99mTc-Sestamibi

This comprehensive, practice-oriented overview of 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT presents disease-specific protocols, including summaries of relevant pathology and epidemiology. Coverage includes instructions for preparation of commercially available tracer kits.

99mTc-sestamibi is a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radiotracer that is widely used for the imaging of myocardial perfusion, as well as a variety of malignant and benign diseases. 99mTc-Sestamibi Clinical Applications provides a detailed and informative overview of almost all the oncologic and non-oncologic applications of 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT, including several relatively rare indications. Different disease-related protocols for 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT are presented, and for each disease a comprehensive summary of the relevant pathology and epidemiology is provided. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on the practical aspects of use of this popular tracer, including instructions for the preparation of several commercially available tracer kits. Clinical practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable guide to the application and benefits of 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT in both the inpatient and the outpatient setting.

First book to focus exclusively on the use of a specific SPECT tracer, 99mTc-sestamibi Documents the optimal use of 99mTc-sestamibi imaging in patients with cardiologic, oncologic, or various other diseases Places strong emphasis on the clinical and practical aspects of 99mTc-sestamibi imaging Of value to clinical practitioners in both an inpatient and an outpatient setting Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Radiochemistry and radiopharmacy of the SPECT-tracer technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-2-isobutyl isonitrile (99mTc-Sestamibi).- Physics and radiation exposure.- Preparation of Tc-99m-sestamibi.- Parathyroid imaging.- Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBI.- 99mTc-sestamibi scintimammography.- TC-99m-MIBI for thyroid Imaging.- Tc-99m sestamibi in miscellaneous tumors.- Oncologic applications of sestamibi: in vivo imaging of multi-drug resistance.