FDOPA-(18F): a PET radiopharmaceutical recently registered for diagnostic use in countries of the European Union

Positron emission tomography (PET) and its recent update PET/CT are very effective diagnostic tools for non-invasive imaging of metabolic or functional disorders in target tissues. The clinical usefulness of fluorodeoxyglucose-(18F) (FDG) has been now widely accepted. Recently, the clinical usefulne...

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Main Authors: Yanna-Marina Chevalme, Françoise Montravers, Jean-Philippe Vuillez, Michel Zanca, Charles Fallais, Jean Oustrin, Jean-Noël Talbot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000600009