Production and separation of "non-standard" PET nuclides at a large cyclotron facility: The experiences at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Hohn, A ^a   Zimmermann, K ^a   Schaub, F ^a   Hirzel, W ^a   Schubiger, P A ^a   Schibli, Roger ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Copper; Radioimmunoimaging; Tecrjnetium 94m.; Tomography, emission computed; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

COPPER 64; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 94M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER; ZIRCONIUM 89;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLOTRON; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PURITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; SWITZERLAND;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CYCLOTRONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 44249086423     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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