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Design and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals

Abstract

The major factors in the design of a new radiopharmaceutical for radioisotope scintigraphy are the photon energy of the radionuclide, the ability to incorporate the radionuclide insuitable chemical and biological form, the radiation dose to the patient, and the cost of production of the radiopharmaceutical. In this laboratory, the radionuclides, indium-113m and ytterbium-169, and technetium-99m, have been incorporated into a variety of radiopharmaceuticals. These include particles suitable for lung and liver studies, chelates for brain and kidney studies, and ionic forms for blood pool imaging. Studies in experimental animals and man indicate that these agents offer certain advantages over previously available radiopharmaceuticals. By providing larger numbers of photons, they permit more precise temporal and spatial resolution. The longer half-life of the tin-113 parent radionuclide from which indium-113m can be eluted makes indium-113m readily available, even at sites distant from the source of production. The tin-indium generator system need be purchased only every five months rather than weekly as in the case of the widely used molybdenum-technetium system. The ytterbium-radionuclide in the chemical form of a chelate is particularly useful as an inexpensive agent that provides high photon yields for renal and brain imaging. The rapid and complete biological excretion results  More>>
Authors:
Wagner, Jr., H. N.; Stern, H. S.; Rhodes, B. A.; Reba, R. C.; Hosain, F.; Zolle, I. [1] 
  1. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
May 15, 1969
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-SM-108/94
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on Medical Radioisotope Scintigraphy, Salzburg (Austria), 6-15 Aug 1968; Other Information: 13 refs., 6 figs., 8 tabs.; Related Information: In: Medical Radioisotope Scintigraphy. Proceedings of a Symposium on Medical Radioisotope Scintigraphy. V. II| 952 p.
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BLOOD; BRAIN; INDIUM 113; KIDNEYS; LIVER; LUNGS; MOLYBDENUM; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCINTISCANNING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TECHNETIUM 99; TIN 113; YTTERBIUM 169
OSTI ID:
22107987
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; TRN: XA13M0466065798
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 3-23
Announcement Date:
Jun 27, 2013

Citation Formats

Wagner, Jr., H. N., Stern, H. S., Rhodes, B. A., Reba, R. C., Hosain, F., and Zolle, I. Design and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals. IAEA: N. p., 1969. Web.
Wagner, Jr., H. N., Stern, H. S., Rhodes, B. A., Reba, R. C., Hosain, F., & Zolle, I. Design and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals. IAEA.
Wagner, Jr., H. N., Stern, H. S., Rhodes, B. A., Reba, R. C., Hosain, F., and Zolle, I. 1969. "Design and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals." IAEA.
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title = {Design and Development of New Radiopharmaceuticals}
author = {Wagner, Jr., H. N., Stern, H. S., Rhodes, B. A., Reba, R. C., Hosain, F., and Zolle, I.}
abstractNote = {The major factors in the design of a new radiopharmaceutical for radioisotope scintigraphy are the photon energy of the radionuclide, the ability to incorporate the radionuclide insuitable chemical and biological form, the radiation dose to the patient, and the cost of production of the radiopharmaceutical. In this laboratory, the radionuclides, indium-113m and ytterbium-169, and technetium-99m, have been incorporated into a variety of radiopharmaceuticals. These include particles suitable for lung and liver studies, chelates for brain and kidney studies, and ionic forms for blood pool imaging. Studies in experimental animals and man indicate that these agents offer certain advantages over previously available radiopharmaceuticals. By providing larger numbers of photons, they permit more precise temporal and spatial resolution. The longer half-life of the tin-113 parent radionuclide from which indium-113m can be eluted makes indium-113m readily available, even at sites distant from the source of production. The tin-indium generator system need be purchased only every five months rather than weekly as in the case of the widely used molybdenum-technetium system. The ytterbium-radionuclide in the chemical form of a chelate is particularly useful as an inexpensive agent that provides high photon yields for renal and brain imaging. The rapid and complete biological excretion results in low radiation dose while the longer physical half-life greatly extends the shelf-life. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1969}
month = {May}
}