Synthesis, quality control and dosimetry of the radiopharmaceutical 18F-sodium fluoride produced at the Center for Development of Nuclear Technology - CDTN

• Main Authors: Marina Bicalho Silveira (Author), Marcella Araugio Soares (Author), Eduardo Sarmento Valente (Author), Samira Soares Waquil (Author), Andréa Vidal Ferreira (Author), Raquel Gouvêa dos Santos (Author), Juliana Batista da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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18F-Sodium fluoride (Na18F) is a radiopharmaceutical used for diagnosis in nuclear medicine by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Bone scintigraphy is normally performed using 99mTc-MDP. However, 18F PET scans promise high quality imaging with increased resolution and improved sensitivity a...