Products : Radiopharmaceuticals - Technetium-99m Products

Technetium-99m has become the most widely used radionuclide in diagnostic Nuclear Medicine due to its physical characteristics of short half-life, low energy of its mono-energetic gamma rays and ease of its incorporation into a wide range of radiopharmaceuticals. It is formed from the decay of a parent radionuclide, molybdenum-99, which through this parent-daughter process, can be provided in a convenient, readily available form, the Technetium Generator. Some of the technetium labelled compounds and their clinical uses are:

Radiopharmaceutical	BRIT Kit Code	Short form	Clinical Use
^99mTc-Phytate	TCK-16	^99m Tc-Phy	Liver imaging
^99mTc Sulphur Colloid	TCK-5	^99mTcS/C	Liver and spleen imaging
^99mTc Mebrofenin	TCK-39	^99m Tc-mebro	Hepatobilliary function
^99mTc Methylene di Phosphonate	TCK-30	^99mTc-MDP	Bone Scan
^99mTc Red Blood Cells	TCK-38	^99mTc-RBC	Cardiac Function and Blood Pool Scans
^99mTc Mibi	TCK-50	^99mTc-MIBI	Myocardial Perfusion (Heart Muscle Blood Flow)
^99mTc Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetic Acid	TCK-7	^99mTc-DTPA	Renal Function
^99mTc Ethylene di cysteine	TCK-43	^99mTc-EC	Renal tubular function
^99mTc Glucoheptonate	TCK-15	^99m Tc-GHA	Kidney imaging
^99mTc Ethyl cystienate dimer	TCK-42	^99mTc- ECD	Brain Scan and Scans for Infection