… However, the choice of 123 I instead of 131 I for diagnostic … had a prior diagnostic scan with
131 I had visible evidence of … ) suggests comparable sensitivity to that achieved with 131 I …

… [10] as well did not find any evidence of thyroid stunning in a … iodine-123 to 74 MBq of
iodine-131 for diagnostic purposes prior … doses for administered diagnostic activities of iodine-131 …

… RAIU tests with diagnostic activities of 131 I allow a more … A so-called self-stunning has
also been proposed, which, in … The use of 123 I was a potential alternative for this study [40], …

… radioactive iodine-131 (I-131), previously one of the treatment mainstays for most DTC.
Post-thyroidectomy I-131 serves three main goals: ablation of any thyroid … recent evidence shows …

… , that is not evidence that the pre-ablation scans have no value … , 123 I remains an excellent
alternative to 131 I, and if 123 I is … of the prescribed diagnostic activity of 131 I from 128–370 …

… Introduction There is evidence of increasing thyroid cancers … the diagnostic agent, stunning
of the ablation activity still occurs. Both 123 I and 131 I are used for imaging, however 123 I is …

… appropriate activity of 131 I (low or high) to be used whenever thyroid ablation has been …
, diagnostic scans should be performed using tracer doses of 123 I (if available) or low 131 I …

… and to those treated several times for comparison and (b) using a … of I-131 uptake on
post-therapy compared to prior diagnostic … That has been called ‘‘self-stunning.’’Irrespective of the …

… radioiodine uptake after previous diagnostic radioiodine … The difference to in vivo radiation
with radioiodine-131 is the … Iodine-123 causes insignificant radiation damage to thyroid …

… intra-therapeutic 131 I uptake in benign thyroid disorders … A so-called self-stunning has also
been proposed, which, in … mostly does not depend on pretherapeutic diagnostics [38]. Thus, …