2-Nitroimidazole-Furanoside Derivatives for Hypoxia Imaging-Investigation of Nucleoside Transporter Interaction, ¹⁸F-Labeling and Preclinical PET Imaging

• Main Authors: Florian C. Maier (Author), Anna Schweifer (Author), Vijaya L. Damaraju (Author), Carol E. Cass (Author), Gregory D. Bowden (Author), Walter Ehrlichmann (Author), Manfred Kneilling (Author), Bernd J. Pichler (Author), Friedrich Hammerschmidt (Author), Gerald Reischl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The benefits of PET imaging of tumor hypoxia in patient management has been demonstrated in many examples and with various tracers over the last years. Although, the optimal hypoxia imaging agent has yet to be found, 2-nitroimidazole (azomycin) sugar derivatives—mimicking nucleosides&#...