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Evaluation and Application of Alumina-Based Rb-82 Generators Charged with High Levels of Sr-82/85

University of California, Berkeley, California
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Yukio Yano, Donner Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

ABSTRACT

Generator-produced Rb-82, a 75-sec positron emitter with potential for myocardial blood-flow imaging, was studied with various ion-exchange columns to evaluate the characteristics of alumina as an adsorber for the 25-day Sr-82 parent.

Test columns of alumina, Bio Rex 70, and Chelex 100 were loaded with multimillicurie amounts of no-carrier-added Sr-82/Sr-85 (Sr-85 is a production contaminant). The breakthrough of Sr-82/Sr-85, and the yield of Rb-82, were determined for long-term elutions from each column with up to 4 liter of 2% NaCl solution at pH 8 to 9. The breakthrough of Sr-82/85 was 10^–6-10^–5 from alumina and 10^–6-10^–4 from Chelex 100 and Bio Rex 70. The effects of eluent flow rate and concentration, and of alumina volume, on the breakthrough and yield were also studied.

An improved and automated Rb-82 generator was used for myocardial and brain blood-flow studies in experimental animals and in man; it was equipped with solenoid flow-control valves and five in. of lead shielding for the alumina columns, which were charged with 25–50 mCi Sr-82 (100–150 mCi Sr-85). The Rb-82 generator with alumina column provided up to 20–40 mCi of Rb-82 as often as every 5–10 min with < 10^–5 breakthrough of Sr-82/85 over the 2- to 3-mo, useful life of the generator.