Open AccessDistribution of Radiation in Synovectomy of the Knee with 166Ho-FHMA Using Image Fusion
Author(s) -
Juha Vuorela,
Tomi Kauppinen,
Tuulikki Sokka
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
cancer biotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1557-8852
pISSN - 1084-9785
DOI - 10.1089/cbr.2005.20.333
Subject(s) - synovectomy , synovitis , nuclear medicine , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , single photon emission computed tomography , image fusion , radiology , rheumatoid arthritis , computer science , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Radiation synovectomy is an effective technique for the treatment of chronic synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and is an alternative for surgical synovectomy. Holmium ferric hydroxide macroaggregates (166Ho-FHMA) is suitable for radiation synovectomy, especially because it emits high-energy beta particles and a smaller proportion of low-energy photons that are suitable for gamma-camera imaging.