Radioisotopes in medicine: Preparing a technetium-99m generator and determining its efficiency

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 625-627

  Buckley, Paul T ^a,b   Dugan, Daniel L ^a   Elliston, James T ^a   Filby, Royston H ^a   Lessmann, Jeremy J ^a   Paulenova, Alena ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; TECHNETIUM;

GAMMA RAY PEAK; GENERATOR EFFICIENCY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33645405339     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p625     Document Type: Article

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