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| Title | Distributed Microprocessor Automation Network for Synthesizing Radiotracers Used in Positron Emission Tomography [PET] | |
| Author(s) | Russell, J. A. G.; Alexoff, D. L.; Wolf, A. P. | |
| Publication Date | September 1984 | |
| Report Number | BNL-36938 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0239 | |
| Other Numbers | CONF-8409164-7; Legacy ID: DE85017854; OSTI ID: 5267087 | |
| Research Org | Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (USA) | |
| Contract No | AC02-76CH00016 | |
| Sponsoring Org | US Department of Energy (USDOE); US Department of Health and Human Services (DOHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| Other Information | NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physics and Engineering of Medical Imaging; 24 Sep 1984; Maratea, Italy | |
| Subject | 550601 -- Medicine -- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; 400301 -- Organic Chemistry -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties -- (-1987); Computerized Control Systems -- Design; Positron Computed Tomography; Radiochemistry -- Automation; Radiopharmaceuticals -- Chemical Preparation; Carbon 11; Fluorine 18; Glucose; Labelled Compounds; Nitrogen 13; Oxygen 15; Remote Handling | |
| Keywords | Aldehydes; Beta Decay Radioisotopes; Beta-Plus Decay Radioisotopes; Carbohydrates; Carbon Isotopes; Chemistry; Computerized Tomography; Control Systems; Diagnostic Techniques; Drugs; Electron Capture Radioisotopes; Emission Computed Tomography; Even-Odd Nuclei; Fluorine Isotopes; Hexoses; Hours Living Radioisotopes; Isotopes; Labelled Compounds; Light Nuclei; Minutes Living Radioisotopes; Monosaccharides; Nitrogen Isotopes; Nuclei; Odd-Even Nuclei; Odd-Odd Nuclei; Organic Compounds; Oxygen Isotopes; Radioisotopes; Saccharides; Synthesis; Tomography | |
| Related Web Pages | Positron Emission Tomography [PET] and Positron Scanner | |
| Abstract | This presentation describes an evolving distributed microprocessor network for automating the routine production synthesis of radiotracers used in Positron Emission Tomography. We first present a brief overview of the PET method for measuring biological function, and then outline the general procedure for producing a radiotracer. The paper identifies several reasons for our automating the syntheses of these compounds. There is a description of the distributed microprocessor network architecture chosen and the rationale for that choice. Finally, we speculate about how this network may be exploited to extend the power of the PET method from the large university or National Laboratory to the biomedical research and clinical community at large. (DT) | |
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