Activation of natural Hf and Ta in relation to the production of 177Lu

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1300-1306

  Medvedev, Dmitri G ^a   Mausner, Leonard F ^a   Greene, George A ^a   Hanson, Albert L ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

167Tm; 169Yb; 177Lu; BLIP; Medical isotopes; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; TANTALUM;

167TM; 169YB; 177LU; BLIP; MEDICAL ISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY;

ISOTOPES;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE; LUTETIUM 177; TANTALUM; THULIUM; THULIUM 167; YTTERBIUM; YTTERBIUM 169;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAFNIUM; LUTETIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; TANTALUM;

EID: 48849107318     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.090     Document Type: Article

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