| Ac | Actinium |
| Po | Polonium |
| Tl | Thallium |
| Rn | Radon |
| U | Uranium |
| Bq | Becquerel |
| keV | Kilo electron volt |
| Y | year |
| H | hour |
| A | alpha |
| t1/2 | Half-life |
| W | Watt |
| N | Neuton |
| CK-CEN | Nuclear- Energy Research Centre |
| IPF | Isotope production facility |
| KIRAMS | Korean Institute for Radiological and Medical Sciences |
| CNEA | Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission |
| MSIG | multicolumn selective inversion generators |
| INR | Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| linac | linear electron accelerator |
| ITU | Institute for Trans-Uranium Elements |
| ISOL | Isotope Separation On-Line |
| SRS | sealed radioactive sources |
| USA | United States of America |
| ITLC | Instant thin-layer chromatography |
| SPECT | Single-photon emission computed tomography |
| TAT | Targeted alpha-particle therapy |
| LET | Linear energy transfer |
| DTPA | Diethylenetriaminepenta acetic acid |
| DMPS | 2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid |
| PEPA | 1,4,7,10,13-pentaazacyclopentadecane-N,N′,N′′,N′′′,N′′′′-pentaacetic acid |
| DOTPA | 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecan-1,4,7,10-tetrapropionic acid |
| p-SCN-Bn-DOTA | S-2-(4-Isothiocyanatobenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid |
| DTPA-p-Bn-NCS | S-2-(4-Isothiocyanatobenzyl)-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid |
| 2B-DOTA-NCS | 2-(p-isothiocyanatobenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid |
| SCN-CHX-A-DTPA | 2-(4-isothiocyanatobenzyl)diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid |
| CHX-A″-DTPA | A′′ isomer of N-[(R)-2-amino-3-(4-nitrophenyl)propyl]-trans-(S,S-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine-N,N,N′,N′′,N′′-pentaacetic acid |
| MeO-DOTA-NCS | α-(5-isothiocyanato-2-methoxyphenyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid |
| HEHA-NCS | 2-(4-isothiocyanatobenzyl)-1,4,7,10,13, 16-hexaazacyclohexadecane- 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaacetic acid |
| Bispa2 | (6,6′-((9- hydroxy-1,5-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-2,4-di(pyridin-2-yl)-3,7-diazabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane3,7-diyl)bis(methylene))dipicolinic acid) |
| SCN-CHX-A′′-DTPA or CHX-A′′-DTPA-p-Bn-NCS | [(R)-2-Amino-3-(4-isothiocyanatophenyl)propyl]-trans-(S,S)-cyclohexane1,2-diamine-pentaacetic acid |
| Bi | Bismuth |
| Fr | Francium |
| Pb | Lead |
| Ra | Radium |
| NPI | Nuclear Physics Institute |
| Ci | Curie |
| MeV | Mega electron volt |
| d | Day |
| s | Second |
| γ | Gamma |
| β | Beta |
| ppm | Part per million |
| p | Proton |
| JRC | Joint Research Centre |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| ISAC | Isotope Separator and Accelerator Facility |
| CERN | European Organization for Nuclear Research |
| QST | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology |
| IPPE | Lipinski Institute for Physics and Power Engineering |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Lab |
| ARIEL | Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| HFIR | High-Flux Isotope Reactor |
| EOB | end of bombardment |
| HPLC | High-pressure liquid chromatography |
| PC | Paper chromatography |
| RCY | Radiochemical-yield |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetra acetic acid |
| DMSA | Dimercapto succinic acid |
| DOTA | (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecan-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) |
| DO3A | 1,4,7,10-Tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetic acid |
| cDTPA | Cyclic diethylenetriaminepenta acetic acid |
| TETPA | 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecan-1,4,8,11-tetrapropionic acid |
| DOTATOC | 1,4,7,10-tetra-azacylododecane N,N′,N′′,N′′′-J-tetraacetic acid-Tyr3-octreotide |
| DOTMP | (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecan-1,4,7,10-tetramethylene-phosphonic acid) |
| DOTAGA | 2,2′,2′′-(10-(2,6-dioxotetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triyl)triacetic acid |
| HEHA | 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaaazacyclohexadecane-N,N′,N′′,N′′′,N′′′′, N′′′′′-hexaacetic acid |
| Lpy | (2R)-2-hydroxy-3-[[(S)-hydroxy[[(1S,2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy cyclohexyl]oxy]phosphoryl]oxy]propyl tetradecanoate |