At the "Radiochemistry Laboratory" of Accelerators and Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, LASA, several production and quality assurance methods for short-lived and high specific activity radionuclides, have been developed. Presently, the irradiations are carried out at the Scanditronix MC40 cyclotron (K=38; p, d, He-4 and He3) of JRC-Ispra, Italy, of the European Community, while both chemi...

Electroplated rhodium foil was employed as the target for cyclotron production of palladium-103. An electrodissolution apparatus was found better than other dissolution methods in terms of personnel shielding and palladium-103 yield. The ion-exchange column chromatography method was simple and effective for the purification of palladium-103 and the final stripping agent of NH4Cl + NH3(1:1) was ...

BACKGROUND Several fluorine-18 labelled fluoroamino acids have been evaluated as tracers for the quantitative assessment of cerebral protein synthesis in vivo by positron emission tomography (PET). Among these, 2-[18F]fluoro-L-tyrosine (2-[18F]Tyr) has been studied in mice at a low specific activity. Its incorporation into proteins is fast and metabolism via other pathways is limited. The prese...

1 Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany 2 Institut für Nuklearchemie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Leo-Brandt-Strasse, 52425 Jülich, Germany 3 Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75390-9058, USA 4 VUB Cyclotron, University of Brussels, ...

Carbon-11-labeled SarCNU [N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitroso-N'-(carboxamidomethylene)-N'-(methyl) - [11C]-urea], a potential chemotherapeutic agent, has been prepared by the nitrosation of the corresponding urea, N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-(carboxamidomethylene)-N'-(methyl) [11C]urea (SarCU). SarCU was prepared by reacting sarcosinamide with [11C]-2-chloroethylisocyanate, which was itself prepared by react...

A convenient and efficient radiosynthesis of no-carrier-added [123I]labeled (-)iodocyanopindolol, (-)-[123I]ICYP, a high affinity beta adrenergic antagonist, is described. (-)-[123I]ICYP was synthesized by a modified chloramine-T radioiodination of (-)cyanopindolol followed by a novel reversed-phase HPLC purification that provided the radiopharmaceutical as a directly injectable solution. The t...

UNLABELLED 6-(18)F-fluoro-L-dopa ((18)F-FDOPA) has proven to be a useful radiopharmaceutical for the evaluation of presynaptic dopaminergic function using PET. In comparison to electrophilic synthesis, the no-carrier-added (NCA) nucleophilic method has several advantages. These include much higher available activity and specific activity. Recently, we have described an NCA enantioselective synt...

Selenium-73 is a positron emitting non-standard radionuclide, which is suitable for positron emission tomography. A copper-catalyzed reaction allowed no-carrier-added labeling of the anti-inflammatory seleno-organic compound Ebselen with (73) Se and (75) Se under addition of sulfur carrier in a one-step reaction. The new authentically labeled radioselenium molecule is thus available for preclin...

Meta-iodobenzylguanidine (mIBG) has been radiolabelled at the no-carrier-added level with [124I] for a proof of concept study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of [124I]mIBG PET/CT in detecting metastatic deposits in patients diagnosed with metastatic neuroblastoma. Radiolabelling of mIBG was achieved via the iododesilylation reaction between [124I]sodium iodide and meta-trimethylsilylbenzylgua...

No-carrier-added trimethylsilyl[18F]fluoride (TMS[18F]F) was rapidly liberated from a variety of dry supports containing unreactive [18F]fluoride by simply heating with neat bistrimethylsilylsulfate. The supports included calcium phosphate, anion exchange resins, alumina, borosilicate and porous carbon beads, to which [18F]fluoride was applied by absorption or evaporation of aqueous solution. T...