18F-Flortaucipir, also known as 18F-AV-1451 or T807, is a radiopharmaceutical used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for the detection of abnormal tau protein aggregates… Read More »18F-Flortaucipir (18F-AV-1451 – 18F-T807)
Description 18F-Florapronol (18F-FC119S, Alzavue Injection®, 18F-2-[2-(N-monomethyl)-aminopyridine-6-yl]-6-[(S)-3-fluoro-2-hydroxypropoxy]-benzothiazole) is a radiolabeled tracer developed by FutureChem, which obtained its marketing authorization in South Korea in February 2018. This… Read More »18F-Florapronol (Alzavue®)
Background [11C]Choline is a PET tracer that is metabolized as a building block of cellular phospholipid membranes. This tracer provides contrast in areas of increased… Read More »11C-Choline (11C-CH)
Description 13N-Ammonia is a very short half-life tracer used in cardiology. It is, in the majority of cases, obtained from local production in centers that… Read More »13N-Ammonia
Background Oxygen-15-labelled water (15O-water, [15O]H2O) has specific characteristics that make it an ideal tracer for absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF). It is a… Read More »15O-Water
Bromine-77 (77Br) the other bromine isotope with potential interest due to the favorable chemistry, is not better than 76Br: half-life: 57.03 hours; positron emitter at… Read More »Bromine-77 (77Br)
Yttrium-86 (86Y) is a radioactive isotope of yttrium, a rare earth metal. It has a half-life of 14.74 hours and decays by emitting positrons, which… Read More »Yttrium-86 (86Y)
Zirconium-89 is a radioactive isotope of zirconium with a half-life of 78.4 hours. It is commonly used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to track… Read More »Zirconium-89 (89Zr)
Rubidium-82 is a radioactive isotope of the element rubidium with a half-life of about 75 seconds. It is commonly used in nuclear medicine for cardiac… Read More »Rubidium-82 (82Rb)
Nitrogen-13 is a radioisotope of nitrogen with a half-life of approximately 10 minutes. It is commonly used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to study… Read More »Nitrogen-13 (13N)