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In 35 patients suspected of an infectious focus, the outcome of scintigraphy with 111In-labeled autologous leukocytes (WBC) and 111In-labeled human nonspecific immunoglobulin G (IgG) was evaluated in a prospective comparative study. Clinical, roentgenologic and microbiologic findings were considered to be proof of the presence of infection or inflammation. In this group of patients with mainly subacute infections, 111In-IgG scintigraphy performed significantly better than 111In-WBC scintigraphy, especially in infections of the locomotor system, but also in various soft-tissue infections. Both techniques showed disappointing results in patients with disseminated yersinia infection and in some patients with tuberculosis. Overall sensitivity and specificity was 74% and 100% for 111In-IgG scintigraphy and 52% and 78% for 111In-WBC scintigraphy, respectively.
A new dental amalgam alloy containing admixed indium is available for clinical use. The purpose of this study was to conduct a full range of laboratory tests on two alloys containing differing amounts of admixed indium and on a similar alloy that did not contain indium. Results showed that less mercury was required to mix the alloys containing indium since admixed indium promotes wetting of the alloy. Back-scattered electron images showed the Ag-Hg matrix to be in good apposition to the Ag-Sn particles and to the Ag-Cu eutectic spheres, and there was no evidence of unreacted indium. The alloys containing admixed indium demonstrated improved resistance to creep and very little dimensional change upon setting. The early compressive strength was low for the alloys containing indium, but compressive strengths were significantly higher than those of the alloy without indium at 24 h and 7 d. Some improvement in resistance to marginal leakage and to corrosion was shown for the alloys containing indium.
The purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate two formulations of a dispersed-phase, high-copper dental amalgam alloy (Indisperse), which contained admixed indium. One alloy tested contained 5% indium, and the second alloy contained 10% indium. A similar alloy without indium, Dispersalloy, was also placed for comparison. Over the course of the five-year study, there were no differences clinically or statistically regarding texture and luster. The margins of the restorations containing indium incurred slightly less fracture than the non-indium-containing restorations; however, these differences were not clinically significant. It can be concluded that the admixture of 5-10% indium as well as the increased ratio of eutectic spheres to lathe-cut particles found in the indium alloys enhance the clinical performance of amalgam restorations.
High-copper amalgam alloys containing 5% and 10% admixed indium, shown in previous studies to have improved properties and acceptable biological behavior, were evaluated in a clinical study designed to examine factors relating to clinical success. One hundred and seventy-five Class I and Class II amalgam restorations were placed in 25 patients. Each patient received all three dispersed-phase amalgams tested: without indium (Dispersalloy), with 5% indium (Indisperse 5), with 10% indium (Indisperse 10). After 30 months, 22 patients were recalled and 146 restorations evaluated. The margins of the indium-containing amalgam restorations incurred slightly less marginal breakdown, an effect that could be attributed to the addition of admixed indium and to the increase in silver-copper eutectic spheres which is found in these alloys. These amalgams also demonstrated a slightly darker appearance, and were slightly rougher than the non-indium-containing amalgam. These differences were minor; at 30 months, all restorations were well within the clinically acceptable range for each parameter evaluated.
To assess the diagnostic value of indium-111 antimyosin for detecting right ventricular (RV) wall acute infarction, 30 patients with electrocardiographic-documented left ventricular inferior (posterior) wall acute myocardial infarction underwent simultaneous dual isotope indium-111 antimyosin and thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) within 2 days of admission. RV necrosis was defined as uptake of indium-111 antimyosin anterior and to the right of septal thallium uptake. Twenty-nine of the 30 patients (97%) had indium-111 antimyosin uptake in the inferior, posterior or lateral walls of the left ventricle and 14 of 30 (47%) had additional RV antimyosin uptake. Three different patterns of RV uptake of indium-111 antimyosin were observed: crescent-shaped, focal and apical. Twenty-seven patients underwent gated blood pool scanning before hospital discharge. Twelve of the 14 patients with RV antimyosin uptake had gated blood pool scintigraphy and 7 of 12 had RV dysfunction; 5 had normal RV function. Except for 1 patient who had questionable RV antimyosin uptake and had RV dysfunction, no patient without RV antimyosin uptake had RV dysfunction. In summary, right and left ventricular necrosis can be detected on tomographic images of indium-111 antimyosin uptake in patients with inferior infarctions when simultaneous uptake of a perfusion tracer, thallium-201, is imaged and used as an aid to reconstruction and anatomic localization.
Aging properties is studied on Au-10 wt% Pt and Au-10 wt% Pt-0.5 wt% Fe alloys containing 0.2, 0.4 and 2.0 wt% Indium. The results obtained are as follows: 1) In added Au-Pt alloys. From the electrical resistances in the isochronal aging curves, 0.2 and 0.4 wt% Indium added alloys are age-hardenable between 350 degrees and 640 degrees C. Heterogeneous phase in founded in 2.0 wt% Indium added alloy by meanes optical microstructures. This phase is identified fcc Pt3In by meanes X-ray diffraction. 2) In added Au-Pt-Fe alloys 0.2, 0.4 and 2.0 wt% Indium added alloys are age-hardenable between 250 degrees and 620 degrees C. Grain boundary reaction accelerated in 2.0 wt% Indium added alloy, and hardness decreased by overaging. Precipitation of nodule is inhibited in 0.2 wt% Indium added alloy, and aging properties also increase.
Studies of the in vivo kinetics of granulocytes labeled in vitro with indium-111 were carried out in 10 normal subjects. The granulocyte suspension was prepared with a Ficoll-Hypaque density gradient and labeled with indium-111-oxine. No elution or reutilization of the radioisotope was demonstrable in vitro. The average intravascular recovery of indium-labeled granulocytes was 30% +/- 6, and the t 1/2 was 5.0 +/- 1.6 hr. Normal in vitro function of these cells was demonstrated by bacterial killing and chemotaxis assays. Because indium-111 decays by gamma emission, the fate of in vivo labeled granulocytes can be followed with scintigraphic techniques. Images obtained indicated normal uptake of activity in the liver and spleen. Effective in vivo function of indium-labeled granulocytes was demonstrated in four patients by the localization of radioactivity at sites of inflammation or abscess. Although the intravascular recovery with this method is lower than that reported for some other radioisotope methods, the comparison of abnormal findings with normal values by this technique is probably valid. Indium-labeled granulocytes should prove useful in the study of granulocyte collection, transfusion, histocompatibility, and storage.
External visualization and delineation of functional bone marrow is important for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic purposes. Because of difficulties in using the isotopes of iron for bone-marrow imaging, indium-111 chloride has been used extensively for this purpose. In this investigation we attempted to solve the problem of cellular localization of indium chloride by employing a rat model with erythropoietic precursors selectively damaged by lethal intracellular radiation from the Auger electrons of Fe-55. In the rat, we have shown that the absolute marrow uptakes of indium and iron are different, whereas the absolute uptakes of indium and sulfur colloid are the same. However, in animals whose erythroid activity was partially destroyed with Fe-55, the fractional depressions of iron and indium uptakes were the same and corresponded to the extent of the remaining erythroid activity. In addition, following an in vitro separation of the cellular elements of marrow with iron carbonyl, both iron and indium were found in the erythroid-rich supernatant, whereas sulfur colloid was in the precipitate. These results indicate that, in the rat, In-111 chloride is an effective in vivo marker for the early phases of iron uptake by the bone marrow.
The significance of indium-111 antimyosin antibody and thallium-201 dual nuclide single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was evaluated in 7 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who underwent emergency coronary angiography with successful revascularization by intracoronary thrombolysis. Indium-111 antimyosin antibody and thallium-201 dual nuclide SPECT was performed 11 to 36 days after the onset of AMI. Antimyosin SPECT images delineated areas of myocardial necrosis in all 7 patients (100%), but planar images detected necrotic areas in only 4 of 7 patients (57%). Peak CPK-MBs of the 3 patients in which no necrotic area was detected by indium-111 planar image showed a tendency to be smaller. Indium-111 antimyosin antibody/thallium-201 overlap was observed in all patients. The area of overlap was at the center of necrosis in 4 patients (2 anterior infarction, 1 inferior infarction, 1 inferolateral infarction) and at the peripheral portion in 3 patients (all 3 had inferior infarction). Indium-111 antimyosin antibody and thallium-201 dual nuclide SPECT is useful in identifying the localization of myocardial infarction and the overlap of these tracers might reflect the presence of salvaged myocardium adjacent to the necrotic myocardium.
The effect of indium on gap junctional communication was investigated in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Treatment of hepatocytes with indium chloride at concentrations of 100 microM to 1 mM for 2 h resulted in dose-dependent inhibition of gap junctional communication between hepatocytes. The effect of indium on hepatocytes was also evaluated using two indices for cell viability: lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction. Indium did not cause any increase in LDH leakage from hepatocytes at the above concentrations, but inhibition of MTT reduction was observed at concentrations above 500 microM. These results suggest that the gap junctions between hepatocytes may be vulnerable sites to indium toxicity.
[111In]Indium chloride scans of the bone marrow were performed in 22 patients with idiopathic aplastic anaemia before therapeutic intervention. In 20 patients there was a marked reduction in the uptake of indium chloride by the marrow, and in two patients the uptake of indium chloride was normal. Nineteen of the 20 patients with reduced marrow uptake of indium chloride, who underwent bone marrow transplantation, died or failed to improve. One of the two patients with normal scans improved and the other has remained stable. Four patients studied both pre and post successful bone marrow transplantation had minimal marrow uptake before transplantation and normal scans after transplantation. Failure of indium-111 choride marrow uptake correlates with poor prognosis in idiopathic aplastic anaemia.
Leukocytes have been labeled with indium-111-8-hydroxyquinoline complex. Seventy-five to 85 per cent of the initial activity has been obtained in the complex form of which 75 to 95 per cent is incorportaed with leukocytes. The polymophonuclear leukocytes are predominantly labeled, and the label has been found stable for at least 27 hours after invivo administration. The radioactivity clears from the circulating blood with a half time of 8 to 9-hours and accumulates in normal liver and spleen and in experimentally induced abscesses. The cells which have been labeled and damaged by heat concentrate mainly in the lungs. The in vivo distribution of the indium-111 labeled cells has been compared with the gallium-67 administered as citrate. The abscess to blood ratios of the indium-111 activity varied between 35 to 117, compared to 1.2 to 8 of the gallium-67. The abscess to liver, spleen, and kidney ratios are several fold higher with indium-111 leukocytes than with gallium=67 citrate. These results plus the suitable physical characteristics of indium-111 make the labeled leukocytes a better agent for the localization of abscesses.
Indium 111 leukocyte (WBC) scans have been used in the investigation of inflammatory bowel disease in recent years, but their use in children is not well described. We reviewed our experience with 281 indium 111 scans over an 8-year period in a total of 109 children with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease 70, ulcerative colitis 39). One hundred twenty-eight indium 111 scans done within 2 weeks of a radiographic contrast study, endoscopic examination, or surgical procedure were evaluated for diagnostic accuracy. Analysis showed that indium 111 scans were accurate when compared with conventional diagnostic tests and operative findings. This noninvasive imaging technique can play a useful role in the management of children with inflammatory bowel disease.
Indium arsenide (InAs) is partially dissociated in vivo to form inorganic arsenic and indium and excreted into the urine and feces. InAs dissolves slowly over time with deposits at the site of injection. Results of this study demonstrated that the principal metabolite of arsenic in the urine of hamsters was dimethylated arsenic (DMA). Inorganic arsenic and DMA accumulated in the fur, but the concentrations of indium were very low in this matrix. Urine and feces were the principal routes of elimination from the body. Analysis of tissues for arsenic demonstrated as concentrations in the parts per billion range. Results of these studies indicate that InAs is dissociated in vivo with release of both the indium and arsenic moieties to target tissues.
A deeply violet indium (III)-hematoxylin complex is formed when indium trichloride is added to an aqueous solution of oxidized hematoxylin. Treatment of glutaraldehyde fixed and Araldite embedded sections of rat seminiferous tubules with indium-hematoxylin revealed a definite staining and contrasting pattern. Semithin sections showed chromatin and nucleoli in violet-blue. Under the electron microscope, chromatin, nucleoli, ribosomes, synaptonemal complexes, chromatoid bodies, membranous components, and microtubules from sperm tails presented high electron opacity, while the acrosome and basement membrane appeared with a lower contrast. This performed indium-hematoxylin complex, which shows an absorption peak at lambda = 560 nm with shoulders at about lambda = 440 and 400 nm, could be valuable as a new staining and electron contrasting agent.
The external imaging patterns and the kinetics of infiltration of indium-111 labeled polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) occurring in the course of the inflammatory response associated with myocardial infarction were studied in dogs subjected to closed-chest anterior wall infarction. The effects of infarct age and regional residual myocardial blood flow upon PMN infiltration were investigated and quantified, and the capacity of indium-111 PMNs to image the experimental infarction was evaluated qualitatively. The epicardial accumulation of indium-111 PMNs occurred primarily in infarct zones with residual blood flow of 0.6 times normal and was maximal (14.8 +/- 3.8 times normal) in the lowest blood flow zone (less than 0.1 times normal). PMN accumulation in the endocardial infarct zones occurred in the regions with blood flow less than 0.6 times normal and was maximal (26.8 +/- 4.9 times normal) in the lowest blood flow zone. However, contrary to the maximal epicardial infiltration period, which occurred within the first 24 hours after infarction, the maximal endocardial infiltration occurred at 72 hours after infarction. In both endocardium and epicardium, PMN uptake was minimal at 120 hours after infarction. In vivo cardiac images were abnormal and revealed discrete, anatomically distinct areas of increased myocardial radioactivity uptake in the anterior wall of all dogs studied within 24--96 hours after infarction. All images obtained 120 hours after infarction were negative. Thus, indium-111 PMNs provide a noninvasive means of in vivo imaging of the inflammatory response to myocardial infarction and allow quantification of this response at a tissue level.
As a competitive diagnostic tool for the detection of malignant tumours and other pathological conditions, monoclonal antibodies have long been established. Herein we give the biokinetic data of the antibody BW 431/26 and the consequent radiation dose to patients. These parameters were recorded in 39 patients, using the antibody labelled either with technetium 99m or indium 111. Remarkable differences were observed between the two radionuclides. Whereas the indium-labelled one showed biexponential elimination kinetics, the technetium-labelled one is eliminated linearly over time. The distribution pattern of the two is identical, although the radiation dose varies quite a lot, being 20-fold higher with indium 111 when total body exposure is taken into account (for 111In the whole-body radiation exposure is 0.1 mGy/MBq; for 99mTc it is 0.0047 mGy/MBq). With respect to these results and considering the general availability of the technetium-labelled Ab, it is the best choice for diagnostic use.