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Half-life: 4 hours
Main emission lines: 511 keV, 1157 keV
Decay chain: Ti-44
Related lines: 73 keV
Titanium-44 is the parent isotope for scandium-44 used in medical diagnostics. Scandium-44 is too short-lived isotope for logistics from nuclear centers to medical institutions (half-life 4 hours). Therefore, special mobile isotope generators fueled with titanium-44 are transferred to medical centers. As 44Ti decays, the accumulated scandium-44 is washed out of the generator by chemical methods.
