Automated synthesis of [11C]choline, a positron-emitting tracer for tumor imaging

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-533

  Hara, Toshihiko ^a   Yuasa, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN STEEL WORKS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CHOLINE C 11; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; CHOLINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHOLINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHOLINE;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

EID: 0032587522     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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