Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 587-590 , August 2009

Chelating ion-exchange methods for the preparation of no-carrier-added 64Cu

  • Shigeki Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Plant Positron Imaging Group, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 27 346 9461; fax: +81 27 346 9688.
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  • Satoshi Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Plant Positron Imaging Group, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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  • Jixin Liang

      Affiliations

    • Plant Positron Imaging Group, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
    • Present address: Department of Isotopes, Chinese Institute of Atomic Energy 102413, Beijing, China.
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  • Hirofumi Hanaoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioimaging Information Analysis, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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  • Keigo Endo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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  • Noriko S. Ishioka

      Affiliations

    • Plant Positron Imaging Group, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan

Received 8 January 2009 ,Revised 16 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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☆ This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for the 21st Century COE Program from the Ministry of Education, Sports, and Culture of Japan.

PII: S0969-8051(09)00116-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.04.005

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 587-590 , August 2009

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