.sup.100Mo compounds as accelerator targets for production of .sup.99mTc

Title: .sup.100Mo compounds as accelerator targets for production of .sup.99mTc

Methods of synthesizing .sup.100Mo.sub.2C and .sup.99mTcO.sub.4.sup.- are disclosed. Methods of .sup.100Mo.sub.2C generation involve thermally carburizing .sup.100MoO.sub.3. Methods of .sup.99mTcO.sub.4 generation involve proton bombardment of .sup.100Mo.sub.2C in a cyclotron. Yields of .sup.99mTcO.sub.4 can be increased by sintering .sup.100Mo.sub.2C prior to bombardment. The methods also include recycling of .sup.100Mo.sub.2C to form .sup.100MoO.sub.3. SPECT images obtained using .sup.99mTcO.sub.4 generated by the disclosed methods are also presented.

Inventors:: Richards, Vernal; Lapi, Suzanne

Issue Date:: 2016-09-20

OSTI Identifier:: 1325736

Assignee:: Washington University (Saint Louis, MO) EFRC

Patent Number(s):: 9,449,726

Application Number:: 14/293,599

Contract Number:: SC0006435

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jun 02

Research Org:: Washington University, Saint Louis, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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