Radiation Oncology/Radiopharmaceuticals
- Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes
- Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents
- Radiopharmaceuticals emit radiation themselves, which is different from contrast media which absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound
- Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents
List of Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals
[edit | edit source]- Calcium-47
- Carbon-11
- Carbon-14
- Chromium-51
- Cobalt-57
- Cobalt-58
- Erbium-169
- Fluorine-18
- Gallium-67
- Gallium-68
- Hydrogen-3
- Indium-111
- Iodine-123
- Iodine-125
- Iodine-131
- Iron-59
- Krypton-81m
- Lutetium-177
- Nitrogen-13
- Oxygen-15
- Phosphorus-32
- Radium-223
- Rubidium-82
- Samarium-153
- Selenium-75
- Sodium-22
- Sodium-24
- Strontium-89
- Technetium-99m
- Thallium-201
- Xenon-133
- Yttrium-90