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. 2013 Oct 31;2013:839683. doi: 10.1155/2013/839683

Table 2.

Commonly used radioisotopes for peptide-based PET tracer.

Radionuclide Half-life E max⁡ (β +)/abundance Production Chemistry
18F 109.8 min 634 Kev/97% Cyclotron Organic chemistry
Chelation chemistry
64Cu 12.8 h 656 Kev/19% Cyclotron Chelation chemistry
68Ga 67.6 min 1899 Kev/89% Generator Chelation chemistry