Determination of 99Mo contamination in a nuclear medicine patient submitted to a diagnostic procedure with 99mTc

99mTc is a radionuclide widely used for imaging diagnosis in nuclear medicine. In Brazil it is obtained by elution from 99Mo-99mTc generators supplied by the Nuclear Energy Research Institute (IPEN). The elution is carried out in radiopharmacy laboratories located in hospitals and clinics. Depending...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Maranhão Dantas, Ana Letícia Almeida Dantas, Fábio Luiz Navarro Marques, Luiz Bertelli, Michael G. Stabin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2005-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000700032