Technetium-99m - new production and processing strategies to provide adequate levels for SPECT imaging

Current Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Osso, J A ^a   Catanoso, M F ^a   Barrio, G ^a   Brambilla, T P ^a   Teodoro, R ^a   Dias, C R B R ^a   Suzuki, K N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Molybdenum 99; Nuclear Reactor; Particle Accelerator; Radioisotope generator; Technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; DEUTERIUM; DISOFENIN TC 99M; ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LIDOFENIN TC 99M; MEBROFENIN TC 99M; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MOLYBDENUM 99; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; PROTON; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; URANIUM; URANIUM 235;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CARDIAC PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863556213     PISSN: 18744710     EISSN: 18744729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874471011205030178     Document Type: Article

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