Technetium-99m -- new production and processing strategies to provide adequate levels for SPECT imaging.
The most important radioisotope for use in Nuclear Medicine is (99m)Tc, supplied in the form of a (99)Mo/(99m)Tc generator. After the supply crisis of (99)Mo starting in 2008 the availability of (99)Mo became a worldwide concern. The purpose of this work is to do a brief story of the availability of (99)Mo in the world followed by an overview of the production routes of (99)Mo and the generators technology.
Diretoria de Radiofarmacia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. jaosso@ipen.br
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D008982:Molybdenum / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D010315:Particle Accelerators / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011876:Radionuclide Generators / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013667:Technetium / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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