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. 2018 Feb 20;3:3. doi: 10.1186/s41181-018-0038-z

Table 4.

Comparison of the properties of presented radionuclides

Radionuclide (in order of appearance) Imaging procedure T1/2 I Eγ or Eav. β (keV) Feasible SMC (< 20 MeV) nuclear reaction Target type Yield
99mTc SPECT 6.43 h γ 99% 140.5 100Mo(p,2n)99mTc Solid 513 MBq/μAh(Benard et al., 2014)
123I SPECT 13.2 h γ 83% 158 123Te(p,n)123I Solid No data
124I PET 4.18 d β+ 12% β+ 11% γ 63% 687
975
603
124Te(p,n)124I Solid 21 MBq/μAh (Braghirolli et al., 2014)
89Zr PET 78.4 h β+ 23% γ 99% 396
909
89Y(p,n)89Zr Solid
Liquid
49 MBq/μAh (Siikanen et al., 2014)
4.4 MBq/μAh (Pandey et al., 2016)
64Cu PET 12.7 h β+ 18% β 39% γ 0.5% 278
190
134
64Ni(p,n)64Cu Solid
Liquid
304 MBq/μAh (Qaim, 2017)
0.14 MBq/(μAh·mg) (Alves et al., 2017)
68Ga PET 67.7 min β+ 88% γ 3% 836
1077
68Zn(p,n)68Ga Solid
Liquid
No data
1.5 MBq/(μAh·mg) (Alves et al., 2017)
67Ga SPECT 78.3 h γ 39% γ 21% γ 17% 93
185
300
68Zn(p,2n)67Ga
67Zn(p,n)67Ga
Solid No data
111In SPECT 67.3 h γ 94% γ 91% 245
171
111Cd(p,n)111In Solid 67.5 MBq/μAh (Alipoor et al., 2011)
86Y PET 14.7 h β+ 12% β+ 6% γ 83% 535
681
1077
86Sr(p,n)86Y Solid
Liquid
166 MBq/μAh (Yoo et al., 2005)
1.44 MBq/μAh (Oehlke et al., 2015)
44Sc PET 3.97 h β+ 94% γ 100% 632
1157
44Ca(p,n)44Sc Solid
Liquid
25 MBq/μAh (Meulen et al., 2015)
1.4 MBq/μAh (Hoehr et al., 2014)