A technical overview of technegas as a lung ventilation agent

GM Currie, DL Bailey - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Technegas is a carbon-based nanoparticle developed in Australia in 1984 and has been in
widespread clinical use, including SPECT imaging, since 1986. Although 81mKr offers the …

[PDF][PDF] Technegas lung ventilation

GM Currie - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Technegas (Cyclomedica Asia Pacific) is a versatile yet straightforward system for producing
high-quality 99mTc-based ventilation studies using a carbon-based nanoparticle. Because …

Technegas, A Universal Technique for Lung Imaging in Nuclear Medicine: Technology, Physicochemical Properties, and Clinical Applications

I Khatib, PM Young - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Technegas was developed in Australia as an imaging radioaerosol in the late 1980s and is
now commercialized by Cyclomedica, Pty Ltd. for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) …

Ventilation–perfusion SPECT with 99mTc-DTPA versus Technegas: a head-to-head study in obstructive and nonobstructive disease

J Jögi, B Jonson, M Ekberg, M Bajc - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
Lung scintigraphy is primarily used to diagnose pulmonary embolism. Ventilation imaging is
often performed using 99mTc-DTPA or Technegas, an ultrafine dispersion of 99mTc-labeled …

Technegas for inhalation lung imaging

T Isawa, T Teshima, Y Anazawa, M Miki… - Nuclear Medicine …, 1991 - journals.lww.com
Technegas, an aerosol generator recently devised in Australia, produces aerosol
particulates called'technegas' which have characteristics of both an aerosol and a gas. The …

Radiopharmaceutical labelling for lung ventilation/perfusion PET/CT imaging: a review of production and optimization processes for clinical use

F Blanc-Béguin, S Hennebicq, P Robin, R Tripier… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography-computed tomography
(PET/CT) is a promising imaging modality for regional lung function assessment. The same …

PET/CT lung ventilation and perfusion scanning using galligas and gallium-68-MAA

PY Le Roux, RJ Hicks, S Siva, MS Hofman - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT)
is now possible by substituting Technetium-99m (99m Tc) with Gallium-68 (68 Ga), using the …

An evaluation of Technegas as a ventilation agent compared with krypton-81 m in the scintigraphic diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

G Cook, SEM Clarke - European journal of nuclear medicine, 1992 - Springer
A ventilation agent that provides good quality lung images, which is cheap, easy to use and
non-toxic, with a low radiation dose, has long been sought. Technegas, an ultrafine aerosol …

Technical and analytical advances in pulmonary ventilation SPECT with xenon-133 gas and Tc-99m-Technegas

K Suga - Annals of nuclear medicine, 2002 - Springer
This paper describes the recent advances in technical and analytical methods in pulmonary
ventilation SPECT studies, including a respiratory-gated image acquisition of Technetium …

Comparative analysis of different scintigraphic approaches to assess pulmonary ventilation

J Magnant, L Vecellio, M De Monte… - Journal of aerosol …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
A study was carried out to investigate the predictive value of 81-metastable-krypton (81mKr)
distribution, high-size 99-metastable-technetium (99mTc) aerosol deposition and low-size …