A radioisotope must have certain desirable qualities so that it can be used for the scan. Based on the above criteria, a radioisotope called as Technitium-99 (produced from Molybdenum) is used in over ...

Technetium-99m - the most common radioisotope for diagnosis, accounting for over 80% of scans Iodine-123 - diagnosis, particularly of the thyroid, and of neurological disease (such as Alzheimer's and ...

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, ...

The key medical isotope technetium-99m can be produced directly in hospital cyclotrons, rather than by extracting the isotope from material made in nuclear reactors, a team of Canadian researchers ...

Wilmington, Delaware, Transparency Market Research, Inc., Nov. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Technetium-99m market (Marché du technétium-99m) is experiencing significant growth due to its essential ...

In vivo tumor imaging with radiolabels is an important diagnostic tool in cancer treatments. Nonspecific compounds such as technetium-99m sulfur colloids 1 or technetium-99m Sestamibi 2,3 are ...

MRI scan The FDA announced that it has approved a new technology known as the RadioGenix System to produce the country's own supply of the radioisotope Technetium-99m (Tc-99m). (HealthDay News) — A ...

You may never have heard of technetium-99m, but if you’ve had a cardiac stress test lately, odds are you’ve had a dose of the radioactive substance coursing through your veins. The artificial element ...

The man with radioactive atoms flowing through his veins seems calm. He moves onto a gurney and lies still as it slides into a humming, doughnut-shaped scanner at Vancouver General Hospital. His foot ...

DOVER — A worldwide shortage of radioactive material used to scan for diseases has created a "crisis" in the medical community, forcing hospitals — including local ones — to ration the procedures and ...

Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies of this short-lived manmade element are far from guaranteed. We see a technetium scan in progress and a cow being milked, and hear the yarn of ...

Scientists spent years searching for Technetium, a chemical element that came, in time, to play a crucial role in medical diagnosis. So crucial in fact that a new search is already under way - to find ...