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Radiopharmaceutical

Index Radiopharmaceutical

Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. [1]

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  1. 97 relations: Adrenal gland, Alpha particle, AMA Manual of Style, Ammonia, Beta particle, Bile acid, Bone metastasis, Brachytherapy, Calcium, Carbon, Carbon-14, Chemical element, Chemically inert, Chromium, Cisternography, Cobalt, Contrast agent, Cyanocobalamin, Drug nomenclature, Elution, Erbium, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Fluorine-18, Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F), Gallium, Gallium-68 generator, Gamma camera, Gamma ray, Glomerular filtration rate, Glycocholic acid, Goitre, Half-life, Helicobacter pylori, Human serum albumin, Hyperthyroidism, Indium, International nonproprietary name, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Iodine, Iodine-123, Iodine-131, Ion, Iron, Isotopes in medicine, Krypton, Lutetium, Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide, Mass number, Meckel's diverticulum, Medical diagnosis, ... Expand index (47 more) »

  2. Chemicals in medicine
  3. Drugs by structure
  4. Medicinal radiochemistry
  5. Molecular imaging
  6. PET radiotracers
  7. Positron emission tomography
  8. Radiochemistry

Adrenal gland

The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.

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Alpha particle

Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.

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AMA Manual of Style

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors is the style guide of the American Medical Association.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

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Beta particle

A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decay.

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Bile acid

Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals and other vertebrates.

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Bone metastasis

Bone metastasis, or osseous metastatic disease, is a category of cancer metastases that result from primary tumor invasions into bones.

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Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Carbon-14

Carbon-14, C-14, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.

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Chemically inert

In chemistry, the term chemically inert is used to describe a substance that is not chemically reactive.

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Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24.

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Cisternography

Cisternography is a medical imaging technique to examine the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain, and spinal cord.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Contrast agent

A contrast agent (or contrast medium) is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging.

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Cyanocobalamin

Cyanocobalamin is a form of 12 used to treat and prevent 12 deficiency except in the presence of cyanide toxicity.

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Drug nomenclature

Drug nomenclature is the systematic naming of drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs.

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Elution

In analytical and organic chemistry, elution is the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent: washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions, or eluting proteins or other biopolymers from a gel electrophoresis or chromatography column.

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Erbium

Erbium is a chemical element; it has symbol Er and atomic number 68.

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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), also called EDTA acid after its own abbreviation, is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula 2.

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Fluorine-18

Fluorine-18 (18F) is a fluorine radioisotope which is an important source of positrons. Radiopharmaceutical and fluorine-18 are medicinal radiochemistry.

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Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)

Fluorodeoxyglucose (INN), or fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 (USAN and USP), also commonly called fluorodeoxyglucose and abbreviated FDG, 2-FDG or FDG, is a radiopharmaceutical, specifically a radiotracer, used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomography (PET). Radiopharmaceutical and fluorodeoxyglucose (18F) are medicinal radiochemistry, PET radiotracers and radiopharmaceuticals.

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Gallium

Gallium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Ga and atomic number 31.

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Gallium-68 generator

A germanium-68/gallium-68 generator is a device used to extract the positron-emitting isotope 68Ga of gallium from a source of decaying germanium-68. Radiopharmaceutical and gallium-68 generator are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Gamma camera

A gamma camera (γ-camera), also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy.

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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Glomerular filtration rate

Renal functions include maintaining an acid–base balance; regulating fluid balance; regulating sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes; clearing toxins; absorption of glucose, amino acids, and other small molecules; regulation of blood pressure; production of various hormones, such as erythropoietin; and activation of vitamin D.

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Glycocholic acid

Glycocholic acid, or cholylglycine, is a crystalline bile acid involved in the emulsification of fats.

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Goitre

A goitre, or goiter, is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value.

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Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori, previously known as Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, flagellated, helical bacterium.

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Human serum albumin

Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood.

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Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism is the condition that occurs due to excessive production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland.

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Indium

Indium is a chemical element; it has symbol In and atomic number 49.

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International nonproprietary name

An international nonproprietary name (INN) is an official generic and nonproprietary name given to a pharmaceutical drug or an active ingredient.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations working for the advancement of the chemical sciences, especially by developing nomenclature and terminology.

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Iodine

Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53.

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Iodine-123

Iodine-123 (123I) is a radioactive isotope of iodine used in nuclear medicine imaging, including single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or SPECT/CT exams.

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Iodine-131

Iodine-131 (131I, I-131) is an important radioisotope of iodine discovered by Glenn Seaborg and John Livingood in 1938 at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Isotopes in medicine

A medical isotope is an isotope used in medicine. Radiopharmaceutical and isotopes in medicine are chemicals in medicine and medicinal radiochemistry.

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Krypton

Krypton (from translit 'the hidden one') is a chemical element; it has symbol Kr and atomic number 36.

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Lutetium

Lutetium is a chemical element; it has symbol Lu and atomic number 71.

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Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide

Lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide (INN) or 177Lu dotatate, brand name Lutathera, is a chelated complex of a radioisotope of the element lutetium with dotatate, used in peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. Radiopharmaceutical and lutetium (177Lu) oxodotreotide are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Mass number

The mass number (symbol A, from the German word: Atomgewicht, "atomic weight"), also called atomic mass number or nucleon number, is the total number of protons and neutrons (together known as nucleons) in an atomic nucleus.

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Meckel's diverticulum

A Meckel's diverticulum, a true congenital diverticulum, is a slight bulge in the small intestine present at birth and a vestigial remnant of the vitelline duct.

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Medical diagnosis

Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.

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Medication

A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Radiopharmaceutical and medication are chemicals in medicine.

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Metastasis

Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; the term is typically used when referring to metastasis by a cancerous tumor.

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Neuroendocrine tumor

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems.

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Nitrogen-13

Nitrogen-13 (13N) is a radioisotope of nitrogen used in positron emission tomography (PET).

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Octreotide scan

An octreotide scan is a type of SPECT scintigraphy used to find carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and to localize sarcoidosis.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Pentetic acid

Pentetic acid or diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) is an aminopolycarboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone with five carboxymethyl groups.

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Pertechnetate

The pertechnetate ion is an oxyanion with the chemical formula. Radiopharmaceutical and pertechnetate are radiopharmaceuticals.

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PET radiotracer

PET radiotracer is a type of radioligand that is used for the diagnostic purposes via positron emission tomography imaging technique. Radiopharmaceutical and PET radiotracer are chemicals in medicine, medicinal radiochemistry, PET radiotracers, positron emission tomography and radiopharmaceuticals.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Platelet

Platelets or thrombocytes are a blood component whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.

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Polycythemia

Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia) is a laboratory finding in which the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood) and/or hemoglobin concentration are increased in the blood.

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Positron

The positron or antielectron is the particle with an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1/2 (the same as the electron), and the same mass as an electron.

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Radioactive tracer

A radioactive tracer, radiotracer, or radioactive label is a synthetic derivative of a natural compound in which one or more atoms have been replaced by a radionuclide (a radioactive atom). Radiopharmaceutical and radioactive tracer are medicinal radiochemistry and radiopharmaceuticals.

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Radiocontrast agent

Radiocontrast agents are substances used to enhance the visibility of internal structures in X-ray-based imaging techniques such as computed tomography (contrast CT), projectional radiography, and fluoroscopy.

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Radioligand

A radioligand is a microscopic particle which consists of a therapeutic radioactive isotope and the cell-targeting compound - the ligand.

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Radionuclide

A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable. Radiopharmaceutical and radionuclide are isotopes.

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Radionuclide angiography

Radionuclide angiography is an area of nuclear medicine which specialises in imaging to show the functionality of the right and left ventricles of the heart, thus allowing informed diagnostic intervention in heart failure.

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Radiopharmacology

Radiopharmacology is radiochemistry applied to medicine and thus the pharmacology of radiopharmaceuticals (medicinal radiocompounds, that is, pharmaceutical drugs that are radioactive). Radiopharmaceutical and Radiopharmacology are medicinal chemistry, medicinal radiochemistry and radiopharmaceuticals.

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Radium-223

Radium-223 (223Ra, Ra-223) is an isotope of radium with an 11.4-day half-life.

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Rubidium

Rubidium is a chemical element; it has symbol Rb and atomic number 37.

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Rubidium-82 chloride

Rubidium-82 chloride is a form of rubidium chloride containing a radioactive isotope of rubidium. Radiopharmaceutical and rubidium-82 chloride are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Samarium

Samarium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sm and atomic number 62.

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Samarium (153Sm) lexidronam

Samarium (153Sm) lexidronam (chemical name Samarium-153-ethylene diamine tetramethylene phosphonate, abbreviated Samarium-153 EDTMP, trade name Quadramet) is a chelated complex of a radioisotope of the element samarium with EDTMP. Radiopharmaceutical and samarium (153Sm) lexidronam are radiopharmaceuticals.

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SeHCAT

SeHCAT (23-seleno-25-homotaurocholic acid, selenium homocholic acid taurine, or tauroselcholic acid) is a drug used in a clinical test to diagnose bile acid malabsorption. Radiopharmaceutical and SeHCAT are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Selenium

Selenium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Se and atomic number 34.

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Sestamibi parathyroid scan

A sestamibi parathyroid scan is a procedure in nuclear medicine which is performed to localize parathyroid adenoma, which causes Hyperparathyroidism.

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Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.

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Somatostatin

Somatostatin, also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) or by several other names, is a peptide hormone that regulates the endocrine system and affects neurotransmission and cell proliferation via interaction with G protein-coupled somatostatin receptors and inhibition of the release of numerous secondary hormones.

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Standardization

Standardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments.

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Strontium

Strontium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sr and atomic number 38.

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Succimer

Succimer, sold under the brand name Chemet among others, is a medication used to treat lead, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.

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Technetium (99mTc) exametazime

Technetium (99mTc) exametazime is a radiopharmaceutical sold under the trade name Ceretec, and is used by nuclear medicine physicians for the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion in stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases. Radiopharmaceutical and Technetium (99mTc) exametazime are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi

Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi (INN) (commonly sestamibi; USP: technetium Tc 99m sestamibi; trade name Cardiolite) is a pharmaceutical agent used in nuclear medicine imaging. Radiopharmaceutical and technetium (99mTc) sestamibi are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Technetium-99m

Technetium-99m (99mTc) is a metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99 (itself an isotope of technetium), symbolized as 99mTc, that is used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually, making it the most commonly used medical radioisotope in the world. Radiopharmaceutical and technetium-99m are medicinal radiochemistry and radiochemistry.

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Technetium-99m generator

A technetium-99m generator, or colloquially a technetium cow or moly cow, is a device used to extract the metastable isotope 99mTc of technetium from a decaying sample of molybdenum-99. Radiopharmaceutical and technetium-99m generator are radiopharmaceuticals.

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Thallium

Thallium is a chemical element; it has symbol Tl and atomic number 81.

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Therapy

A therapy or medical treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. Radiopharmaceutical and therapy are medicinal chemistry.

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Thyroid

The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates.

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Thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer is cancer that develops from the tissues of the thyroid gland.

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Tissue (biology)

In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.

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Tritium

Tritium or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life ~12.3 years. Radiopharmaceutical and Tritium are radiochemistry.

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United States Pharmacopeia

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the over 200-year old United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and also owns the copyright on the pharmacopeia itself.

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White blood cell

White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

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Xenon

Xenon is a chemical element; it has symbol Xe and atomic number 54.

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Yttrium

Yttrium is a chemical element; it has symbol Y and atomic number 39.

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See also

Chemicals in medicine

Drugs by structure

Medicinal radiochemistry

Molecular imaging

PET radiotracers

Positron emission tomography

Radiochemistry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiopharmaceutical

Also known as Diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, Medicinal radiocompound, Medicinal radiocompounds, Radiopharmaceuticals, Radiopharmeceutical, Therapeutic radiopharmaceutical, Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.

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