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Table 3.

Selected other radiotracers used in humans

Angiogenesis	^99mTc and ¹⁸F galacto-RGD
Apoptosis	^99mTc and ¹⁸F annexin
Blood Flow/Perfusion	¹⁵O water,¹³N ammonia, ⁶⁴Cu PTSM, ²⁰¹Tl Chloride
Blood Volume	¹¹CO
Hypoxia	¹⁸F fluoromisonidazole ( MISO), ⁶⁴Cu diacetyl-bis(N⁴-methylthiosemicarbazone) (ATSM)
Membrane turnover	¹⁸F choline (FCH), ¹¹C choline
Protein synthesis/amino acid transport	¹¹C methionine,¹¹C tyrosine, O-(2-¹⁸F fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine (FET)
Chemotherapuetics	¹¹C temozolomide, ¹³N Cisplatin, ¹⁸F Fluorouracil, ¹¹C paclitaxel
Others	¹⁸F dihydroxy-phenyl-alanine (DOPA), ¹⁸F 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (FDHT), ¹⁸F Fluoro-17beta-estradiol (FES)