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Nichols AL. Status of the decay data for medical radionuclides: existing and potential diagnostic γ emitters, diagnostic β + emitters and therapeutic radioisotopes. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2022-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recommended half-lives and specific well-defined emission energies and absolute emission probabilities are important input parameters that should be well-defined to assist in ensuring the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of individual radionuclides when applied in the field of nuclear medicine. Bearing in mind the nature of these requirements, approximately one hundred radionuclides have been considered and re-assessed as to whether their decay data are either adequately quantified, or require further in-depth measurements to improve their existing status and merit full re-evaluations of their decay schemes. The primary aim of such a review is to provide sufficient information on the existing and future requirements for such atomic and nuclear data.
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- Alan L. Nichols
- Department of Physics , University of Surrey , Guildford , GU2 7XH , UK
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 , India
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Sahagia M, Grigorescu EL, Luca A, Wätjen AC, Ivan C, Antohe A, Ioan MR. 60 years of absolute standardization of radionuclides by coincidence counting methods in the Romanian metrology laboratory. Appl Radiat Isot 2021; 174:109707. [PMID: 33975228 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review paper presents the contribution of the Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory (RML) to the development and practical application of the coincidence counting methods. It is also intended to pay tribute to Dr. Enric Leon Grigorescu, the founder of our school of radionuclide metrology. A synthetic treatment of the method, applied to some classes of radionuclides with their common and particular aspects in standardization, is presented: pioneering calculation of instrumental corrections, specific method corrections applied for various types of decay schemes in the variant of efficiency extrapolation, results obtained in international comparisons.
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- Maria Sahagia
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania.
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, IFIN-HH, Bucharest. 30 Reactorului St. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, POB MG-6, RO 0-77125, Romania
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Pibida L, Bergeron DE, Zimmerman B, Fitzgerald R, Cessna JT, King L. Determination of the half-life and the absolute photon emission intensities for the main gamma-ray energies of 124I. Appl Radiat Isot 2020; 167:109455. [PMID: 33039762 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) performed new standardization measurements for 124I. As part of this work the absolute photon emission intensity for the main gamma-rays of 124I were determined using several high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. In addition, the half-life for 124I was also determined using an HPGe detector. Ionization chamber measurements were performed for additional sources, but it was not possible to obtain a precise half-life value.
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- L Pibida
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA.
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr, MS 8462, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8462, USA
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Standardization of I-124 by three liquid scintillation-based methods. Appl Radiat Isot 2019; 154:108849. [PMID: 31465950 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A solution of 124I was standardized for activity by 4πβ(LS)-γ(NaI) live-timed anticoincidence (LTAC) counting, with confirmatory measurements by triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) and CIEMAT-NIST efficiency tracing (CNET) liquid scintillation counting. The LTAC-based standard was shown to be in agreement (within k = 1 uncertainties) with previous measurements at NIST and elsewhere. Calibration settings for radionuclide calibrators were determined and a discrepancy with literature values, partially due to a calibration methodology dependent upon an erroneous setting for 18F, was identified and explained.
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Sahagia M, Luca A, Antohe A, Ioan MR. Absolute standardization of 57Co and analysis of the results obtained in two international comparisons. Appl Radiat Isot 2018; 140:146-150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Decay data for the positron emission tomography imaging radionuclide 124 I: A DDEP evaluation. Appl Radiat Isot 2018; 134:433-438. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kellett MA. (177)Lu: DDEP Evaluation of the decay scheme for an emerging radiopharmaceutical. Appl Radiat Isot 2015; 109:129-132. [PMID: 26671793 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A new decay scheme evaluation using the DDEP methodology for (177)Lu is presented. Recently measured half-life measurements have been incorporated, as well as newly available γ-ray emission probabilities. For the first time, a thorough investigation has been made of the γ-ray multipolarities. The complete data tables and detailed evaluator comments are available through the DDEP website.
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- M A Kellett
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), Bât. 602 PC111, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Dryák P, Sochorová J, Šolc J, Auerbach P. Activity standardization, photon emission probabilities and half-life measurements of (177)Lu. Appl Radiat Isot 2015; 109:160-163. [PMID: 26653215 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Activity standardization of (177)Lu and measurement of two nuclear parameters were done. Activity standardization of (177)Lu was done utilizing the 4πβ-γ coincidence method with a combined standard uncertainty of 0.28%. Emission probability of 112.95keV and 208.37keV was measured by calibrated spectrometer with HPGe detector. The efficiency was computed with MCNP code and validated using experimental points. Half-life was derived from prolonged measurement of peak area by three different spectrometer systems and also from measurement with ionization chamber.
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- Pavel Dryák
- Czech Metrology Institute, Radiová 1, 102 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic.
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- Czech Metrology Institute, Radiová 1, 102 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic
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- Czech Metrology Institute, Radiová 1, 102 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic
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- Czech Metrology Institute, Radiová 1, 102 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic
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