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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) »
- Chemicals in medicine
- Drugs by structure
- Medicinal radiochemistry
- Molecular imaging
- PET radiotracers
- Positron emission tomography
- 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.
See Radiopharmaceutical and Hyperthyroidism
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
- Anti-infective agents
- Deuterated drug
- Drugs
- Isotopes in medicine
- Medical isotopes
- Medication
- Metacresol purple
- Metals in medicine
- PET radiotracer
- Prodrugs
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Radiopharmaceuticals
Drugs by structure
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Deuterated drug
- Medical isotopes
- Metallopharmaceutical
- Non-biological complex drugs
- Peptide therapeutics
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Synthetic drug
- Topological drugs
Medicinal radiochemistry
- ATC code V09
- ATC code V10
- Flortaucipir (18F)
- Flotufolastat F-18
- Fluciclovine (18F)
- Fluorine-18
- Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)
- Fluorodeoxyglycosylamine
- Fluoroestradiol F-18
- George de Hevesy
- Isotopes in medicine
- Metabolic trapping
- Nuclear medicine
- PET for bone imaging
- PET radiotracer
- Piflufolastat F-18
- Positron emission tomography
- Radioactive tracer
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Radiopharmacology
- Technetium-99m
- Theranostics
Molecular imaging
- Intravascular fluorescence
- Molecular imaging
- Positron emission tomography
- Radiopharmaceutical
PET radiotracers
- 11C ME@HAPTHI
- 11C-UCB-J
- 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine
- 25B-NBOMe
- AM-694
- Altanserin
- DASB
- F-11,461
- FMISO
- Flortaucipir (18F)
- Flotufolastat F-18
- Fluciclovine (18F)
- Fluorocholine
- Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)
- Fluorodeoxyglycosylamine
- Fluoroestradiol F-18
- Fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine (18F)
- Fluorothymidine F-18
- List of PET radiotracers
- Martinostat
- Mefway (18F)
- Oxygen-15 labelled water
- PET radiotracer
- PET response criteria in solid tumors
- Piflufolastat F-18
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Rubidium-82
Positron emission tomography
- Arterial input function
- Carbon-11-choline
- Deauville Criteria
- Jaszczak phantom
- PET for bone imaging
- PET radiotracer
- PET response criteria in solid tumors
- Positron emission tomography
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique
- Time-activity curve
Radiochemistry
- Applied Radiochemistry
- Atomic nucleus
- Atomic trap trace analysis
- Bertram Boltwood
- Coprecipitation
- Fajans–Paneth–Hahn Law
- Fluorescence
- Gregorio Baro
- Iqbal Hussain Qureshi
- Jason S. Lewis
- Laboratory B
- Neil Vasdev
- Peter J. H. Scott
- Radioactive displacement law of Fajans and Soddy
- Radiochemistry
- Radiopharmaceutical
- Resonance fluorescence
- Robert Guillaumont
- Satoyasu Iimori
- Semi-empirical mass formula
- Technetium-99
- Technetium-99m
- Thomas Albrecht-Schönzart
- Tritium
- Walter Seelmann-Eggebert
References
Also known as Diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, Medicinal radiocompound, Medicinal radiocompounds, Radiopharmaceuticals, Radiopharmeceutical, Therapeutic radiopharmaceutical, Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.