Generator production
Generator production
Some short-lived isotopes are decay products (= daughter isotopes) of parent isotopes with a much longer half-life. Examples are Mo-99 with a half-life T1/2 of 66h, which decays into Tc-99m (T1/2 = 6h) and Ge-68 (T1/2 = 271 days), decaying into Ga-68 (T1/2 = 68 min). Generators contain the parent isotopes. They are delivered to the hospitals and are chemically eluted (a.k.a. “milked”) when required to obtain the daughter isotope for clinical use.
IRE-ELiT is world leader for the production of the Ge/Ga generator, used in positron emission tomography.
Some short-lived isotopes are decay products of parent isotopes with a much longer half-life. Generators containing the parent isotopes can be eluted (a.k.a. “milked”) when required to obtain the daughter isotope for clinical use.
