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- noun physics An
artificial radioactive isotope of fluorine, 189F, having nineprotons and nineneutrons , that is an importantindustrial source ofpositrons
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PET's most important clinical role is in oncology (the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors), with fluorine-18 as the tracer, since it has proven to be the most accurate non-invasive method of detecting and evaluating most cancers.
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This compound, based on the radioactive isotope fluorine-18, is drawn to beta-amyloid like PIB.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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This compound, based on the radioactive isotope fluorine-18, is drawn to beta-amyloid like PIB.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"As reported at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, we have developed a facile and rapid method to label peptides with fluorine-18 (F-18), a radionuclide used in positron-emission imaging," stated Cynthia L. Sullivan, President and CEO of
News 2010
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This compound, based on the radioactive isotope fluorine-18, is drawn to beta-amyloid like PIB.
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This compound, based on the radioactive isotope fluorine-18, is drawn to beta-amyloid like PIB.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The successful candidate will participate in on-going and new research projects and will perform the synthesis and radiolabelling of potential pharmaceuticals with carbon-11 and fluorine-18 for diagnostic imaging with
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The successful candidate will participate in on-going and new research projects and will perform the synthesis and radiolabelling of potential pharmaceuticals with carbon-11 and fluorine-18 for diagnostic imaging with
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The successful candidate will participate in on-going and new research projects and will perform the synthesis and radiolabelling of potential pharmaceuticals with carbon-11 and fluorine-18 for diagnostic imaging with
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Tracers labeled with fluorine-18 (F18), a short-lived radioisotope, are used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
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