Use of the reference source method to determine the half-lives of radionuclides of importance in nuclear medicine

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Da Silva, Mônica A L ^a   De Almeida, Maria C M ^a,b   Da Silva, Carlos J ^c   Delgado, José U ^c  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^b Diretoria Radioprotecao S   (Brazil)

^c Lab Nac Metrologia R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; Half life of 67Ga,99Tcm,123I,131I; Radiopharmaceutical; Reference source method

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GAMMA RAYS; IMPURITIES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EMISSION ENERGY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

GALLIUM 67; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOASSAY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 1342329480     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.032     Document Type: Article

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