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Development of the osmium-191/iridium-191m radionuclide generator. Progress report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6192239
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The use of the ultrashort-lived radionuclide Ir-191m (T/sub 1/2/=5s) for first-pass radionuclide angiography produces lower patient radiation dose, higher photon flux, and allows repeated studies that are not possible with the radionuclide currently employed for these studies (Tc-99m; T/sub 1/2/=6h). An Os-191->Ir-191m radionuclide generator suitable for human use was developed in our laboratory and has been used in a number of clinical studies. This generator design suffers, however, from high breakthrough (5 x 10/sup -3/%), low yield (10-15%), and an eluent (pH 1 saline) that must be buffered prior to injection. In an effort to increase Ir-191m yield and decrease Os-191 breakthrough, the generator assembly process has been examined carefully and a detailed, reproducible assembly process developed. A variety of approaches have been used in an attempt to improve the performance of the current generator design but, as yet, only modest improvements have been realized. The investigation of new generator designs has, however, produced a new generator with substantially higher yield (30-35%), lower breakthrough (2-3 x 10/sup -3/%), and an eluent that does not require buffering prior to injection. Efforts are currently underway to improve the stability and evaluate the toxicity of this system.
Research Organization:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-82ER60084
OSTI ID:
6192239
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/60084-2; ON: DE83012858
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DESIGN
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IRIDIUM 191
IRIDIUM ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OSMIUM 191
OSMIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
STABLE ISOTOPES