Non-standard radionuclide production for PET in Japan.
There is a limited number of non-standard positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclides available in Japan. At the present time, non-standard PET nuclides ((64)Cu and (62)Zn/(62)Cu generator) are available from a medium energy cyclotron at the National Institute for Radiological Sciences in Chiba, Japan. Targetry for a small cyclotron has been installed on the cyclotrons of the University of Fukui. The production and distribution of these radionuclides from these cyclotrons will be described.
Fujibayashi
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Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Eiheji-cho, Yoshida, Fukui, Japan. yfuji@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
Suzuki
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Fukumura
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Mori
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Kasamatsu
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D017357:Cyclotrons; D007564:Japan; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
D011868:Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals