Published September 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Analysis of 18F-labelled synthesis products on TLC plates: Comparison of radioactivity scanning, film autoradiography, and a phosphoimaging technique

  • 1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 340, FIN-00029 Helsinki (Finland)
  • 2. Turku PET Centre, Tykistokatu 6A, FIN-20520 Turku (Finland)
  • 3. Laboratory of Radiochemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 55, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki (Finland)

Description

We compared radioactivity scanning, film autoradiography, and digital photostimulated luminescence (PSL) autoradiography (phosphoimaging technique) in detection of radioactivity on thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates. TLC combined with radioactivity detection is rapid, simple, and relatively flexible. Here, 18F-labelled synthesis products were analyzed by TLC and the radioactivity distribution on the plates determined using the three techniques. Radioactivity scanning is appropriate only with good chromatographic resolution and previously validated scanning parameters. Film autoradiography exhibits poor linearity if radioactivity varies greatly. PSL provides high sensitivity and resolution and superior linearity compared with the other methods

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.04.012;
PII
S0969-8043(06)00202-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1043-1047
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

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