Open AccessUnparalleled Contribution of Technetium-99m to Medicine Over 5 Decades
Author(s) -
William C. Eckelman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.013
Subject(s) - technetium , technetium 99m , medicine , nuclear medicine , medical physics , scintigraphy
Since the first tracer study by George C. de Hevesy in 1923, in which he used the tracer principle to study the absorption and translocation of lead nitrate with Pb-212 ([1][1]), radionuclides have been used both in vitro and in vivo to trace various biologic processes. The radioisotopes of iodine
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