nmp

-THYROID TECHNETIUM SCAN (Y18,020)

99mTcO4 (PERTECNETATE)

1.PREPARATION
-1WEEK PRIOR EXAMINATION PATIENT SHOULD STOP EATING FOOD ENRICHED OF IODINE, (SUCH AS SEA FOOD)
-1MONTH PRIOR EXAMINATION PATIENT SHOULD STOP TAKEN THYROID MEDICATION.

2.PROCEDURE+EXAMINATION TIME

-(15MIN) POST INJECTION START IMAGING.
(15-20MIN POST INJECTION),(STATIC),(256*256),(PRESET TIME=3MIN),(SUPINE),(ANT,LAO,RAO),(MAG=1.33),(LEHR), (Tc WINDOW=140KEV,20%),(TOTAL TIME=10MIN)

-(FOR UPTAKE RATIO CALCULATION)
(PRE SYRINGE&POST SYRINGE),(STATIC),(256*256),(SYRINGE MEASURED WITH PHANTOM),(PRESET TIME=10SEC),(MAG=1.33),(TOTAL TIME=20SEC)

3.DOSE
99mTcO4 = 185MBq (5mCi)