Radiogallium salts Gallium-67 salts such as gallium citrate and gallium nitrate are used as radiopharmaceutical agents in the nuclear medicine imaging known as gallium scan. The radioactive isotope 67Ga is used, and the compound or salt of gallium is unimportant. The body handles Ga3+ in many ways as though it were Fe3+, and the ion is bound (and concentrates) in areas of inflammation, such as infection, and in areas of rapid cell division. This allows such sites to be imaged by nuclear scan techniques.
radiogallium salts gallium-67 salts such as gallium citrate and gallium nitrate are used as radiopharmaceutical agents in the nuclear medicine imaging known as gallium scan the radioactive isotope 67ga is used and the compound or salt of gallium is unimportant the body handles ga3+ in many ways as though it were fe3+ and the ion is bound (and concentrates) in areas of inflammation such as infection and in areas of rapid cell division this allows such sites to be imaged by nuclear scan techniques