Taber's Medical Dictionary
technetium-99m
(tek-nē′sh(ē-)ŭm-nīn′tē-nīn″)
SYMB: 99mTc A radioactive isotope of technetium having a half-life of 6 hr, in which the “m” means that it is a metastable isotope. 99mTc is used in nuclear medicine for a wide variety of diagnostic tests and imaging studies, e.g., myocardial perfusion scans, bone scans, and V/Q scans.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Technetium-99m." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752040/all/technetium_99m.
Technetium-99m. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752040/all/technetium_99m. Accessed December 26, 2024.
Technetium-99m. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752040/all/technetium_99m
Technetium-99m [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752040/all/technetium_99m.
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