Iofetamine
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Iofetamine is a lipid soluble, radioactive brain imaging
agent. The isotope
used for the imaging is Iodine-123
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Neuroimaging
Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the brain...
agent. The isotope
Isotope
Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element, which have differing numbers of neutrons. Atoms of a particular element by definition must contain the same number of protons but may have a distinct number of neutrons which differs from atom to atom, without changing the designation...
used for the imaging is Iodine-123
Iodine-123
Iodine-123 is a radioactive isotope of iodine used in nuclear medicine imaging, including single photon emission computed tomography . The isotope's half-life is 13.22 hours; the decay by electron capture to tellurium-123 emits gamma radiation with predominant energies of 159 keV and 127 keV...
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