The production of radionuclides for radiotracers in nuclear medicine

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 2: Medical Applications of Accelerators

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-34

  Ruth, Thomas J ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Cyclotron; Imaging; Irradiation; Nuclear medicine; Radioisotopes; Specific activity; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HIGH PURITY; PRODUCTION OF RADIONUCLIDES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; THERAPY;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84943390160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814299350_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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