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Representative Publications Dealing with the Standardization
of Therapy Radionuclides

153Sm
B.M Coursey, D.D.Hoppes, F.J Schima, and M.P. Unterweger, "The Standardization of Samarium-153," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 38, 31 (1987).

188Re
B.M. Coursey, J.M. Calhoun, J. Cessna, D.D. Hoppes, D.B. Golas, A.P. Callahan, S. Mirzadeh, and F.F. Knapp, Jr., "Assay of the Eluent from the Alumina-Based Tungsten-188-Rhenium-188 Generator," Radioact. Radiochem. 4, 38 (1990).

B.E. Zimmerman, J.T. Cessna, M.P. Unterweger, A.N. Li, J.S. Whiting, and F.F. Knapp, Jr. "A New Experimental Determination of the Dose Calibrator Setting for 188Re," J. Nucl. Med. 40, 1508-1516 (1999).

186Re

B.M. Coursey, E. Garcia-Torano, D.B. Golas, A. Grau Malonda, D.H. Gray, D.D. Hoppes, J.M.  Los Arcos, M.T.  Martin-Casallo, F.J. Schima, and M.P.  Unterweger, "The Standardization and Decay Scheme of Rhenium-186," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 42, 865 (1991).

166Ho

J.M. Calhoun, J. Cessna, B.M.  Coursey, D.D. Hoppes, F.J. Schima, and M.P. Unterweger, "The Standardization and Decay Scheme of Holmium-166," Radioact. Radiochem. 2(4), 38 (1991).

90Y

B.M. Coursey, J.M. Calhoun, and J.T. Cessna, "Radioassays of Yttrium-90 for Use in Nuclear Medicine," Nucl. Med. Biol. 20, 693 (1993).

Reviews
B.M. Coursey, J.M. Calhoun, J. Cessna, D.B. Golas, F.J. Schima, and M.P. Unterweger, "Liquid-Scintillation Counting Techniques for the Standardization of Radionuclides Used in Therapy," Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A339, 26 (1994).

B.M. Coursey, R. Collé, B.E. Zimmerman, J.T. Cessna, and D.B. Golas, "National Radioactivity Standards for Beta-Emitting Radionuclides Used in Intravascular Brachytherapy," Intl. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 41, 207 (1998).

B.E. Zimmerman and J.T. Cessna, "Experimental Determinations of Commercial "Dose Calibrator" Settings For Nuclides Used In Nuclear Medicine," Appl. Rad. Isot. 52, 615-619 (2000).

117mSn
B.E. Zimmerman, J.T. Cessna, and F.J. Schima, "The Standardization of the Potential Bone Pain Palliation Radiopharmaceutical 117m Sn(+4)DTPA," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 49, 317 (1998).

89Sr
B.M. Coursey, F.J. Schima, D.B. Golas, O.T. Palabrica, A. Suzuki, and M.A. Dell, "Measurement Standards for Strontium-89 for Use in Bone Palliation," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 49, 335 (1998).

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