Review Article

Generator Development: Up-to-Date Recovery Technologies for Increasing the Effectiveness of Utilisation

Table 5

Details of methods of  99mTc-pertechnetate concentration from the nonsaline eluate of  99mTc-pertechnetate (single and dual column concentration methods).

SchemeConcentration processGenerator columnReferences
Elution 99mTc concentrator

1BA: H2O
B: saline
Alumina and/or TiO2, MnO2,
zircona
TiMo/ZrM molybdate gelLe (1990) [57]

1BA: H2O
B: saline
AluminaZrMo molybdate gelSarkar et al. (2004) [49]

1BA: NH4OAc + NH4NO3
B: water  
C: saline
QMA SepPakAlumina Knapp et al. (1998)
[4345]

1BA: acetic acid + NaCl  
B: water  
C: saline
QMA SepPakAluminaMushtaq (2004) [50]
Le (2013) (for this review)

1BA: acetic acid + ammonium-acetate  
B: water  
C: saline
DEAE-celluloseAluminaSarkar et al. (2001)
[47, 48]

1BA: acetic acid + NaCl  
B: water  
C: saline
DEAE-celluloseAluminaLe (2013)
(for this review)

1BA: acetic acid + NaCl  
B: water  
C: saline
DEAE-sephadexAluminaLe (2013)
(for this review)

1BA: acetic acid + NaCl
B: water  
C: saline
Isosorb-FS-01Alumina Le and Le (2013)
[58]

2BA: Na2SO4
B: H2O  
C: saline
Pb-resin-aluminaAluminaBokhari et al.(2007)
[54]

3BStep A: acetone  
Step C: saline
EvaporatorTiMo/ZrMo gelLe (1987–1994)
[57, 59, 60, 104]

3BStep A: acetone  
Step C: saline
EvaporatorAluminaMushtaq (2003)
[51]

4BA: NaNO3
B: NaNO3 + SnCl2
C: saline
Redox agent + aluminaAluminaSeifert et al. (1994)
[55]

5BA: H2O  
B: H2O  
C: saline
Electrochemical cell with Pt electrodesZrMo molybdate gelChakravarty et al. (2012)
[56]