A germanium-68/gallium-68<unk>  is a device used to extract the positron-emitting isotope<unk> Ga of gallium from a source of decaying germanium-68. The parent isotope<unk> Ge has a half-life of 271 days and can be easily utilized for in-hospital production of<unk>  produced<unk> Ga. Its decay product gallium-68 (with a half-life of only<unk>  minutes, inconvenient for transport) is extracted and used for certain positron emission tomography nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures, where the radioisotope's relatively short half-life and emission of positrons for creation of 3-dimensional PET scans, are useful.
Gallium-68 generator
Technetium-99m generator
PET radiotracer
Gamma camera
Radioactive tracer
Freewheelers EVS
Gallium scan
Radiomics