TEKCIS 2-50 GBQ RADIONUCLIDE GENERATOR

Sodium pertechnetate is the inorganic compound with the formula NaTcO4. This colourless salt contains the pertechnetate anion, TcO−4 that has slightly distorted tetrahedron symmetry both at 296 K and at 100 K while the coordination polyhedron of the sodium cation is different from typical for scheelite structure. The radioactive 99mTcO−4 anion is an important radiopharmaceutical for diagnostic use. The advantages to 99mTc include its short half-life of 6 hours and the low radiation exposure to the patient, which allow a patient to be injected with activities of more than 30 millicuries (1,100 MBq). Na[99mTcO4] is a precursor to a variety of derivatives that are used to image different parts of the body.