title: Essentials of a rubidium-82 generator for nuclear medicine.
abstract: The use of generator-produced 82Rb for positron emission tomography studies in clinical nuclear medicine requires a number of factors to be considered. These include 82Sr availability, methods of recharging the generator with fresh 82Sr, adequate elution yield of 82Rb, low breakthrough of 82-85Sr, simple and reliable operation of the generator, and delivery of a sterile and pyrogen free eluate of 82Rb.
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D006801:Humans; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011876:Radionuclide Generators; D012413:Rubidium; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D012413:Rubidium