A patient is scheduled for a 99mTc-HMPAO brain scan.The technologist must remember that 99mTc-HMPAO
A) only crosses a compromised blood-brain barrier and in proportion to blood flow.
B) remains trapped in the subarachnoid space for 20 minutes after injection.
C) acts as an analog to thallium-201.
D) remains trapped in the brain in proportion to cerebral blood flow at the time of injection.
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