The sensitivity and specificity of Tc-IgG radiotracer to differentiate infection lesions induced by Staphylococcus aureus and sterile inflammation lesions induced by carrageenan assay in rat's foot.

Background: Detection and identification of infection from sterile inflammation foci has a crucial role in diagnosis and therapy of patients in clinical practice.

Objective: To assess the efficiency of labeled human polyclonal immunoglobulin with technetium 99m in order to detect septic or aseptic lesions which were induced in a rat model.

Methods: The freeze-dried IgG kits have been reconstituted by Tc.

Evaluation of Hospitalized Intractable Epileptic Children with SPECT Scan in Ahvaz, South West of Iran.

Introduction: Seizures are the most frequent neurologic disorder seen in childhood. Epilepsy is a group of disorders that includes an abnormally increased susceptibility to seizures.

Aim: To examine the effectiveness of SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography) in detecting seizure foci in 21 Iranian children who had medically refractory epilepsy.

Clinical application of ultrasound for preparation of (99m)Tc-sestamibi complex.

Objective: The main aim of this investigation is the clinical application of ultrasound irradiation technique as an alternative method to reconstitute sestamibi kits in comparison of water boiling bath method.

Methods: The 740-3700 MBq (20-100 mCi) (99m)Tc-MIBI (sestamibi) complex samples were prepared due to ultrasound irradiation technique or boiled water bath method as a standard method. Twenty patients (8 men and 12 women; age range 30-72, median 52.