Comparison of Gallium-68 and Fluorine-18 imaging characteristics in positron emission tomography

A Sanchez-Crespo - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2013 - Elsevier
This review article compares PET imaging performance with Gallium-68 (68Ga) and
Fluorine-18 (18F). The literature on this topic is scarce; hence in order to complete the …

68Ga‐PET: a powerful generator‐based alternative to cyclotron‐based PET radiopharmaceuticals

M Fani, JP André, HR Maecke - Contrast media & molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
PET (positron emission tomography) is a powerful diagnostic and imaging technique which
requires short‐lived positron emitting isotopes. The most commonly used are accelerator …

Design and synthesis of macrocyclic ligands and their complexes of lanthanides and actinides

V Alexander - Chemical reviews, 1995 - ACS Publications
Coordination chemistry of macrocyclic ligands has been a fascinating area of current
researchinterest to theinorganic chemists all over the world. The continued interest and …

Past, present and future of 68Ge/68Ga generators

F Rösch - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2013 - Elsevier
68Ga represents one of the very early radionuclides applied to positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging at a time when even the wording PET itself was not established …

Radiolabelling DOTA-peptides with 68Ga

WAP Breeman, M de Jong, E de Blois… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose A new field of interest is the application of 68 Ga-labelled DOTA-conjugated
peptides for positron emission tomography (PET). The commercially available or house …

68Ga-labeled DOTA-peptides and 68Ga-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for positron emission tomography: current status of research, clinical applications, and future …

WAP Breeman, E De Blois, HS Chan… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this review we give an overview of current knowledge of 68 Ga-labeled pharmaceuticals,
with focus on imaging receptor-mediated processes. A major advantage of a 68 Ge/68 Ga …

Metal complexes as diagnostic tools

DE Reichert, JS Lewis, CJ Anderson - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 1999 - Elsevier
This review summarizes some of the developments of metal complexes and metal-complex-
bioconjugates for the diagnosis of disease states that have occurred over the past 10 years …

The renaissance of the 68Ge/68Ga radionuclide generator initiates new developments in 68Ga radiopharmaceutical chemistry

F Roesch, PJ Riss - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
68Ge/68Ga radionuclide generators have been investigated for almost fifty years now, since
the cyclotronindependent availability of positron emitting 68Ga via the 68Ge/68Ga system …

68Ga-labelled DOTA-derivatised peptide ligands

GJ Meyer, H Mäcke, J Schuhmacher… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract 68 Ge/68 Ga generators provide cyclotron-independent access to positron emission
tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals. We describe a system which allows the safe and …

Gallium radiopharmaceutical chemistry

MA Green, MJ Welch - International Journal of Radiation Applications and …, 1989 - Elsevier
There are two gallium radioisotopes, 67Ga and 68Ga, possessing nuclear properties”'that
make them attractive for use in nuclear medicine (Table 1). The first, 67Ga, is cyclotron …