PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hodges, H.D.
AU  - Morris, A.C.
AU  - Gibbs, W.D.
TI  - Correlation of Thyroid Uptake with Whole-Body Retention Measurements
DP  - 1975 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 72--75
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/3/2/72.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/3/2/72.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1975 Jun 01; 3
AB  - The use of conventional thyroid measurement is not practicable in a number of clinical situations. We investigated the correlation of 48-hr whole-body retention to thyroid uptake results at 4, 24, and 48 hr after administration. The 48-hr count gives the best results, confirmed in studies on 69 patients. Equations computed to fit our data show high levels of confidence with administered doses as low as 50 nCi. The technique can be used in infants, in pregnant women when there is a massive goiter, or in other clinical situations in which a conventional thyroid measurement is contraindicated or technically unsatisfactory.