Advances in the automated synthesis of 6-[18F]Fluoro-L-DOPA

Abstract The neurotracer 6-[18F] FDOPA has been, for many years, a powerful tool in PET imaging of neuropsychiatric diseases, movement disorders and brain malignancies. More recently, it also demonstrated good results in the diagnosis of other malignancies such as neuroendocrine tumours, pheochromoc...

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Main Authors: Ângela C. B. Neves, Ivanna Hrynchak, Inês Fonseca, Vítor H. P. Alves, Mariette M. Pereira, Amílcar Falcão, Antero J. Abrunhosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41181-021-00126-z