Bengal rose labeled with short-living cyclotron iodine 123 in the radionuclide study of the hepatobiliary system
Dudarev, A.L.; Kozlov, A.A.
Vestnik Rentgenologii i Radiologii 5: 27-29
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4676 PMID: 7801579 Document Number: 421654
Bengal rose stain labeled with short-lived 123I (123I-BR) was used in diagnostic examinations of the hepatobiliary system of 201 patients with various diseases. This agent was found superior in many respects to other hepatobiliary compounds. Due to an essential reduction of the radiation load of the critical organs use of higher activities of 123I-BR becomes possible (120 MBc and higher), this permitting an effective study of rapidly coursing hemodynamic processes. A single complex radionuclide examination permits obtaining complete information on the hepatobiliary system structure and function. The presence of hyperbilirubinemia is not a factor reducing the investigation efficacy.