Published July 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Single-breath inhalation or rebreathing of gases labelled with positron emitters: some technical aspects of dispensing and waste gas management

  • 1. Max Planck Institut fuer Neurologische Forschung, Koeln (Germany)

Description

A simple and reliable system for the single-breath inhalation and for short-term rebreathing of radioactive gases used in positron emission tomography is described. It comprises a collection- and radioactivity measurement-device, an inhalation bag for single-breath application, a modified anaesthetic system for rebreathing and a patient exhaled gas management system. The system is mainly used with 15O-labelled gases, but allows also the use of longer lived tracers such as methyl fluoride labelled with 18F or 11C. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1065-1068.
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

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Notes
Part of this work was presented as a poster at the 9. symposium on radiopharmaceutical chemistry, Paris, 1992.