Past, present and future of 68Ge/68Ga generators

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-30

  Rosch F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

68Ga; 68Ge 68Ga generators; Post processing

Indexed keywords

FIRST YEAR; OPTIMISATIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; POST PROCESSING; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS; THERANOSTICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES;

GALLIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GALLIUM 68; GALLIUM EDETIC ACID GA 68; GERMANIUM 68; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENERATOR; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATOR; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878158200     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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