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A gallium-68 generator is a device used to extract the positron-emitting isotope Ga-68 of gallium from a source of decaying germanium-68. We meet the needs created by the rapid development of positron emission tomography (PET); a new Ge-68/Ga-68 generator has been developed.
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Li, MH. (2017). An Organic Adsorbent Resin for Ga-68 Generator. In: Jiang, H. (eds) Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference. PBNC 2016. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2314-9_58
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