatory processes.
• Fluorine-18 FDG is used in positron emission tomography imaging.
• Fluorine-18 Florbetapir is used in Beta amyloid plaque PET imaging for Alzheimer's disease.
• Gallium-67 Neoscan (GE) is used in imaging soft-tissue tumors and inflammatory processes.
• Indium-111 chloride Indiclor (Nycomed) is used for labeling monoclonal antibodies and peptides.
• Indium-111 pentetate (DTPA) is used in imaging of CSF kinetics.
• Indium-111 oxyquinoline (oxine) is used for labeling leukocytes and platelets.
• Indium-111 Capromab pendetide ProstaScint is used in imaging prostate cancer.
• Indium-111 Imciromab pentetate Myoscint is not on the market for the diagnosis of myocardial necrosis.