Validation of an 18F-labeled biphenylalkyne as a positron emission tomography imaging agent for β-amyloid plaques

Wey, Shiaw-Pyng; Weng, Chi-Chang; Lin, Kun-Ju; Yao, Cheng-Hsiang; Yen, Tzu-Chen; Kung, Hank F.; Skovronsky, Daniel; Kung, Mei-Ping

doi:10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.01.013

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Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 411-417, May 2009

Validation of an ¹⁸F-labeled biphenylalkyne as a positron emission tomography imaging agent for β-amyloid plaques☆

Shiaw-Pyng Wey
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Graduate Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- There authors contributed equally to this work.
Chi-Chang Weng
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Graduate Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- There authors contributed equally to this work.
Kun-Ju Lin
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Graduate Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
Cheng-Hsiang Yao
- Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
Tzu-Chen Yen
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Graduate Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
Hank F. Kung
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Daniel Skovronsky
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Mei-Ping Kung
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Graduate Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Corresponding author. Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 215 662 3989; fax: +1 215 349 5035.