The increased demand for molecular imaging tracers useful in assessing and monitoring
diseases has stimulated research towards more efficient and flexible radiosynthetic routes …

Background Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful, non-invasive preclinical and
clinical nuclear imaging technique used in disease diagnosis and therapy assessment …

Application of microfluidics to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) tracer synthesis has
attracted increasing interest within the last decade. The technical advantages of …

The very first microfluidic device used for the production of 18F-labeled tracers for clinical
research is reported along with the first human Positron Emission Tomography scan …

An impressive variety of new methodologies for the preparation of 18 F-labelled tracers and
ligands has appeared over the last decade. Most strategies of the newly developed …

We have developed an integrated microfluidic platform for producing 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-
D-glucose (18F-FDG) in continuous flow from a single bolus of radioactive isotope solution …

The emerging technology of digital microfluidics is opening up the possibility of performing
radiochemistry at the microliter scale to produce tracers for positron emission tomography …

The current utilization of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is limited due to the
high costs associated with production facility start-up and operations; subsequently, there …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic tool that holds incredible
potential for clinicians to track a wide variety of biological processes using specialized …

New platforms are enabling radiochemistry to be carried out in tiny, microliter-scale volumes,
and this capability has enormous benefits for the production of radiopharmaceuticals. These …