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    A technetium-99m generator, or colloquially a technetium cow or moly cow, is a device used to extract the metastable isotope 99mTc of technetium from a...
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    Technetium-99m (99mTc) is a metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99 (itself an isotope of technetium), symbolized as 99mTc, that is used in tens of...
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    technetium-99m, is used in nuclear medicine for a wide variety of tests, such as bone cancer diagnoses. The ground state of the nuclide technetium-99...
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    Technetium (99mTc) medronic acid is a pharmaceutical product used in nuclear medicine to localize bone metastases as well as other diseases that can alter...
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    source of isotopes of the radioactive element technetium (Tc). In particular it is used to carry the 99mTc isotope (half-life 6 hours) which is commonly...
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    group. 99mTc is a very versatile radioisotope, and is the most commonly used radioisotope tracer in medicine. It is easy to produce in a technetium-99m generator...
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  • loaded with the parent isotope germanium-68, these generators function similarly to technetium-99m generators, in both cases using a process similar to ion...
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  • as a parent radioisotope in technetium-99m generators to produce the even shorter-lived daughter isotope technetium-99m, which is used in approximately...
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  • usually produced in a nuclear reactor. A typical example is the technetium-99m generator used in nuclear medicine. The parent produced in the reactor is...
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  • (September 2021). "Fusion-Based Neutron Generator Production of Tc-99m and Tc-101: A Prospective Avenue to Technetium Theranostics". Pharmaceuticals. 14 (9):...
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    can be generated using a transportable generator, which is similar to the technetium-99m generator. The generator contains lead-201 (half-life 9.33 hours)...
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    a technetium-99m generator, and then either used directly as this soluble salt, or else used to synthesize a number of technetium-99m-based radiopharmaceuticals...
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  • on-site in technetium-99m generators. Price per technetium contained. Range of prices for medical doses available in the United States. Technetium-99m has half-life...
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    radiopharmaceuticals. A technetium-99m generator was commercially available, followed by the availability of a number of Tc-99m based radiopharmaceuticals...
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  • half-life of 6 hours, but can be easily made in the hospital using a technetium-99m generator. Weekly global demand for the parent isotope molybdenum-99 was...
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  • production of medical isotopes, for example molybdenum-99 for technetium-99m generators. The medical industry benefits from the unique properties of highly...
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  • expensive as well. The reason for this is that 99mTc is extracted from relatively simple technetium-99m generators which are delivered to hospitals and scanning...
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    equipment is less expensive as well. While 99mTc is extracted from relatively simple technetium-99m generators, which are delivered to hospitals and scanning...
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    response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. In 2012, the Technetium-99m Generator Facility was commissioned. During 2013, the conditioning and storage...
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  • a solution of the radioactive agent sodium pertechnetate (99mTc) from a technetium generator. Arcitumomab recognizes carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), an...
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    now used for preparation of technetium-99m, used in nuclear medicine, from a molybdenum-99 "cow" in technetium-99m generators. The separation process was...
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    development of a generator system to produce Technetium-99m in the 1960s became a practical method for medical use. Today, Technetium-99m is the most utilized...
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  • of Mo-99, an isotope used for medical care. Molybdenum decays into technetium-99m, which is used in over 40,000 medical imaging procedures everyday in...
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    molybdenum-99 in the form of molybdate is used as the parent isotope in technetium-99m generators for nuclear medicine imaging. Nitrogen fixation requires molybdoenzymes...
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  • computed tomography), a majority of the compounds are 99mTc complexes. Three generations of technetium radiopharmaceuticals currently exist and are used....
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  • Technetium compounds are chemical compounds containing the chemical element technetium. Technetium can form multiple oxidation states, but often forms...
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  • A radionuclide generator is a device which provides a local supply of a short-lived radioactive substance from the decay of a longer-lived parent radionuclide...
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  • short-lived isotope. This is similar to the generation of technetium-99m by a technetium generator. The actinium-225 is made by the irradiation of radium-226...
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  • computed tomography, and an aerosol of carbon nanoparticles containing technetium-99m are used in a commercially available procedure for ventilation/perfusion...
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    for radiopharmacy, where it is difficult to work with technetium – especially the technetium-99m isotope used in medicine – due to its expense and short...
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