title: Biodistribution and absorbed radiation dose estimates of 99mTc-labeled dimercaptopropionyl human serum albumin.
abstract: The use of 99mTc-labeled red blood cells (RBC) for the evaluation of left ventricular function using equilibrium-gated blood-pool imaging suffers from several problems and potential risks. In this study, we estimated the absorbed radiation dose of 99mTc-labeled dimercaptopropionyl human serum albumin (DMP-HSA) as a potential alternative to 99mTc-RBC.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the administration of 99mTc-DMP-HSA, whole-body imaging was performed up to 48 h after injection in five volunteers. The heart contents, liver and remainder of the body were used as source organs. Multicompartment modeling of the biodistribution was performed and absorbed radiation dose estimates for 99mTc-DMP-HSA were obtained using the Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) calculation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Residence times of 0.62 and 0.43 h were obtained for the heart contents and liver, respectively. Radiation dose estimates yielded an effective dose of 0.0055 mSv/MBq.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  99MTC-DMP-HSA yielded absorbed radiation doses comparable with those of 99mTc-RBC. Therefore, the radiation properties of 99mTc-DMP-HSA are such that it can be used for clinical diagnostic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Aswegen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Nel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Staden
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lötter
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Verbruggen
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D001692:Biological Transport; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C121443:technetium Tc 99m dimercaptopropionyl-human serum albumin