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indium /in·di·um/ (In) (in´de-um) chemical element, at. no. 49.
indium 111  an artificial isotope having a half-life of 2.81 days and emitting gamma rays; it is used to label a variety of compounds for nuclear medicine.
in·di·um (nd-m)
n. Symbol In
A soft malleable metallic element found primarily in ores of zinc, used in making dental alloys and in its radioisotope forms in diagnostic radiology. Atomic number 49.
Indium
A silvery metallic element with some nonmetallic chemical properties used to label white blood cells prior to scanning.
Mentioned in: Indium Scan of the Body
indium (In)
Etymology: L, indicum, indigo
a silvery metallic element with some nonmetallic chemical properties. Its atomic number is 49; its atomic mass is 114.82. It is used in electronic semiconductors.
indium (In) [in´de-um]
a chemical element, atomic number 49, atomic weight 114.82. (See Appendix 6.)
indium 111 an artificial isotope of indium, having a half-life of 2.81 days and emitting gamma rays; it is used as a radioactive tracer in nuclear medicine.
indium (In) (in´dēm),
n a silvery metallic element with some nonmetallic chemical properties. Its atomic number is 49, and its atomic weight is 114.82. It is used in electronic semiconductors.
indium
a chemical element, atomic number 49, atomic weight 114.82, symbol In. See Table 6.
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However, it is unable to ascertain the site of the leak; to do so, iodine 131 polyvinylpyrrolidine, iodine 125 polyvinylpyrrolidone, chromium 51-labelled albumin, chromium 51 chromic chloride, iodine 125 albumin, indium 111 chloride, indium-transferring Tc-99m diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid HSA, Tc-99m dextran, and Tc-99m human immunoglobulin have been used with success.
Protein-losing enteropathy demonstrated on Tc-99m HSA by Mpikashe, P.; Sathekge, M.M.; Meyer, B.J. / South African Journal of Radiology
While fungal cultures were pending, the patient was started on long-term intravenous antibiotic therapy for presumed skull base osteomyelitis, which had been suggested by a positive finding on indium 111 white blood cell nuclear imaging.
Skull base thrombotic mycosis by Trask, Douglas K. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The value of indium 111 leukocyte scanning in the evaluation of painful or infected total knee arthroplasties.
Nuclear medicine of the painful joint replacement by Palestro, Christopher J.; Love, Charito; Marwin, Scott E. / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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