(1) Cleveland Clinic, Emeritus Staff, Cleveland, OH, USA KeywordsPET radiopharmaceuticalsSynthesisSynthesis boxQuality control Introduction PET radiopharmaceuticals are uniquely different from SPECT radiopharmaceuticals in that the former have radionuclides that are…
(1) Cleveland Clinic, Emeritus Staff, Cleveland, OH, USA KeywordsPET/CT proceduresWhole-body imagingMyocardial imaging 18F-FDG 18F-Florbetapir 82Rb-RbCl Introduction In this chapter, different protocols for common PET procedures are described to provide…
(1) Cleveland Clinic, Emeritus Staff, Cleveland, OH, USA KeywordsFDA regulationsCompoundingPET radiopharmaceuticalsLegal requirements Food and Drug Administration Since 1975, the clinical use of all radiopharmaceuticals in humans has been regulated…
(1) Cleveland Clinic, Emeritus Staff, Cleveland, OH, USA KeywordsData storageDisplayDICOMPACSEHRTeleradiology Introduction Completion of a nuclear medicine procedure involves many steps that are intertwined with one another. A referring physician…
