Quality control of 99mo/99tcm generators: Results of a survey of the radiopharmacy working group of the italian association of nuclear medicine (aimn)

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1077-1084

  Marengo, M ^a   Aprile, C ^b   Bagnara, C ^c   Bolzati, Adriano ^d   Bonada, C ^e   Candini, G ^f   Casati, R ^g   Civollani, S ^a   Colombo, F R ^g   Compagnone, G ^a   Del Dottore, F ^a,h   Di Guglielmo, E ^f   Ferretti, P P ^b   Lazzari, S ^a,h   Minoia, C ^b   Pancaldi, D ^a   Ronchi, A ^b   Sanita Di Toppi G ⁱ   Saponaro, R ^b   Torregiani, T ^c   Uccelli, L ^d   Vecchi, F ^a   Piffanelli, A ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^h BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Divisione di Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; MOLYBDENUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DEVICE; HISTOGRAM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PULSE GENERATOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PH; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARD;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ITALY; MOLYBDENUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TECHNETIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0032719151     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199911000-00014     Document Type: Article

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