Publisher Summary This chapter describes the design and synthesis of radiotracers labeled
with the short lived cyclotron produced nuclides and the application of positron emission …

The history of PET research clearly demonstrates that it is advances in chemistry coupled
with a detailed examination of the biochemistry of new radiotracers that have allowed the …

Positron emission tomography (PET) can probe biochemical pathways in vivo and can
provide quantitative data; for that purpose, tracers labeled with positron-emitting …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the positron emission tomography (PET) method
and its recent use in studies of the brain, metabolism, heart disease, and tumors. It also …

This chapter provides summary of the technology required to apply positron emission
tomography (PET). It describes a number of recent developments in radiotracers for probing …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is described as a tool in basic and clinical research in
the neurosciences, especially in brain and heart. The physics and chemistry of the technique …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a diagnostic imaging method to examine metabolic
functions and their disorders. Dedicated ring systems of scintillation detectors measure the …

[en] Positron emission tomography (PET) is a relatively new scientific tool that has allowed
scientists and physicians to address problems in physiology and biochemistry in the living …

A Centre for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has been operational within the
Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (A&RMC) in …

The development of accelerator-produced radionuclides is undergoing a rapid if not
exponential increase worldwide. The single photon emitters gallium-67, thallium-201 (iodine …