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gallium vs. indium


Advantages:

  • Ga-67 citrate
    • readily available
    • no preparation
    • bone + soft-tissue infections
    • chronic inflammatory processes

  • In-111 WBCs
    • no bowel uptake
    • minimal or no uptake in healing wounds
    • images easier to interpret
    • high specificity for inflammatory process


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  30 May 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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