The biological action of a radiopharmaceutical is determined by the form of ionizing radiation emitted by the radionuclide. While imaging procedures in nuclear medicine require radionuclides that will ...

unlike beta-radionuclide therapy with gamma-ray emission. Also, the location of astatine-211 can be identified using X-ray imaging, due to the X-rays that are emitted as it decays. The short half ...

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