Table 1.
Examples of molecular imaging probes for studying the expression of therapeutic targets in patients.
| Therapeutic target | Imaging probe | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogen receptors | [18F]FES | Mintun et al. (1988)13 |
| Androgen receptors | [18F]FDHT | Larson et al. (2004)14 |
| Somatostatin receptors | [68Ga]octreotide analogs | Hofmann et al. (2001)15 |
| [18F]octreotide analogs | Schottelius et al. (2004)16 | |
| αVβ3 integrins | [18F]RGD-peptides | Haubner et al. (2005)17 |
Abbreviations: FDHT,16β-[18F]fluoro-5α-dihydrotestosterone; FES, [18F]fluoro-17β-estradiol; RGD, arginine–glycine–aspartic acid.