Gallium 67 citrate
From Radipedia
- Half life 3 days
- Energies 93, 185 and 300 keV
- Localizes in (from greatest to least): liver, bone marrow and skeleton, spleen, salivary and lacrimal glands. No kidneys.
- Renal and fecal excretion
- Uptake in infection, inflammation and tumor (replaced by PET)
- Because of fecal excretion, not used for intraabdominal infection
Commonly used to evaluate for vertebral osteomyelitis
