The University of Alberta's Medical Isotope and Cyclotron Facility will help ensure Canadians have a reliable supply of medical isotopes used for diagnostic imaging. This non-nuclear facility will revolutionize how medical isotopes are manufactured for clinical use-establishing the U of A as a centre of excellence in medical cyclotron research.
In this video, Sandy McEwan, professor and chair of oncology at the U of A, explains how the facility will produce clinical-quality technetium-99m, an isotope used for 80 per cent of nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures.
16 авг 2024