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A facile method to prepare 141Ce based fiducial marker sources was developed to put forward an alternate to 99mTc markers routinely used during nuclear imaging procedures. Cerium oxide microspheres were… Click to show full abstract
A facile method to prepare 141Ce based fiducial marker sources was developed to put forward an alternate to 99mTc markers routinely used during nuclear imaging procedures. Cerium oxide microspheres were prepared as source substrate by ‘internal gelation process’. ‘State-of- the art’ analyzing tools were used for characterizing the substrate. Neutron irradiation of microspheres in ‘Dhruva’ reactor was optimized. Post irradiation and quality evaluation, the sources were enclosed in an in-house developed portable device. 141Ce sources containing 37–59 MBq (1.0–1.6 mCi) of 141Ce were supplied to three nuclear imaging centres. Newly developed 141Ce fiducial markers could successfully supplement real time SPECT imaging procedures.
Journal Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Year Published: 2020
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