A rapid improved method for gamma-spectrometric determination of 202Tl impurities in [201Tl]-labelled radiopharmaceuticals

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 647-655

  Bonardi, Mauro ^a   Groppi, Flavia ^a   Birattari, Claudio ^a  

^a INFN LASA   (Italy)

Author keywords

spectrometry; 201Tl; 202Tl impurity; Absorption; Dead time; Sample shielding

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; DRUG PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAYS; IMPURITIES; IONIZATION; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETRY; X RAYS;

RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURES;

THALLIUM;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; COMPTON EFFECT; CYCLOTRON; ERROR; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; IONIZATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; X RAY;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036843732     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00179-3     Document Type: Article

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