Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 247-255 , April 2007

Assessment of Cu-ETS as a PET radiopharmaceutical for evaluation of regional renal perfusion

  • Mark A. Green

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2091, USA. Tel.: +1 765 494 1445; fax: +1 765 496 3367.
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  • Carla J. Mathias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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  • Lynn R. Willis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Rajash K. Handa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Jeffrey L. Lacy

      Affiliations

    • Proportional Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX 77054, USA
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  • Michael A. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Indiana Center of Excellence in Biomedical Imaging, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Gary D. Hutchins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and the Indiana Center of Excellence in Biomedical Imaging, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Received 23 October 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.01.002

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 247-255 , April 2007

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