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Title: Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are described for producing selenium-72, separating it from its daughter isotope arsenic-72, and generating multiple portions of a solution containing arsenic-72 from a reusable parent substance comprised of selenium-72. The invention provides apparatus which can be located at a site where arsenic-72 is used, for purposes such as PET imaging, to produce arsenic-72 as needed, since the half-life of arsenic-72 is very short. 2 figures.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6656472
Patent Number(s):
5371372
Application Number:
PPN: US 8-009250
Assignee:
University of California, Alameda, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 25 Jan 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ARSENIC 72; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS; DESIGN; SELENIUM 72; BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE; ARSENIC ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SELENIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; 400703* - Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry- Radioisotope Production; 550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Phillips, D R. Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Phillips, D R. Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72. United States.
Phillips, D R. Tue . "Production of selenium-72 and arsenic-72". United States.
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place = {United States},
year = {1994},
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