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Dr. Mohammed Emam
RAD 355
Nuclear Medicine Technique I
Lecture’s Title: Nuclear Medicine (Radioisotope imaging, Radionuclide Scanning or Scintigraphy)
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Overview
Mission: IMC is committed to develop highly qualified and competent graduates able to provide leadership and excellence in
services to meet the health needs of the nation and the global community through wide range programs, nationally competitive
faculty, state-of-the art infrastructure, research applications, and a diverse environment with enriched engagements.
• Nuclear medicine differs from most other imaging modalities in that the tests mostly show the Physiological Function.
• The excretion function of the kidneys, iodine-concentrating ability of the thyroid, blood flow to heart muscle, etc. can be measured.
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Basic Principle
• In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiationemitted is measured.
• The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a Gamma Camera.
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After the radioactive
material is
administered.
The patient lies very
still on a table while a
special camera detects
gamma radiation. Which
is transmitted to
computer .
The physician studies
the computerized
images to assess how
well an organ is
functioning.
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Essential Requirements
• The Radiopharmaceutical.
• The Radiation Detection System.
• The Analyzing System.
• The Display & Recording System.
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Radiopharmaceuticals or Radiotracers
• They are radioactive compounds.
• When these agents are injected I.V. into the patients, they are up taken by the target tissues, accumulate in them, then detected and imaged by external detectors, and imaging systems.
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Radiopharmaceuticals
Radiopharmaceuticals
Natural Artificial
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• Radioisotopes are isotopes with unstable nuclei which undergo radioactive disintegration.
• Isotopes Definition:Isotopes are different forms of a single element . They are atoms with the same number of protons, but differing numbers of neutrons.
• This disintegration is often accompanied by the emission of radioactive particles or radiation.
Radioisotopes and Radioactivity
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• The important emissions include:Alpha particlesBeta- (electron) and beta+ (positron) particlesGamma radiation.
Radioisotopes and Radioactivity
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Beta+
particles
Gamma
rays
Beta-
particles
Alpha
particles
Property
Particulate
(Positron)
Interacts very
rapidly with
a negative
electron to
produce 2
gamma
annihilation
rays
Electromagnetic
radiation
(Identical to x-rays)
Particulate
(Electrons)
Particulate
(mass,
volume &
charge)
(Two protons
and two
neutrons)
Nature
NilSmall LargeSize
Nil Negative Positive Charge
Very fast Fast Slow Speed
Medical Definition of POSITRON : A positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of
charge as the electron. Consider the antiparticle of the electron—called also positive electron.
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Beta+
particlesGamma
raysBeta-
particlesAlpha
particlesProperty
As with x-rays
1-2 cm1-2 mmRange in tissue
Ionization (similar to x-rays)
IonizationExtensive ionization
Damage caused
PETMain
emission used
Very limited
Banned Use in
nuclear medicine
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Radioisotope Imaging
• Radioisotope imaging
relies upon altering the
patient by making the
tissues radioactive.
• The patient becomes the
source of ionizing
radiation.
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Radioisotope Imaging(cont.)
This allows Examination of:
• Function
• Structure
of the target tissue.
Under both static and dynamic conditions.
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Radioisotope Imaging(cont.)
• A radioactive substance is produced in a
machine called a Cyclotron.
• It attached (tagged), to a natural body
compound that have an affinity for
particular tissues.
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Radioisotope Imaging
Radioactivesubstance
CyclotronSubstance that
has an affinity
for a particular tissue
Injected I.V. to the patient
attached
(tagged)
+
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Radioisotope Imaging(cont.)
• After I.V. injection, the radioactive material localizes in the target tissues.
• Their radiation emissions are then detected by a gamma camera.
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Gamma Camera
• A gamma camera is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy.
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• Today, technetium 99mTc is the most widely used imaging isotope in nuclear
medicine!!
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Why?• It produces a single 141 Kev (kilo electron volts)
gamma emission which is ideal for imaging purposes.
• It has a short half-life of 6 ½ hours which ensures minimal radiation dose.
• It is easily produced, as and when required, on site.
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Why (Cont.)• It is easily attached to a variety of different
substances that are concentrated in different organs, e.g.: Tc + MPD (Methylene Diphosphonate) in bone Tc + red blood cells in blood Tc + sulphur colloid in the liver and spleen
• It can be used on its own ,in its ionic form since this is taken up selectively by the thyroid and salivary glands.
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ATOM
Tc-99m
Radioactive decay
Gamma ray/photon emission(140KeV)
Gamma camera
Light pulse
Voltage Signal
Image
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Main Indications for Isotope
Imaging
• Tumor staging: Site and size of bone Metastases.
• Investigation of Salivary Gland Function, particularly in Sjogren syndrome.
• Evaluation of Bone Grafts.
• Assessment of Condylar Hyperplasia.
• Investigation of the Thyroid Gland.
• Brain Scans.
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Increase Uptake In Left Condyle
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Increase Uptake In Left Condyle
Increase uptake in left
condyle
Condylar hyperplasia
vs. chondrosarcoma
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Bone scan of a 30-year old female with a history of fibrous
dysplasia.
Scan shows uptake in right mandible and
right temporal bone.
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A technetium 99m-bisphosphonate bone scan of a patient with
polyostotic Paget's disease.
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Advantages Over Conventional Radiography
• Target tissue function is examined.
• All similar target tissues can be examined during one examination. e.g. the whole skeleton can be imaged during one bone scan.
• Computer analysis and enhancement of results are available.
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Disadvantages• Poor image resolution.
• Minimal information on target tissue anatomy.
• Difficult to localize exact anatomical site of source of emissions.
• Relatively high radiation dose to the whole body. Images are not usually disease-specific.
• Some examination take several hours.
• Facilities are not widely available.
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Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
• Gamma rays are emitted from thepatient and detected by a gammacamera rotating around thepatient.
The distribution of radioactivity is displayed as a cross-sectional image enabling the exact site of the source of the emissions to be determined.
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• SPECT bone scanning offers both enhanced:
– Image contrast.
–Resolution.
–More accurate localization of active disease as it provides 3D information.
Allowing the examiner to visualize in transaxial, coronal, and sagittal slices, structures that would overlap on planar views.
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Axial
Coronal
Sagittal
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Positron Emission Tomography
(PET)
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• PET is a noninvasive, diagnostic imaging technique for measuring the metabolic activity of cells in the human body.
• It was developed in the mid 1970s and it was the first scanning method to give functional information about the brain.
• Some radioactive isotopes decay by the emission of a positively charged electron (positron) from the nucleus.
• This positron usually travels a very short distance (1-2 mm) before colliding with a free electron.
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• In this reaction, the mass of the two particles isannihilated with the emission of two gamma rays of highenergy (511 keV) at almost exactly 180° to each other.
• These emissions, can then be detected by oppositeradiation detectors which are arranged in a ring aroundthe patient.
• The exact site of origin of each signal is recorded and across-sectional slice is displayed as a PET scan.
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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Positron Emission Tomography - PET
Radionuclide with excess protons
Decay
Positrons
Positron + electron collision
Annihilation reaction generates two 511-keV gamma photons
PET detector ring for localization & imaging
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What are some of the uses for PET
• Patients with conditions affecting the brain
• Heart
• Certain types of Cancer
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Some neurological disorders
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The Major Advantages of PET
• A functional imaging technique having a uniquedetection method so it can be used to study:
–Tissue perfusion.
–Cell receptors.
–Head & neck cancer.
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Advantages of PET (Cont.)
• A variety of new radioisotopes can be used with PET including:
Carbon (11C)
Oxygen (15O)
• These radioisotopes can be used on their own or joined with biologically important compounds (e.g. glucose, amino acids, and ammonia).
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Advantages of PET (Cont.)
• Investigate disease at a molecular level, even inthe absence of anatomical abnormalities on CTor MRI.
• It is possible to superimpose a PET scan on a CTscan, by a technique known as Co-localization,to determine a lesion’s exact anatomicalposition (To detect structure and function).
• i.e., Higher diagnostic accuracy than PET or CTalone.
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Image showing malignant breast mass
that was not revealed by conventional
imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and
mammogram.