Thallous chloride (Tl-201) with a half-life of 73 hours is used as a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical for spectral imaging of the heart to examine cardiac perfusion and imaging to help diagnosis of heart diseases (for example: coronary artery disease and heart attack). This medicine shows how much blood reaches your heart muscle when you rest or exercise? Other applications include the diagnosis of parathyroid diseases and the diagnosis of some brain and breast tumors.
Radiopharmaceutical
theragnostic