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. 2018 Apr 10;9(27):19307–19316. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25028

Table 1. Characteristics of 18F-RGD-K5 and 68Ga-RGD.

Radio-tracers Radionuclide Molecule
18F-RGD-K5 Fluorine-18 ½ half-life = 109.8 min
Positron yield = 96.86%
Mean energy Eβ = 0.250 MeV
Maximum energy Eβmax = 0.634 MeV
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68Ga-RGD Gallium-68 ½ half-life = 68 min
Positron yield = 89.14%
Mean energy Eβ = 0.829 MeV
Maximum energy Eβmax = 1.899 MeV
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The chemical structure in green corresponds to the cyclic tripeptide RGD Arginin-Glycin-Aspartic acid (c(RGDfK), the orange structure corresponds to a sugar, the purple structure to the triazole, the blue structure to the NODAGA chelate and in red the radionuclide.