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Decay scheme of 95m Tc. Three gamma rays, 204.1 keV, 582.1 keV and 835.1 keV, are emitted from 95m Tc. The gamma energies are shown by traditional arrows, and the level energies from the ground state are shown in parentheses. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208909.g003
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Imaging was conducted using an electron tracking-Compton camera (ETCC), which measures γ-rays with energies in the range of 200–900 keV from 95mTc. 95mTc was produced by the ⁹⁵Mo(p, n)95mTc reaction on a ⁹⁵Mo-enriched target. A method for recycling ⁹⁵Mo-enriched molybdenum trioxide was employed, and the recycled yield of ⁹⁵Mo was 70%-90%. Images we...
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