Radiopharmaceutical
|
Trade Name
|
Primary Uses
|
| Carbon-14
Urea |
Pytest |
Detection
of H Pylori |
| Cobalt-57
cyanocobalamin |
Rubratope |
Schilling test |
| Cobalt -57
& -58
cyanocobalamin |
- Dicopac
- discontinued
|
Schilling test |
| Chromium-51sodium
chromate |
-
Chromitope
(Bracco)
-
Mallinckrodt
Cr-51
|
for labeling RBCs |
| Flourine-18 FDG |
|
positron emission
tomography imaging |
| Gallium-67 |
-
Neoscan
(GE)
-
DuPont
Ga-67
-
Mallinckrodt Ga-67
|
soft-tissue tumor and
inflammatory process imaging |
| Indium-111 chloride |
-
Indiclor
(Nycomed)
-
Mallinckrodt
In-111Cl
|
for labeling monoclonal
antibodies and peptides (OncoScint & Octreoscan) |
| Indium-111 pentetate (DTPA) |
Indium
DTPA In 111 |
imaging of CSF kinetics |
| Indium-111 oxyquinoline
(oxine) |
Indium-111
oxine |
for labeling leukocytes
and platelets |
| Indium-111 Capromab pendetide |
ProstaScint |
monoclonal antibody for imaging
prostate cancer |
| Indium-111 Imciromab pentetate |
- Myoscint
- not on market
|
monoclonal antibody for diagnosis of
myocardial necrosis |
| Indium-111
pentetreotide |
Octreoscan |
imaging of
neuroendocrine tumors |
| Indium-111 satumomab
pendetide |
OncoScint
CR/OV
not on market |
imaging of metastatic
disease associated with colorectal and ovarian cancer |
| I-123 sodium iodide |
- Mallinckrodt
-
Amersham
|
thyroid imaging &
uptake |
| I-125 iothalamate |
Glofil |
measurement of
glomerular filtration |
| I-125 human serum
albumin (RISA) |
Isojex |
plasma volume
determinations |
| I-131sodium iodide |
-
Iodotope
(Bracco)
- CIS
- I-131
-
Mallinckrodt
I-131Soln
-
Mallinckrodt
I-131 Therapy Caps
-
Mallinckrodt
I-131 Diagnostic Caps
|
thyroid uptake,
imaging, & therapy |
| Tositumomab
& Iodine I 131 Tositumomab |
Bexxar
|
Treatment
of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
| I-131 iodohippurate |
-
Hippuran;
Hipputope
- Discontinued products
|
renal imaging and
function studies |
- I-131 iodomethylnorcholesterol
- (NP-59)
|
(Univ
of Michigan) |
adrenal imaging |
- I-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine
- (MIBG)
|
I-131
MIBG |
imaging of
pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas |
| Krypton-81m gas (from
Rb-81 generator) |
Discontinued |
pulmonary ventilation
imaging |
| P-32 chromic phosphate |
Phosphocol®P32 |
therapy of
intracavitary malignancies |
| P-32 sodium phosphate |
|
therapy of polycythemia
vera |
| Rubidium-82 (from
Sr-82/Rb-82 generator) |
Cardio-Gen-82 |
positron emission
tomography imaging |
- Samarium-153 Lexidronam
- (Sm-153 EDTMP)
|
Quadramet
|
palliative treatment of bone pain of
skeletal metastases |
| Strontium-89 |
Metastron |
palliative treatment of
bone pain of skeletal metastases |
| Tc-99m pertechnetate
Generators
|
- DuPont
|
imaging of thyroid,
salivary glands, ectopic gastric mucosa, parathyroid glands,
dacryocystography, cystography |
| Tc-99m Apcitide |
AcuTect |
peptide imaging of DVT |
| Tc-99m Arcitumomab |
-
CEA-Scan
- off the market
|
monoclonal antibody for colorectal
cancer |
| Tc-99m albumin colloid |
- Microlite
- discontinued
|
imaging of RES
(liver/spleen) |
| Tc-99m bicisate (ECD) |
Neurolite |
cerebral perfusion
imaging |
| Tc-99m Depreotide |
- Neotect
- off the market
|
somatostatin
receptor-bearing pulmonary masses |
| Tc-99m disofenin (DISIDA) |
Hepatolite
- CIS |
hepatobiliary imaging |
| Tc-99m exametazine (HMPAO) |
Ceretec |
cerebral perfusion
imaging |
| Tc-99m Gluceptate |
- Draximage
-
Mallinckrodt
|
renal imaging |
| Tc-99m Human Serum
Albumin (HSA) |
|
imaging of cardiac
chambers |
| Tc-99m
Fanolesomab |
-
Tc-99m
NeutroSpec
- off the market
|
monoclonal
antibody for infectious imaging |
| Tc-99m Lidofenin (HIDA) |
- Technescan®
HIDA
- discontinued
|
hepatobiliary imaging |
| Tc-99m Macroaggregated
Albumin (MAA) |
- Pulmolite - CIS
-
Macrotec (Bracco)
-
Technescan MAA
(Mallinckrodt)
- Draximage
-
Amersham
MAA
|
pulmonary perfusion |
| Tc-99m Mebrofenin |
Choletec |
hepatobiliary imaging |
| Tc-99m Medronate (MDP) |
-
Bracco
- Osteolite - CIS
- Draximage
-
Mallinckrodt
-
Amersham
|
bone imaging |
| Tc-99m Mertiatide |
Technescan
MAG3 |
renal imaging |
- Tc-99m Nofetumomab Merpentan
- NR-LU-10
|
Verluma no longer on market
|
monoclonal antibody Fab fragment for
imaging small cell lung cancer |
| Tc-99m Oxidronate (HDP) |
Mallinckrodt
HDP |
bone imaging |
| Tc-99m Pentetate (DTPA) |
-
Techneplex
(Bracco)
- CIS-
AN DTPA
- CIS
- DTPA
- Draximage
DTPA
- Mallinckrodt
DTPA
- Nycomed DTPA
|
renal imaging and
function studies; radioaerosol ventilation imaging |
| Tc-99m Pyrophosphate (PYP) |
-
Phosphotec
(Bracco)
- Pyrolite - CIS
- Pyro - CIS
-
Technescan
PYP
-
Amersham
PYP
|
avid infarct imaging;
In vivo RBC labeling |
| Tc-99m Red Blood Cells
(RBCs) |
Ultratag |
imaging of GI bleeds,
cardiac chambers |
| Tc-99m Sestamibi |
-
Cardiolite
- Miraluma
|
- myocardial perfusion imaging
- breast tumor imaging
|
| Tc-99m Succimer (DMSA) |
Amersham
DMSA |
renal imaging |
| Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid
(SC) |
- CIS-Sulfur
Colloid
-
Nycomed
- SC
|
imaging of RES
(liver/spleen), gastric emptying, GI bleeds |
| Tc-99m Teboroxime |
- Cardiotec
- currently not on market
|
myocardial perfusion
imaging |
| Tc-99m Tetrofosmin |
Myoview |
myocardial perfusion
imaging |
| Thallium-201 |
- DuPont
-
Mallinckrodt
-
Amersham
|
myocardial perfusion
imaging; parathyroid & tumor imaging |
| Y-90
Ibitumomab Tiuxetan |
Zevalin
|
Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma |
| Xenon-133 |
-
DuPont
Xenon
-
Mallinckrodt
Xenon
-
Amersham
Xenon
|
pulmonary ventilation
imaging |
| Interventional
Agents |
Trade Name
|
Use
in nuclear medicine |
| ACD
Solution (anticoagulant acid citrate dextrose) |
ACD
Solution Modified
|
Anticoagulant
used in blood labeling |
| Adenosine |
Adenoscan
|
Pharmacologic
Stress |
| Ascorbic
Acid |
Ascorbic
Acid
|
RBC
labeling & HDP preparation |
| I.V.
Dipyridamole |
I.V.
Persantine
|
Pharmacologic
stress |
| Potassium
Perchlorate |
Perchloracap
off the market |
Block
uptake |
| Sincalide |
Kinevac
|
Gallbladder
ejection fraction studies |
|
|
|
