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Development and deployment of 141Ce fiducial marker sources for supplementing nuclear diagnostic procedures

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A facile method to prepare 141Ce based fiducial marker sources was developed to put forward an alternate to 99mTc markers routinely used during nuclear imaging procedures. Cerium oxide microspheres were prepared as source substrate by ‘internal gelation process’. ‘State-of- the art’ analyzing tools were used for characterizing the substrate. Neutron irradiation of microspheres in ‘Dhruva’ reactor was optimized. Post irradiation and quality evaluation, the sources were enclosed in an in-house developed portable device. 141Ce sources containing 37–59 MBq (1.0–1.6 mCi) of 141Ce were supplied to three nuclear imaging centres. Newly developed 141Ce fiducial markers could successfully supplement real time SPECT imaging procedures.

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The authors are highly grateful to Dr. P.K. Pujari, Director, Radiochemistry & Isotope Group for his encouragement and support. Thanks are also due to Mr. B.G. Avhad and Mr. Pritam Bansode of our Division for providing engineering support.

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  1. Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    S. K. Saxena, Yogendra Kumar, Usha Pandey & Ashutosh Dash

  2. Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    Y. R. Bamankar

  3. Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    Rakesh Shukla

  4. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    Arijit Sengupta

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Saxena, S.K., Kumar, Y., Bamankar, Y.R. et al. Development and deployment of 141Ce fiducial marker sources for supplementing nuclear diagnostic procedures. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 325, 893–904 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07260-z

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