Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 403-409 , May 2009

Development of microwave-based automated nucleophilic [18F]fluorination system and its application to the production of [18F]flumazenil

  • Katheryn S. Mandap

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • Japan Radioisotope Association, Tokyo 113-8491, 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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  • Masato Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Talakad G. Lohith

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 24 December 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 23 January 2009.

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PII: S0969-8051(09)00038-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.01.011

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 403-409 , May 2009

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