Exploring new frontiers in molecular imaging:Emergence of ~(68)Ga PET/CT

• 作者: Eik Hock Tan Soon Whatt Goh
• 来源期刊: 世界放射学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: GALLIUM 68 POSITRON emission TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Neuroendocrinology
• 年，卷（期）: 2010,（2）
• 页码范围: 55-67
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: R814.42

摘要

Since US Food and Drug Administration approval of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose as a positron tracer,and the development of hybrid positron emission tomography/ computed tomography machines,there has been a great increase in clinical application and progress in the field of nuclear molecular imaging.However,not under- estimating the value of 18F,there are known limitations in the use of this cyclotron-produced positron tracer.We hence turn our focus to an emerging positron tracer, 68 Ga,and examine the advantages,current clinical uses and potential future applications of this radioisotope.