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Production and Applications of Radiopharmaceuticals: A Review

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  1. 1Centurion University of Technology and Management, IDCO Indrustrial Area, Pitamahal, Rayagada, Odisha, INDIA.

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Nihar Ranjan Kar

Centurion University of Technology and Management, IDCO Indrustrial Area, Pitamahal, Rayagada, Odisha, INDIA.

nihar_795@rediffmail.com

Volume 9, Issue 2 · pp. 36-42 · 2019 · DOI: 10.5530/ijpi.2019.2.8

ABSTRACT

Radiopharmaceuticals are exclusive medicinal formulations including radio isotopes which are utilized in foremost clinical areas for study, diagnosis and/or therapy. They are radioactive agents employed in nuclear medical f ield to demonstrate high and exact localization radioactivity into target tissue. Recently, however, there has been a considerable development of this division of nuclear medicine with the preamble of a quantity of new radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer, neuro endocrine disorder and other diseases. The application of definite radiotracers called radiopharmaceuticals for imaging organ function and disease states is an exceptional potential of nuclear medicine. Distinct other imaging modalities, for example Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Ultrasonography (US), nuclear medicine procedures are competent of drawing physiological function and metabolic activity and thus giving more precise information about the organ function and dysfunction. This review focuses the production and therapeutic applica tions of radiopharmaceuticals which hold functional radio atoms.

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    Kar, N. R. (2019). Production and Applications of Radiopharmaceuticals: A Review. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 9(2), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijpi.2019.2.8

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