Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 547-555 , July 2010

Microfluidic approach for fast labeling optimization and dose-on-demand implementation

  • Giancarlo Pascali

      Affiliations

    • Radiopharmacy Department, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 050 3153519; fax: +39 050 3152063.
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  • Grazia Mazzone

      Affiliations

    • Radiopharmacy Department, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    • IUSS, Piazza Ghislieri, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Saccomanni

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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  • Clementina Manera

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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  • Piero A. Salvadori

      Affiliations

    • Radiopharmacy Department, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy

Received 8 January 2010 ,Revised 4 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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☆ This work was supported by the EU grant “ROC — Radiochemistry on Chip” and partly by an IFC-CNR Junior Grant 2009.

PII: S0969-8051(10)00063-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.03.006

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 547-555 , July 2010

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