Production of high-purity radium-223 from legacy actinium-beryllium neutron sources

Current Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-252

  Soderquist, Chuck Z ^a   McNamara, Bruce K ^a   Fisher, Darrell R ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinium 227; Alpha emitters; Anion exchange; Radium 223; Thorium 227

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM; BERYLLIUM; CHELATING AGENT; FLUORIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC ACID; RADIUM CHLORIDE RA 223; STAINLESS STEEL; THORIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG COST; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PURITY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; NEUTRON; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PURIFICATION; STORAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84860111175     PISSN: 18744710     EISSN: 18744729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874471011205030244     Document Type: Article

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