Measurement of the 177Lu half-life

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1267-1273

  Pomme S ^a   Paepen, J ^a   Altzitzoglou, T ^a   Van Ammel, R ^a   Yeltepe, E ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

177Lu; Half life; Nuclear data; Radionuclide metrology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

177LU; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; DETECTOR SIGNALS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPONENTIAL DECAY FUNCTIONS; HALF-LIFE; IONISATION; LEAST SQUARES FIT; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER; LITERATURE DATA; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NUCLEAR DATA; RADIONUCLIDE METROLOGY; RECOMMENDED VALUES; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET; WEIGHTED MEAN;

DECAY (ORGANIC); IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

LUTETIUM 177;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HALF LIFE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

HALF-LIFE; LUTETIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 79957623627     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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