IMAGING RADIOTRACERS
Imaging Radiotracers provide ready-to-use radiolabelled molecules for PET and/or SPECT diagnostics. It comprises radionuclide production (cyclotron, generators), medicinal radiochemistry (automation, µ-fluidics), quality control as well as documentation thereof.
– Medical Cyclotron (16.5MeV protons; GE Healthcare)
– 4 Hot Cells (von-Gahlen & Comecer) – 2 of them with laminar air flow
– Several lead shielded fume hoods
– Multiple Radiosynthesizers: FASTlab, TRACERlab Fx C Pro, TRACERlab FxFN (all GE Healthcare); Synchrom R&D (Raytest); GRP+ (Scintomics); Nanotek (Advion); PharmTracer (EZAG)
– 7 HPLC systems (Agilent; Merck-Hitachi)
– 3 TLC scanner (Canberra Packard; Raytest)
– Gamma counter wizard² (Perkin Elmer)
– pH Meter (PTW)
– Osmometer (Wescor)
– Endotoxine tester (Charles Rivers)
Application
– 18F-labelled PET tracers
– 11C-labelled PET tracers
– 68Ga-labelled PET tracers
– 99mTc-labelled SPECT tracers
