Advanced Tracers in PET Imaging of Cardiovascular Disease

Table 1

Commonly used positron emitting radionuclides.

Nuclide	Physical half-life (min)	Maximum energy (MeV)	Tissue positron range (mm)^a	Radionuclide production
^18F	110	0.64	0.54	Cyclotron
^11C	20.3	0.97	0.96	Cyclotron
^13N	10	1.20	1.26	Cyclotron
^15O	2	1.74	1.87	Cyclotron
^82Rb	1.27	3.38	4.10	Generator
^99mTc	293.3	3.23	N/A	Cyclotron
^68Ga	67.7	1.90	2.12	Generator
^64Cu	761.4	0.653	N/A	Cyclotron

^aCalculated for soft tissue using the full width at 20% of the maximum amplitude (FW20M) method [28].