Fluorine 18 Flashcards
What is the half-life?
110 min
What are the energies?
634 keV and 2x511 keV
F18 Amyvid Florbetapir
PET tracer used to image the brain to estimate neuritic plaques.
F18 Amyvid Florbetapir Clinical Pharmacology
Florbetapir F18 diffuses across the blood brain barrier and produces a radioactivity signal detectable throughout the brain, and it binds to beta amyloid plaques. A negative scan shows no sign of neuritic plaques. A positive scan shows an increase of activity in the frontal lobe.
F18 Amyvid Dose & Administration
10 mCi through IV administration
F18 Cerianna Fluoroestradiol
PET agent used to detect estrogen receptors. Positive lesions in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.
F18 Cerianna Fluoroestradiol Clinical Pharmacology
Fluoroestradiol binds to estrogen receptors that show in positive breast cancer cells.
F18 Cerianna Fluoroestradiol Dose & Administration
6 mCi through IV over 1 -2 minutes.
F18 FDG
Oncology: observing abnormal glucose metabolism in patients with malignant tumors.
Cardiology: identifies the left ventricular myocardium with residual glucose metabolism and reversible loss of systolic function in patients with CAD.
Neurology: identifies regions of abnormal glucose metabolism
F18 FDG Clinical Pharmacology
concentrates in cells that need glucose. Glucose transporting proteins transport FDG through the cell membrane and is then phosphylated by hexokinase.
F18 FDG Dose and Administration
5-10 mCi through IV
F18 Fluciclovine Axumin
PET tracer used to image patients with suspected prostate cancer recurrence.
F18 Fluciclovine Axumin Clinical Pharmacology
Fluciclovine is a synthetic amino acid that gets transported across the mammalian cells by the amino acid transporters. These transporters uptake in prostate cancer cells, and F18 uptake is greater compared to normal tissue cells. A positive scan shows high PSA values.
F18 Fluciclovine Axumin Dose & Administration
10 mCi through IV.
Before administration, patient must be NPO for four hours and have not exercise for 24 hours.
A 20-30 min scan is taken after 5 min post-injection.
F18 NaF
PET imaging used for bone to find areas of abnormal ostengenic activity.