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Illustration of the variety of metals with isotopes suitable for nuclear imaging. Elements with isotopes suitable for PET are color-coded blue, and elements with isotopes suitable for SPECT are color-coded red. The shading corresponds to half-life, with longer half-lives darker and shorter half-lives lighter. Elements with multiple shadings have multiple isotopes suitable for imaging.
