| Literature DB >> 27804868 |
Lucia Martiniova, Louis De Palatis, Elba Etchebehere, Gregory Ravizzini1.
Abstract
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 conveniently produced from a germanium-68/gallium-68 (68Ge/68Ga) generator. Because of the compact size and ease of use of the generator, 68Ga labeled compounds may be more cost-effective than PET radioisotopes that are cyclotron-produced. The convenient half-life of 68Ga (T1/2=68 min) provides sufficient radioactivity for various PET imaging applications, while delivering acceptable radiation doses to patients. This chapter summarizes the emerging clinical utilization of 68Ga-based radiotracers in medical imaging. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.Entities:
Keywords: 68Gallium; PSMA.; generator; neuroendocrine tumors; positron emission tomography; somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27804868 DOI: 10.2174/1874471009666161028150654
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Radiopharm ISSN: 1874-4710