Isotope | Chemical form | Use |
Chromium 51 | Chromate | Spleen scans. |
Do | ......do | Placenta localization. |
Do | ......do | Red blood cell labeling and survival studies. |
Do | Labeled human serum albumin | Gastrointestinal protein loss studies. |
Do | ......do | Placenta localization. |
Do | Labeled red blood cells | Do. |
Cobalt 58 or Cobalt 60 | Labeled cyanocobalamin | Intestinal absorption studies. |
Gold 198 | Colloidal | Liver scans. |
Do | ......do | Intracavitary treatment of pleural effusions and/or ascites. |
Do | ......do | Interstitial treatment of cancer. |
Iodine 131 | Iodide | Diagnosis of thyroid functions. |
Do | ......do | Thyroid scans. |
Do | ......do | Treatment of hyperthyroidism and/or cardiac dysfunction. |
Do | ......do | Treatment of thyroid carcinoma. |
Do | Iodinated human serum albumin | Blood volume determinations. |
Do | ......do | Cisternography. |
Do | ......do | Brain tumor localization. |
Do | ......do | Placenta localization. |
Do | ......do | Cardiac scans for determination of pericardial effusions. |
Do | Rose Bengal | Liver function studies. |
Do | ......do | Liver scans. |
Do | Iodopyracet, sodium iodohippurate, sodium diatrizoate, diatrizoate methylglucamine, sodium diprotrizoate, sodium acetrizoate, or sodium iothalamate | Kidney function studies and kidney scans. |
Do | Labeled fats and/or fatty acids | Fat absorption studies. |
Do | Cholografin | Cardiac scans for determination of pericardial effusions. |
Do | Macroaggregated iodinated human serum albumin | Lung scans. |
Do | Colloidal microaggregated human serum albumin | Liver scans. |
Iodine 125 | Iodide | Diagnosis of thyroid function. |
Do | Iodinated human serum albumin | Blood volume determinations. |
Do | Rose Bengal | Liver function studies. |
Do | Iodopyracet, sodium iodohippurate, sodium diatrizoate, diatrizoate methyl-glucamine, sodium diprotrizoate, sodium acetrizoate, or sodium iothalamate | Kidney function studies. |
Do | Labeled fats and/or fatty acids | Fat absorption studies. |
Iron 59 | Chloride, citrate and/or sulfate | Iron turnover studies. |
Krypton 85 | Gas | Diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities. |
Mercury 197 | Chlormerodrin | Kidney scans. |
Do | ......do | Brain scans. |
Mercury 2031 | ......do | Kidney scans. |
Do | ......do | Brain scans. |
Phosphorus 32 | Soluble phosphate | Treatment of polycythemia vera. |
Do | ......do | Treatment of leukemia and bone metastasis. |
Do | Colloidal chromic phosphate | Intracavitary treatment of pleural effusions and/or ascites. |
Do | ......do | Interstitial treatment of cancer. |
Potassium 42 | Chloride | Potassium space studies. |
Selenium 75 | Labeled methionine | Pancreas scans. |
Strontium 85 | Nitrate or chloride | Bone scans on patients with diagnosed cancer. |
Technetium 99m | Pertechnetate | Brain scans. |
Do | ......do | Thyroid scans. |
Do | Sulfur colloid | Liver and spleen scans. |
Do | Pertechnetate | Placenta localization. |
Do | ......do | Blood pool scans. |
Do | ......do | Salivary gland scans. |
Do | Diethylenetri-amine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) | Kidney scans. |
Xenon 133 | Gas | Diagnosis of cardia abnormalities. Cerebral bloodflow studies. Pulmonary function studies. Muscle bloodflow studies. |
1 This item has been removed from the AEC list for kidney scans but is included as the requirements of this order are applicable.
Isotope | Chemical form | Use |
Fluorine 18 | Fluoride | Bone imaging. |
Indium-113m | Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) | Brain imaging; kidney imaging. |
Do | Chloride | Placenta imaging; blood pool imaging. |
Technetium 99m | Human serum albumin microspheres | Lung imaging. |
Do | Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Sn) | Kidney imaging; kidney function studies. |
Do | ......do | Brain imaging. |
Do | Polyphosphates | Bone imaging. |
Do | Technetated aggregated albumin (human) | Lung imaging. |
Do | Disodium etidronate | Bone imaging. |
21 C.F.R. §310.503