Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 721-727 , October 2009

Improved work-up procedure for the production of [18F]flumazenil and first results of its use with a high-resolution research tomograph in human stroke

This work is dedicated to the memory of Prof. George Just.

  • Gassan Massaweh

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Esther Schirrmacher

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Christian la Fougere

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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  • Miriam Kovacevic

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Carmen Wängler

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Dean Jolly

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Paul Gravel

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Andrew J. Reader

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Alexander Thiel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Ralf Schirrmacher is to be contacted at Tel.: +1 514 398 1624; fax: +1 514 398 8195. Alexander Thiel, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University at Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 340 8222 2094; fax: +1 514 340 7567.
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  • Ralf Schirrmacher

      Affiliations

    • McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Ralf Schirrmacher is to be contacted at Tel.: +1 514 398 1624; fax: +1 514 398 8195. Alexander Thiel, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University at Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 340 8222 2094; fax: +1 514 340 7567.

Received 24 February 2009 ,Revised 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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 This work was supported in part by a research grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council Canada (NCERC) to R. Schirrmacher and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant (Nr. MOP8444) to A. Thiel.

PII: S0969-8051(09)00149-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.05.008

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 721-727 , October 2009