title: Effect of aluminium impurities in the generator-produced pertechnetate-99m ion on thyroid scintigrams.
abstract: Cases of reduced uptake of pertechnetate-99m ion in the thyroid gland due to the presence, in the injected solution, of aluminum species at concentrations higher than 4 microgram/cm3 are reported. This inconvenience can be avoided either by injecting chromatographically pure pertechnetate-99m ion or by allowing the eluate of high aluminium content to stand for about 4 h.
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000378:metabolism; D004340:Drug Contamination; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium / Q000378:metabolism; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium; D000535:Aluminum