Radioisotope Half-life Radiation emitted

1 Holmium-166 26.824912)h electron (B-)

2 Indium-111 2.8047(4)d positron
3 Iodine-123 13.2235(19)h positron
4 Iodine-125 59.407(10)d positron
5 Iodine-131 8.0252(6)d positron
6 Iridium-192 73.829(11)d electron (B-)
7 Iron-59 44.490(9)d electron (B-)
8 Krypton-81m 13.10(3)s positron
9 Lutetium-177 6.647(4)d electron (B-)
10 Molybdenum-99 65.924(6)h electron (B-)
 Use in medicine
used in diagnosis and treatment of liver tumours
used as a label for red cells, platelets, and leukocytes
diagnostic tracer for studying thyroid disease
used in brachytherapy to treat a number of conditions, including prostate cancer, uveal melanomas, and brain tum
nuclear medicine treatment for hyperthyroidism and may also used to treat thyroid cancer
a commonly used isotope in high dose rate Brachytherapy
used as tracer in study of iron metabolism, determination of blood volume, and in blood transfusion studies
used to complement lung perfusion studies to detect pulmonary emboli
a radioactive medicine that binds itself to a specific part of certain tumor cells, allowing the radiation to enter and d
parent of Tc-99m which us used for myocardial perfusion imaging, which shows how well the blood flows through t