Production and quality control of 66Ga as a PET radioisotope

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Rowshanfarzad, P ^a   Jalilian, A R ^a   Sabet, M ^a   Akhlaghi, M ^a  

^a Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical separation; Cyclotron; Quality control

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 66; GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM 68; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ION EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 33645778551     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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