The use of liquid scintillation spectrometry as a very sensitive radioanalytical tool for the determination of alpha, beta and monochromatic electron emitting impurities in radiopharmaceutical compounds

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 521-525

  Groppi, F ^a   Mainardi, H S ^a   Martinotti, A ^a   Morzenti, S ^a   Bonardi, M L ^a  

^a INFN LASA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER 64; GALLIUM 67; IODINE 123; LUTETIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SAMARIUM 153; STRONTIUM 90; THALLIUM 201; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON; EXCRETION; HUMAN; IMAGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POPULATION; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 17144414472     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-005-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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