Published January 1977 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Nuclear medicine's workhorse

Creators

Description

The almost ideal physical and chemical properties of technetium-99m for nuclear medical purposes can only be realised through the availability of efficient and reliable generators, such as are now produced in South Africa

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
The development of new organ-specific technetium-99m radiodiagnostic agents

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Act.
Journal Issue
no. 16
Series
Nucl. Act.

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
8303301
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SCANNERS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99; TRACER TECHNIQUES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES