| Short- and long-term responses to molybdenum-99 shortages in nuclear medicine. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 20965898 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Most nuclear medicine studies use (99)Tc(m), which is the decay product of (99)Mo. The world supply of (99)Mo comes from only five nuclear research reactors and availability has been much reduced in recent times owing to problems at the largest reactors. In the short-term there are limited actions that can be taken owing to capacity issues on alternative imaging modalities. In the long-term, stability of (99)Mo supply will rely on a combination of replacing conventional reactors and developing new technologies. |
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Authors:
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J R Ballinger |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The British journal of radiology Volume: 83 ISSN: 1748-880X ISO Abbreviation: Br J Radiol Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-10-22 Completed Date: 2010-11-23 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0373125 Medline TA: Br J Radiol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 899-901 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London. jim.ballinger@kcl.ac.uk |
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Half-Life Health Services Accessibility Humans Lobbying Molybdenum / supply & distribution* Nuclear Medicine / trends* Nuclear Reactors / supply & distribution Positron-Emission Tomography Radioactivity Radioisotopes / supply & distribution* Radionuclide Generators / supply & distribution |
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0/Radioisotopes; 7439-98-7/Molybdenum |
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