Clinical applications of Gallium-68

SR Banerjee, MG Pomper - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2013 - Elsevier
Gallium-68 is a positron-emitting radioisotope that is produced from a 68Ge/68Ga generator.
As such it is conveniently used, decoupling radiopharmacies from the need for a cyclotron …

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 …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Copper (II) bis (thiosemicarbazone) complexes as potential tracers for evaluation of cerebral and myocardial blood flow with PET

MA Green, DL Klippenstein… - Journal of nuclear …, 1988 - Soc Nuclear Med
Copper(II) Bis(thiosemicarbazone) Complexes as Potential Tracers for Evaluation of Cerebral
and Myocardial Blood Flow with PET Page 1 he zinc-62/copper-62 (62Zn/@Cu) radionucide …

Quantitative imaging metrics for the assessment of pulmonary pathophysiology: an official American Thoracic Society and Fleischner Society joint workshop report

CCW Hsia, JHT Bates, B Driehuys, SB Fain… - Annals of the …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Multiple thoracic imaging modalities have been developed to link structure to function in the
diagnosis and monitoring of lung disease. Volumetric computed tomography (CT) renders …

Underscoring the influence of inorganic chemistry on nuclear imaging with radiometals

BM Zeglis, JL Houghton, MJ Evans… - Inorganic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Over the past several decades, radionuclides have matured from largely esoteric and
experimental technologies to indispensible components of medical diagnostics. Driving this …

Alternative positron emission tomography with non-conventional positron emitters: effects of their physical properties on image quality and potential clinical …

M Pagani, S Stone-Elander, SA Larsson - European journal of nuclear …, 1997 - Springer
The increasing amount of clinically relevant information obtained by positron emission
tomography (PET), primarily with fluorine-18 labelled 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-d-glucose, has …

[HTML][HTML] Advancement in production of radiotracers

SB Hansen, D Bender - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
After introduction of the first commercial combined PET and CT scanner in 2001, this
diagnostic tool quickly became a clinical success and was considered the fastest growing …

Effect of varying the molecular weight of the MR contrast agent Gd‐DTPA‐polylysine on blood pharmacokinetics and enhancement patterns

VS Vexler, O Clément… - Journal of Magnetic …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of varying the molecular weight of gadolinium‐DTPA (
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid)—polylysine, a macromolecular magnetic resonance …

Radiopeptide imaging and therapy in the United States

MM Graham, Y Menda - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radiolabeled peptides targeted against receptors on the cell surface have been shown to
be remarkably specific and effective in the diagnosis and therapy of malignant disease …