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radioactive isotope
An isotope with an unstable nuclear configuration. Spontaneous nuclear decay to a stable isotope results in emission of high energy particles, alpha particles or beta particles & gamma rays.
Specific
actinium-227
carbon-11
carbon-14
chromium-51
cobalt-57
fluorine-18
hafnium-175
indium-111
indium-113m
iodine-123
iodine-125
iodine-131 (I[131])
lutetium-177 (Pluvicto, Lutathera)
nitrogen-13
oxygen-15
phosphorus-32 P[32]
Rubidium-82
selenium-75
strontium-89
strontium-90 [90]Sr
technetium 99m ([99m]Tc)
tritiated thymidine
xenon-122
xenon-127
xenon-133
Ytterbium-179
Yttrium-90
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999