Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 569-574 , July 2009

Optimization of automated large-scale production of [18F]fluoroethylcholine for PET prostate cancer imaging

  • Giancarlo Pascali

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 050993121; fax: +39 050993637.
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  • Luca D'Antonio

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, 20122 Milan, Italy
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  • Paola Bovone

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, 20122 Milan, Italy
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  • Paolo Gerundini

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS-Ospedale Maggiore, 20122 Milan, Italy
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  • Thorsten August

      Affiliations

    • Eckert and Ziegler EURO-PET Berlin GmbH, 12435 Berlin, Germany

Received 9 October 2008 ,Revised 2 January 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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PII: S0969-8051(09)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.01.004

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 569-574 , July 2009

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