Elliot Lebowitz - Brookline MA Margaret W. Greene - Bellport NY
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
G21G 110
US Classification:
176 11
Abstract:
The method of producing high purity thallium-201 for use as a myocardial scanning agent comprising the steps of irradiating a thallium target with protons to give the reaction. sup. 203 Tl(p,3n). sup. 201. sub. Pb, separating in ion exchange columns the lead from the thallium isotopes, permitting the lead to decay, and then purifying the thallium solution and converting the thallium present to thallous form in which it can be used.