Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 155-162 , February 2009

Preparation and evaluation of ethyl [18F]fluoroacetate as a proradiotracer of [18F]fluoroacetate for the measurement of glial metabolism by PET

  • Tetsuya Mori

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Li-Quan Sun

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • School of Life Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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  • Masato Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Yasushi Kiyono

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 776 61 8420; fax: +81 776 61 8170.
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  • Hidehiko Okazawa

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Takako Furukawa

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Hidekazu Kawashima

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Michael J. Welch

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Yasuhisa Fujibayashi

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan

Received 3 October 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2008.11.006

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 155-162 , February 2009

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