Radiopharmaceuticals in PET, progress and promise

Conference · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6651175

Wolf, A P; Fowler, J S

It is the intention of this presentation to focus on the current state of radiopharmaceuticals for PET and where this is leading us. PET radiopharmaceuticals can be broken down into perhaps seven categories at present with each being applicable to a different aspect of human biochemistry. These are: metabolic probes, neurochemical probes, enzyme probes, ion channel blockers, blood flow agents, ethical drugs and other positron emitters. 7 refs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., (BNL) Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6651175
• Report Number(s): BNL-41981; CONF-8811103-1; ON: DE89002941
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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