Explore: Radioactive Tracers

other metabolic processes. While radioactive tracers are sometimes still used in human studies, stable isotope tracers such as 13C are more commonly used

radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that is unstable and known to undergo radioactive decay into a different

subdivided into two categories: stable isotope tracers and radiogenic isotope tracers. Stable isotope tracers involve only non-radiogenic isotopes and usually

pharmaceutical drugs that are radioactive). Radiopharmaceuticals are used in the field of nuclear medicine as radioactive tracers in medical imaging and in

sufficient accuracy to determine GFR. GFR can be accurately measured using radioactive substances, in particular chromium-51 and technetium-99m. These come

gamma-emitting industrial radioactive tracers, with applications in isotope hydrology and leak detection. Since the late 1940s, radioactive tracers have been used

laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals

containing gamma-emitting tracer isotopes is used to trace and measure fractures.[citation needed] A 1995 study found that radioactive tracers were used in over

use TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites), a pair of orbiters to study the solar wind Tracers, tracer ammunition

and use of radioactive sources for a range of processes. These include radiotherapy in medical applications; the use of radioactive tracers within industry