The present and future of medical radionuclide production

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 100, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 635-651

  Qaim, S M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ray emitters for SPECT; Corpuscular radiation emitters for internal radiotherapy; Future directions; Low and intermediate energy nuclear reactions; Positron emitters for PET; Radionuclide generators; Reactor and cyclotron production of medical radionuclides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866431013     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2012.1966     Document Type: Article

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