The standardization of 62Cu and experimental determinations of dose calibrator settings for generator-produced 62CuPTSM

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 515-526

  Zimmerman, B E ^a   Cessna, J T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER 62; THIOSEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; COPPER; COPPER PYRUVALDEHYDE BIS(N(4) METHYLTHIOSEMICARBAZONE) COMPLEX; COPPER PYRUVALDEHYDE BIS(N(4)-METHYLTHIOSEMICARBAZONE) COMPLEX; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRITIUM;

AMPOULE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STANDARD;

COPPER; DOSIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STANDARDS;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CALIBRATION; COPPER RADIOISOTOPES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; THIOSEMICARBAZONES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032589111     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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