Technegas-99mTc-metal core graphite nanoparticles for pulmonary ventilation imaging

LI Wiebe, WM Burch… - Current …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Technegas, a carbon-coated Tc-99m nanoparticulate aerosol invented by Burch at the
Australian National University in 1984, was introduced to the medical community in 1986 …

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) …

Lung ventilation scanning with a new carbon particle radioaerosol (technegas): preliminary patient studies

DS RIMKUS, WL ASHBURN - Clinical nuclear medicine, 1990 - journals.lww.com
A new Tc-99m labeled carbon particle aerosol (“Technegas”) has been developed for lung
ventilation scanning. This is the first reported clinical study of this agent in the United States …

Comparison of Lung Ventilation Scan Using Technegas and Aerosol

YH Choi, SE Kim, DS Lee, JK Chung… - The Korean Journal …, 1990 - koreascience.kr
Pulmonary embolism demands rapid and accurate diagnosis. And ventilation imaging has
greatly improved the diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary embolism in addition to perfusion …

[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 …

Initial experience with Technegas—A new ventilation agent

RM FAWDRY, ASM GRUENEWALD - Australasian Radiology, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Technegas is an ultra‐fine dry dispersion of 99mTc‐labelled carbon with particle size of ap
proximately 0.005 μn. Because of this small size, penetration characteristics are gas‐like …

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 …

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 …

Intrapulmonary distribution of 99mtechnetium labelled ultrafine carbon aerosol (Technegas) in severe airflow obstruction

AB Crawford, A Davison, TC Amis… - European respiratory …, 1990 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Technegas (TG), an ultrafine dispersion of carbon aggregates labelled with 99mTechnetium
(99mTc), has been recently introduced for clinical imaging of lung ventilation. In 12 selected …

Evidence for the long-term biological distribution of Technegas particles

WM Burch - Nuclear medicine communications, 1993 - journals.lww.com
Technegas is a suspension of structured graphite ellipsoids, between 5 and 20 nm in
aerodynamic diameter and labelled, in a carrier gas of argon, with 99 Tc m. Its emergence …