[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Special Seminar today at 14:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Fri 2012-10-26 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Suzanne Lapi (Washington University)

Title:     Production and Applications of PET Radiometals

Abstract: Positron emission tomography, with its high sensitivity and resolution, is growing rapidly as an imaging technology for the diagnosis of many disease states. The success of this modality is reliant on instrumentation and development of effective, novel, targeted probes.  Initially, research in this area was focused on the four PET isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O, and 18F, but the short half-lives of these isotopes limit radiopharmaceutical development to those that probe rapid biological processes.  To overcome these limitations, there has been a rise in “non-standard” isotope probe development in recent years.  This talk focuses on the cyclotron production and applications of the radiometals: 64Cu, 89Zr, and 86Y.  In particular, Washington University has been producing 64Cu in large quantities for multicenter clinical trials of the compound 64Cu[ATSM].  The cyclotron production and development of automated systems for isotope processing of this and other isotopes will be discussed.

Stimulants available 15 minutes before the talk.

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