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Positron Ranges Obtained from Biomedically Important Positron-Emitting Radionuclides

Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Donner Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Z. H. Cho, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.

ABSTRACT

Positron ranges were obtained experimentally for several nuclides used in scintigraphic imaging. The nuclides examined were ¹¹C, ¹³N, ¹⁵O, ¹⁸F, ⁶⁸Ga, and ⁸²Rb. The results are discussed with respect to the ultimate spatial resolution obtained in a scintigraphic image.