Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals
Subtitle: status and trends
Contributors: International Atomic Energy Agency
Series: IAEA radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals series -- no. 1; IAEA radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals series -- no. 1.
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789201035097
Subjects: Technetium; Isotopes; Diagnostic use; Radiopharmaceuticals; Médicaments; Médecine nucléaire
Notes: A compilation of papers from a technical meeting, organized by the IAEA, on the current status and future trends in ⁹⁹mTc radiopharmaceuticals which identified oncology, cardiology, neurology and infection/inflammation imaging as areas in which they could make substantial contributions.

"IAEA officer responsible for this publication was M.R.A. Pillai of the Division fo Physical and Chemical Sciences"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Role of ⁹⁹mTc in diagnostic imaging / A. Duatti; title: Overview of current labelling methods / R. Alberto; title: Application of click chemistry to the design of ligand systems and functionalization of biomolecules suitable for radiolabelling with the technetium and rhenium tricarbonyl core / T.L. Mindt, H. Struthers, R. Schibli; title: Advances in SPECT instrumentation (including small animal scanners) / G. Di Domenico, G. Zavattini; title: Cationic ⁹⁹mTc complexes as radiotracers for myocardial perfusion imaging / S. Liu, A. Duatti; title: Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals in neurology / I. Pirmettis, H.-J. Pietzsch; title: Technetium-99m labelled infection imaging agents / M. Welling, G. Ferro-Flores, I. Pirmettis; title: Gene and molecular imaging using ⁹⁹mTc labelled radiopharmaceuticals / L.I. Wiebe; title: Technetium-99m labelled RGD peptides and integrin[alpha]v[Beta]₃-targeted radiotracers for tumour imaging / S. Liu; title: Technetium-99m labelled regulatory peptide for tumour imaging / C. Decristoforo; title: Technetium-99m annexin-A5 for apoptosis imaging / Y. Kuge; title: Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals for monitoring drug resistance / H. Akizawa, T. Uehara, Y. Arano; title: Technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals for lymphoscintigraphy / T. Uehara, H. Akizawa, Y. Arano; title: Radiopharmaceuticals for bone metastasis imaging / K. Ogawa; title: Technetium-99m labelled molecules for hypoxia imaging / M.B. Mallia, S. Banerjee, M. Venkatesh; title: Role of ⁹⁹mTc in the development of rhenium radiopharmaceuticals / R.T.M. De Rosales, P. Blower; title: Future trends in the development of technetium radiopharmaceuticals / R. Alberto.