While 99m Tc sulfur colloid imaging, because of its availability and convenience, remains
the initial procedure of choice for spleen imaging, selective spleen scanning with damaged …

Radiolabeling of red cells and their clinical and research application in nuclear medicine
constitute an area of continued interest and steady growth during the past two decades …

The spleen and bone marrow have important hematologic functions. Evaluation of bone
marrow alone may be incomplete, unless the function of the spleen is studied also. In …

The rates of blood clearance and splenic uptake as well as the total splenic uptake of heat
damaged red blood cells labeled with 99mTc were determined in eight patients. Splenic …

[en]''Radiopharmaceuticals,''or radioactive drugs, are radioactive elements or labeled
compounds whose physical, chemical, and biologic properties render them both safe and …

Human bank blood erythrocytes were exposed to the mercurials p‐chloromercuribenzoate
(PCMB), chlormerodrin (CM), p‐chloromercuribenzenesulfonate (PCMBS), and 1 …

Investigations using radioisotopes have solved much of the mystery related to the role and
function of the spleen. In many disorders associated with splenomegaly the spleen appears …

By combining simultaneous lung and liver radioisotope scans, it is possible to delineate the
space between the right lung and liver. A striking difference is seen between the normal …

The relative importance of splenic red‐cell pooling, sequestration and cell destruction in the
causation of anaemia has been studied in 29 patients—16 with generalized …

The technical difficulties of labeling albumin, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
are discussed with respect to the effect of procedural differences on the in vivo fate of the …