Gallium-labelled peptides for imaging of inflammation

: Roivainen A, Jalkanen S, Nanni C

Publisher: SPRINGER

: 2012

: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

: EUR J NUCL MED MOL I

: 39

: 68

: 77

: 10

: 1619-7070

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-011-1987-6

Inflammation plays a major role in the development of many diseases. This review article summarizes recent research in the field of in vivo imaging of inflammation. Novel methodologies using PET with Ga-68 peptides targeting, for example, vascular adhesion protein 1 are discussed.