A digital revolution in radiosynthesis

DE Reichert - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
The rapid growth in the use of PET has led to a concomitant demand in the availability of
imaging tracers and research directed toward more efficient and flexible radiosynthetic …

Automated synthesis modules for PET radiochemistry

L Bruton, PJH Scott - Handbook of radiopharmaceuticals …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The field of radiochemistry is constantly evolving to meet the needs for increased starting
amounts of radioactivity, and in the last couple of decades it has seen a move from manual …

Production of diverse PET probes with limited resources: 24 18F-labeled compounds prepared with a single radiosynthesizer

J Collins, CM Waldmann, C Drake… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
New radiolabeled probes for positron-emission tomography (PET) are providing an ever-
increasing ability to answer diverse research and clinical questions and to facilitate the …

Fully automated production of diverse 18F-labeled PET tracers on the ELIXYS multireactor radiosynthesizer without hardware modification

M Lazari, J Collins, B Shen, M Farhoud… - Journal of nuclear …, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Fully automated radiosynthesizers are continuing to be developed to meet the growing need
for the reliable production of PET tracers made under current good manufacturing practice …

Facilitating the design and operation of computer-controlled radiochemistry synthesizers with an “electronic toolbox”

AL Feliu - New Trends in Radiopharmaceutical Synthesis, Quality …, 1991 - Springer
Abstract Positron emission tomography (PET) 1, 2 is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging
technique in which short-lived radioactive tracers are used to selectively measure the …

Diverse nucleophilic syntheses on the ELIXYS multi-pot, cassette-based radiosynthesizer

M Lazari, J Collins, S Claggett, K Quinn, P yuin Keng… - 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
1484 Objectives In order to facilitate development of new PET probes, a means to safely and
routinely synthesize a wide variety of PET probes on a single platform is required. Methods …

Economical Production of Radiopharmaceuticals for Preclinical Imaging Using Microdroplet Radiochemistry

J Wang, RM van Dam - Biomedical Engineering Technologies: Volume 1, 2022 - Springer
The short-lived radiolabeled “tracers” needed for performing whole body imaging in animals
or patients with positron-emission tomography (PET) are generally produced via automated …

A versatile, commercially available automated synthesizer for the development and production of PET radiotracers

ED Hostetler, TG Hamill, BE Francis… - Journal of Labelled …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The automation of routinely produced radiotracers is an important process for any PET
center. Automation allows frequent, highly reproducible syntheses with large amounts of …

Sequential preparation of two different PET radiotracers employing the Advion NanoTek synthesis system

T Collier, G Kabalka, M Akula - 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
289 Objectives A configuration of the NanoTek LF was developed that allows for the
preparation of two radiotracers sequentially using a single setup of the system and using two …

[CITATION][C] Automated PET radiosyntheses using microfluidic devices

CJ Steel, AT O'brien, SK Luthra… - Journal of Labelled …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices can be used to achieve rapid synthesis times whilst providing a highly
controlled reaction environment. These factors, in conjunction with their small size and …