RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Correlation of Thyroid Uptake with Whole-Body Retention Measurements
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 72
OP 75
VO 3
IS 2
A1 Hodges, H.D.
A1 Morris, A.C.
A1 Gibbs, W.D.
YR 1975
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/3/2/72.abstract
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.