Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m generator

• TechneLite® - Lantheus
• ​Ultra-Technekow™ V4 - Curium
• RadioGenix™ System - NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes
• Drytec™ - GE Healthcare ***discontinued in the U.S.***

Tc-99m Sodium Pertechnetate Approved Uses:

Indication	Dose
Thyroid imaging (ADULT)	1 -10 mCi
Thyroid imaging (PEDIATRIC)	60 - 80 µCi/kg
Salivary gland imaging	1 -5 mCi
Urinary bladder imaging (direct isotopic cystography) for the detection of vesicle-uretal reflux (ADULT)	0.5 - 1 mCi
Urinary bladder imaging (direct isotopic cystography) for the detection of vesicle-uretal reflux (PEDIATRIC)	0.5 - 1 mCi
Nasolacrimal drainage system imaging	100 µCi max.

*Previous indications, including brain imaging, placenta localization, and blood pool imaging, were removed from package inserts beginning in 2014. 

Tc-99m Sodium Pertechnetate Clinical Guidelines:

• ACR-SPR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy (2015)
• SNMMI Procedure Standard-EANM Practice Guideline for Meckel Diverticulum Scintigraphy 2.0 (2014)
• SNMMI Procedure Standard for Parathyroid Scintigraphy 4.0 (2011)
• ASNC Guidelines: First-Pass Radionuclide Angiography (2009)
• SNMMI Procedure Standard for Thyroid Scintigraphy 3.0 (2006)