Zirconium vs fluorine for PET imaging

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Published: 20 Sep 2017
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Dr Stephen Paisey - Pre-Clinical Facilities Manager, PETIC, Cardiff, Wales

Dr Paisey talks to ecancer at the PETIC centre in Wales about the ongoing work at the centre to develop the use of zirconium instead of the more commonly used fluorine. He goes on to discuss the benefit of using radio-metals in PET imaging due to the longer half life.