Collimator Selection for Quantitative 201Tl Radiopharmaceutical Imaging.

Collimator Selection for Ga-67 Imaging with the Anger Camera

Gallium-67 images have generally suffered from poor quality because of difficulty in properly collimating the multiple photopeaks released by the radionuclide. A comparison of the spatial resolution and septal penetration characteristics of two collimators we currently use for Ga-67 imaging-with a scintillation camera system equipped with single photopeak analyzersis presented. Results show tha...

Optimized energy window configuration for 201Tl imaging.

UNLABELLED A poor signal-to-noise ratio attributable to a low injected dose of thallium and the presence of scattered photons are the major impediments in the use of thallium as an imaging agent. Thallium decays in a complicated way and emits photons in a wide range of energies (68-82 keV). To increase the ratios of primary photons to scatter photons (primary-to-scatter ratios) and possibly inc...

Myocardial perfusion imaging with 201Tl.

The object of this review is to provide information about (201)Tl-thallous chloride in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. This technique has experienced a recent resurgence because of the shortage of (99m)Tc. After reading this article, the technologist will be able to describe the properties and uptake mechanism of (201)Tl, the procedure for myocardial perfusion imaging with this agent...

Radiopharmaceutical agents for myocardial perfusion imaging.

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a wellestablished noninvasive method of assessing coronary blood flow.1–5 MPI is capable of identifying regional abnormalities in coronary artery blood flow and determining their physiological relevance to myocardial function and viability. MPI requires the intravenous injection of a radioactive blood flow marker followed by imaging of regional myocardial u...

Development and evaluation of quantitative imaging for improved estimation of radiopharmaceutical bio-distribution in small animal imaging