Technetium
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The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of URANIUM. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, atomic number 43, and atomic weight 98.91. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m=metastable) which is the decay product of Molybdenum 99, has a half-life of about 6 hours and is used diagnostically as a radioactive imaging agent. Technetium 99 which is a decay product of technetium 99m, has a half-life of 210,000 years.
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D013667
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D01.268.271.870 D01.268.556.843 D01.268.956.875 D01.552.544.843
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Fleischer AC, Born ML, Kirchner SG, Meneely R, Holcomb GW. Complementary use of 99mTc-HIDA and upper abdominal sonography in diagnosing a choledochal cyst. South Med J. 1980 Dec; 73(12):1651-3.