Table 1.

Characteristics of potential radionuclides for nanotargeted tumor imaging [20, 21, 28, 29].

Radionuclide	Production	Emission type	Half-life	Emax(γ), (keV)
131I	130I(n, γ)131Te (β) 131I	γ (81.2%), β	8.0 days	284, 364, 637
67Ga	68Zn (n, p)67Ga	γ	78.3 h	93, 184, 300, 393
111In	111Cd (p, n)111In	Auger, γ	67.2 h	171, 245
123I	121Sn (α, 2n)123I	Auger, γ	13.2 h	159
99mTc	99Mo/99mTc-generator	γ	6.0 h	140
18F	18O (p, n)18F	Positron	1.83 h	Eβ+ 635
64Cu	64Ni(p, n)64Cu	Positron	12.7 h	Eβ+ 656
76Br	76Se(p, n)76Br	Positron	16.0 h	Eβ+ 3941
124I	124Te(p, n)124I	Positron	100.2 h	Eβ+ 2134, 1533