iridium-192

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iridium-192 [i′rid·ē·əm ¦wən¦nīn·tē′tü]

(nuclear physics)

Radioactive isotope of iridium with a 75-day half-life; β and γ radiation; used in cancer treatment and for radiography of light metal castings.

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No references found			OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: We studied the disappearance of NPs from the epithelium by sequential lung retention and clearance and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) measurements in healthy adult Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats at various times over 6 months after administration of a single 60- to 100-min intratracheal inhalation of iridium-192 ([. Efficient elimination of inhaled nanoparticles from the alveolar ... by Semmler-Behnke, Manuela; Takenaka, Shinji; Fertsch, Steffanie; Wenk, Alexander; Seitz, Jurgen; Mayer / Environmental Health Perspectives It utilizes tiny gammaradiating Iridium-192 seeds encased in a source ribbon and delivered through a catheter to the site of the blockage. Preventing Recurrent Arterial Blockages by USA Today (Magazine) They then placed a string of iridium-192 pellets inside the treated arteries of roughly half the patients for up to 20 minutes. Radiation therapy keeps arteries clear by Wang, L. / Science News			Irene Irene Joliot-Curie Irène Joliot-Curie Iresine IRET Ireton Ireton, Henry IRG Irgiz Irgun Zvai Leumi Iri Irian Jaya Iriarte, Tomás de Iridaceae Iridaceae Iris iridaceous iridectomy iridescence iridescent cloud iridescent glass iridescent layer iridic chloride Iridium iridium chloride iridium tetrachloride iridium-192 iridocele Iridocyclitis iridocyclochoroiditis iridocyte Iridodictyum iridophore Iridosmine Iridoviridae Iridovirus Irigaray, Luce Irigoyen Hipolito Irigoyen Hipólito Irigoyen, Hipólito Irijah Iriklinskii Reservoir Irimescu, Ion Irina Aleksandrovna Kolpakova Irina Andreevna Fedosova Irina Arkhipova Irina Beletskaia Irina Bogacheva Irina Bugrimova Irina Fedosova Irina Florianovna Zhdanovich Irina Kolpakova			iridic iridic chloride iridin Iridioscope Iridiosmium Iridious Iridious Iridious Iridious iridis rubeosis Iridiscence Iridiscence Iridiscence iridium iridium iridium iridium iridium Iridium (element) Iridium (element) Iridium (element) Iridium (element) iridium chloride iridium Ir 192 iridium Ir 192 iridium Ir 192 iridium Ir 192 Iridium Subscriber Unit iridium tetrachloride Iridium World Communications, Ltd. iridium-192 Iridize Irido corneal endothelial syndrome Irido corneal endothelial syndrome Irido corneal endothelial syndrome irido- irido- iridoavulsion iridocapsular iridocapsulitis iridocele iridocele iridochoroiditis iridociliospasm iridocoloboma iridoconstrictor iridocorneal iridocorneal angle iridocorneal endothelial syndrome iridocorneal endothelial syndrome iridocorneal meshwork iridocyclectomy iridocyclitis iridocyclitis iridocyclitis iridocyclochoroiditis iridocyclochoroiditis iridocystectomy iridocyte iridocyte iridodesis

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