descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1982 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, volume 33, pages 793-799 (issn: 0020-708X,

Authors: P. Richards; Walter D. Tucker; Suresh C. Srivastava;

doi: 10.1016/0020-708x(82)90120-x

pmid: 6759417

Technetium-99m: An historical perspective

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Abstract

The importance of /sup 99/Tc in the development of diagnostic nuclear medicine, over the past 30 yrs. is discussed. Tc-99 is the ideal radiotracer and since the introduction and development of the BNL /sup 99/Mo//sup 99/Tc Radioisotope Generator in the 1950's, and the development of /sup 99/Tc labelled compounds for thyroid, brain and bone-marrow imaging. The field of diagnostic nuclear medicine has grown exponentially.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory
United States

Keywords

Radionuclide Generators, Humans, Technetium, History, 20th Century, Nuclear Medicine

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