This book describes methods and procedures for preparing PET radiopharmaceuticals, and highlights new methods for conducting radiochemical reactions with carbon-11 (C11) and fluorine-18 (F18), which are two of the most commonly used radionuclides in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. * Provides reliable methods for radiochemical syntheses and reactions, including all essential information to duplicate the procedure * Eliminates the time-consuming process of searching journal articles and extracting pertinent details from lengthy experimental sections or supporting information * Focuses on an emerging and important area for pharmaceutical and medical applications * Encompasses technical, regulatory, and application aspects * Includes solid-phase radiochemistry, transition-metal catalyzed radiochemistry, microfluidics, click chemistry, green radiochemistry and new strategies for radiopharmaceutical quality control

Peter J. H. Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan Medical School (USA), Director of the University of Michigan PET Center (USA) and a member of the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry. Professor Scott edited Linker Strategies in Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis (also from Wiley) and is the series editor for both the Wiley Series on Radiochemical Syntheses and the Wiley Series on Solid Phase Organic Syntheses.

Leseprobe