Technetium-99m: a Nanomaterial Perspective

V. Trusova; I. Karnaukhov; A. Zelinsky; B. Borts; I. Ushakov; L. Sidenko; G. Gorbenko

doi:10.15407/ujpe69.9.642

Автор(и)

V. Trusova Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Nanotechnologies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
I. Karnaukhov National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
A. Zelinsky National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
B. Borts National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
I. Ushakov National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
L. Sidenko Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Nanotechnologies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
G. Gorbenko Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Nanotechnologies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe69.9.642

Ключові слова:

наноматерiали, терагностика, технецiй, наномедицина, радiомаркування

Анотація

Радiомаркування наноматерiалiв за допомогою технецiю-99м (^99mTc) виокремилося як перспективна стратегiя, що iнтегрує переваги нанотехнологiй та ядерної медицини для дiагностичних та терапевтичних застосувань. Дана робота має на метi надати всебiчний огляд сучасного стану у сферi радiомаркування наноматерiалiв за допомогою ^99mTc. Дослiдження охоплює методи синтезу, механiзми маркування, бiологiчнi застосування, фiзико-хiмiчнi характеристики та клiнiчнi застосування наноматерiалiв, мiчених ^99mTc.

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