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SUMMARIES
CHAPTER 1:CARDIAC
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
-IN-111 OR TC99M DIETHYLENETRIAMINE PENTAACETIC ACID(DTPA)
GAMMA CAMERA IMAGING
USED FOR MICROSPIC TEARS IN DURA
BASILAR SKULL FRACTURE PARANASAL SINUS FRACTURE
LEAKAGE IN CSF
SHUNTS OF CSF
HYDROCEPHALUS
INTRATHECAL
IMAGING
F-18 FDG PET- GLUCOSE HYPERMETABOLISM MORE PROGRESSIVE IF MORE INTAKE OF F-18 FDG
(MEANS MORE RED IMAGE).
- ALSO USED IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA FOR CAUSES OF DEMENTIA(BEST)
-LEWY BODY DIESEASE
-PARKINSONS DISEASE
TC - 99M HMPAO -SPECT ---USED BUT LESS SENSITIVE THAN F-18 FDG PET
IMAGING-
TC 99 M PERTECHNETATE- RADIOTRACER
TC 99 M HMPAO WBC(TC-99M TRACER)- SPECT CT- OFTEN USED IN CHILDREN AND EXTREMITIES
IN-111 WBC W/TC 99M MDP-BONE SCAN FOR WHOLE BODY (TRADITIONAL)
.
CHAPTER 4 LYMPHATIC AND VASCULAR
VASCULAR IMAGING:
IN-111 WBCS,TC 99M HMPAO WBC- CAN BE BE USED VASCULAR GRAFT INFECTION AFTER F-18 FDG
LYMPHEDEMA-PATHOLOGIC
2 TYPES
PRIMARY-(CONGENITAL -PATHO)
SECONDARY-(TYPICAL A WORLD EPEDEMIC)
NON LYPHATIC-CHRONIC VENOUS EFFICIENCY
- F-18 FDG PET/CT (SUGAR SCAN)- A VERSATILE SCAN FOR EVERY SOFT TISSUE ABNORMALITIES/BENIGN
LESIONS
CHAPTER 5: BONE SCAN
ADDITIONAL-NOT NECESSARY
F- 18 NAF PET/CT AND F-18 FDG PET CT(OBVIOUS FOR CANCER BENIGN LESIONS)
TC 99M -MDP BONE SCAN AND WHOLE BONE SCAN - FOR BLOOD POOL DELAYED BONE SCAN
WBC ,TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID SCANS - FOR MATURED BONE RED MARROW
AVASCULAR NECROSIS
THYROID SCAN
I- 123- THYROID NODULES
COMMON DISEASES
_TUBERCULOSIS- NON-TUBERCULOSIS - CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PNEUMONIA-FUNGAL PNEUMONIA
-KAPOSI SARCOMA-LYPHOID INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA- ESOPHAGEAL CANDIDIASIS-
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS-RENAL SCINTIGRAPHY
DISEASES
HYDRONEPHROSIS- DILATATION OF COLLECTING SYSTEMS DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OF URINE OUTFLOW