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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 May 25;207(2):266–273. doi: 10.2214/AJR.16.16181

TABLE 1.

Physical Properties of Suitable PET Isotopes for Incorporation Into PET Fluorescence Probes [80, 81]

PET Isotope Half-Life β+ Purity of Decay (%) Mean β+ Energy (keV)
68Ga 68 min 89 783
18F 108 min 97 250
64Cu 12.7 h 18 278
89Zr 78.4 h 23 389
124I 100.3 h 23 840