This study investigated the microleakage of two different root canal obturation systems, using the nuclear medicine approach, with sodium pertechnetate Tc. Twenty six single-rooted extracted teeth were selected. The crowns were sectioned to obtain 15 mm long root segments and each tooth was prepared using rotary ProFile instruments. The roots were divided into 2 experimental groups and two cont...

Twelve patients with solitary autonomous thyroid nodules were scanned with [99mTc] pertechnetate and by fluorescent imaging. Nodular dimensions were essentially identical on the two types of scans, but the relative scan densities in the nodular versus extranodular areas demonstrated striking differences. In 11 of the 12 patients, the ratio of nodular-to-extranodular radiotracer accumulation was...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if the presence of cyclosporine A (CsA) in whole-blood samples decreased labeling efficiency when an in vitro red blood cell labeling procedure is used. Methods: Red blood cells were labeled by an in vitro method which required sodium pertechnetate, disodium edetate (EDTA), stannous chloride and stopper down centrifugation. Labeling efficien...

Liposomes (phospholipid vesicles) have been proposed as carriers of materials of therapeutic interest, and work in this area has been reviewed (Tyrrell et al., 1976). The possibility of utilizing such a system in tumour therapy has received some attention, and Gregoriadis et al. (1974) injected patients with liposomes using entrapped l3II labelled albumin as a marker. Tissue distribution was me...

The design and synthesis of a neutral macrocyclic host that is capable of perrhenate and pertechnetate recognition is described. The anion affinities and underlying coordination modes were estimated by several experimental and theoretical methods including a new technique--reverse (99)Tc NMR titration.

tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy is the modality of choice for diagnosis of meckel's diverticulum. interpretation of meckel's scan identifies a focal area of radiopharmaceutical uptake in the anterior abdomen similar to normal gastric mucosa. the activity must be of the same pattern and intensity as gastric uptake. we present a 13-year-old patient with gastrointestinal bleeding and a...

Due to the high variance in available protocols on iodide-131 ((131)I) ablation in rodents, we set out to establish an effective method to generate a thyroid-ablated mouse model that allows the application of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) as a reporter gene without interference with thyroidal NIS. We tested a range of (131)I doses with and without prestimulation of thyroidal radioiodide upt...

  A 13 years old boy with severe abdominal pain and history of intermittent (II bleeding since the aye of 3 months, is presented. Different diagnostic procedures were unremarkable. A Tc-99m Pertechnetate abdominal study revealed abnormal radionuclide accumulation in small bowel region. Duplication of small bowel was suspected which was confirmed by surgery and patholo...