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PET probes beyond (18)F-FDG
Lei Jiang1, Yingfeng Tu2, Hongcheng Shi3
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China. ; Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, Stanford Cancer Institute, Bio-X Program, Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Abstract:
During the past several decades, positron emission tomography (PET) has been one of the rapidly growing areas of medical imaging; particularly, its applications in routine oncological practice have been widely recognized. At present, (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) is the most broadly used PET probe. However, (18)F-FDG also suffers many limitations. Thus, scientists and clinicians are greatly interested in exploring and developing new PET imaging probes with high affinity and specificity. In this review, we briefly summarize the representative PET probes beyond (18)F-FDG that are available for patients imaging in three major clinical areas (oncology, neurology and cardiology), and we also discuss the feasibility and trends in developing new PET probes for personalized medicine.
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