Radiopharmacology

Overview
Radiopharmacology is the study and preparation of radiopharmaceuticals, which are radioactive pharmaceuticals. Radiopharmaceuticals are used in the field of nuclear medicine as tracers in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. Many radiopharmaceuticals use technetium (Tc-99m). In the book Technetium by Klaus Schwochau, 31 different radiopharmaceuticals based on Tc-99m are listed for imaging and functional studies of the brain, myocardium, thyroid, lungs, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, skeleton, blood and tumors.

A list of nuclear medicine radiopharmaceuticals follows. Some radioisotopes are used in ionic or inert form without attachment to a pharmaceutical, these are also included. There is a section for each radioisotope with a table of radiopharmaceuticals using that radioisotope. The sections are ordered alphabetically by the English name of the radioisotope. Sections for the same element are then ordered by atomic mass number.

Calcium-47
47Ca is a beta and gamma emitter.

Carbon-11
11C is a positron emitter.

Carbon-14
14C is a beta emitter.

Chromium-51
51Cr is a gamma emitter.

Cobalt-57
57Co is a gamma emitter.

Cobalt-58
58Co is a gamma emitter.

Erbium-169
169Er is a beta emitter.

Fluorine-18
18F is a positron emitter.

Gallium-67
67Ga is a gamma emitter. See Gallium scan.

Hydrogen-3
3H or tritium is a beta emitter.

Indium-111
111In is a gamma emitter.

Iodine-123
123I is a gamma emitter.

Iodine-131
131I is a beta and gamma emitter.

Iron-59
59Fe is a beta and gamma emitter.

Krypton-81m
81Krm is a gamma emitter.

Nitrogen-13
13N is a positron emitter.

Oxygen-15
15O is a positron emitter.

Phosphorus-32
32P is a beta emitter.

Samarium-153
153Sm is a beta and gamma emitter.

Selenium-75
75Se is a gamma emitter.

Sodium-22
22Na is a positron and gamma emitter.

Sodium-24
24Na is a beta and gamma emitter.

Strontium-89
89Sr is a beta emitter.

Technetium-99m
99Tcm is a gamma emitter.

Thallium-201
201Tl is a gamma emitter.

Xenon-133
133Xe is a gamma emitter.

Yttrium-90
90Y is a beta emitter.