EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry

Table 1 Physical half-lives of some medical radionuclides for diagnostic and therapeutic use

From: Position paper to facilitate patient access to radiopharmaceuticals: considerations for a suitable pharmaceutical regulatory framework

Diagnostic use		Therapeutic use
Gamma emitter		Beta emitter
In-111	2.8 d	I-131	8.0 d
I-123	13.3 h	Lu-177	6.6 d
Tc-99 m	6.0 h	Y-90	2.7 d
Positron emitter		Alpha emitter
F-18	110 min	Ra-223	11.4 d
Ga-68	68 min	Ac-225	10.0 d
N-13	10 min	Pb-212	10.6 h

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