Improved quality control of [ 18F]fluoromethylcholine

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1143-1148

  Nader, Michael ^a   Reindl, Dietmar ^a   Eichinger, Reinhard ^a   Beheshti, Mohsen ^b   Langsteger, Werner ^b  

^a Argos Zyklotron GmbH   (Austria)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology   (Austria)

Author keywords

18F fluorocholine; Dibromomethane; Dimethylaminoethanol; Gas chromatography; Quality control; Residual solvents

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETHYLCHOLINE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHOLINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEANOL; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 82655173993     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: 18729614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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