Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 439-442 , May 2010

Improved synthesis of 2′-deoxy-2′-[18F]-fluoro-1-β-d-arabinofuranosyl-5-iodouracil ([18F]-FIAU)

  • Harry Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Advion BioSystems, 19 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
    • ,
  • NagaVaraKishore Pillarsetty

      Affiliations

    • Radiochemistry Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Melchor Cantorias

      Affiliations

    • Radiochemistry Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Jason S. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Radiochemistry Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 646 888 3038; fax: +1 646 422 0408.

Received 18 September 2009 ,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 17 January 2010.

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PII: S0969-8051(10)00022-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.01.003

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 439-442 , May 2010

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