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 …

Gallium-68 in medical imaging

L Martiniova, LD Palatis, E Etchebehere… - Current …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the past several years, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging agents labeled
with 68Gallium (68Ga) have undergone a significant increase in clinical utilization. 68Ga is …

Good practices for 68Ga radiopharmaceutical production

BJB Nelson, JD Andersson, F Wuest… - EJNMMI …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The radiometal gallium-68 (68Ga) is increasingly used in diagnostic
positron emission tomography (PET), with 68Ga-labeled radiopharmaceuticals developed …

The untapped potential of Gallium 68-PET: The next wave of 68Ga-agents

DL Smith, WAP Breeman, J Sims-Mourtada - Applied Radiation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
68Gallium-PET (68Ga-PET) agents have significant clinical promise. The radionuclide can
be produced from a 68Ge/68Ga generator on site and is a convenient alternative to …

Clinical indications for gallium-68 positron emission tomography imaging

MU Khan, S Khan, S El-Refaie, Z Win, D Rubello… - European Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: 68Ga-PET imaging is showing slow but steady progress when compared to
18F-FDG PET. The advantage of in-house preparation of 68Ga without necessity of a …

Scanning malignant neoplasms with gallium 67

CL Edwards, RL Hayes - Jama, 1970 - jamanetwork.com
Gallium has an affinity for some human as well as animal neoplasms. Carrier-free gallium
citrate Ga 67 administered intravenously is localized in a variety of malignant tumors that …

[HTML][HTML] Re-assessing gallium-67 as a therapeutic radionuclide

MF bin Othman, NR Mitry, VJ Lewington… - Nuclear Medicine and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Despite its desirable half-life and low energy Auger electrons that travel further
than for other radionuclides, 67 Ga has been neglected as a therapeutic radionuclide. Here …

Bifunctional gallium-68 chelators: Past, present, and future

P Spang, C Herrmann, F Roesch - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
This article reviews the development of bifunctional chelates for synthesising 68 Ga
radiopharmaceuticals. It structures the chelates into groups of macrocycles …

Measured human dosimetry of 68Ga-DOTATATE

RC Walker, GT Smith, E Liu, B Moore… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Measured human dosimetry of the 68Ga-labeled synthetic somatostatin analog 68Ga-
DOTATATE has not been reported in the peer-reviewed literature. 68Ga-DOTATATE is an …

Comparison of macrocyclic and acyclic chelators for gallium-68 radiolabelling

MI Tsionou, CE Knapp, CA Foley, CR Munteanu… - RSC …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Gallium-68 (68Ga) is a positron-emitting isotope used for clinical PET imaging of peptide
receptor expression. 68Ga radiopharmaceuticals used in molecular PET imaging consist of …