RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An Overview of PET Radiochemistry, Part 2: Radiometals
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1500
OP 1506
DO 10.2967/jnumed.117.190801
VO 59
IS 10
A1 Marie Brandt
A1 Jens Cardinale
A1 Margaret L. Aulsebrook
A1 Gilles Gasser
A1 Thomas L. Mindt
YR 2018
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/59/10/1500.abstract
AB This continuing educational review provides an overview on radiometals used for PET. General aspects of radiometal-based radiotracers are covered, and the most frequently applied metallic PET radionuclides, 68Ga, 89Zr, and 64Cu, are highlighted with a discussion of their strengths and limitations.