TABLE 1.
PET Isotopes of Metals with Potential for Imaging Whole-Body Metal Trafficking
| Isotope | Production | Half-life | β+ yield (%) | Mean β+ energy (MeV) | Daughter | Reference |
| 64Cu | Cyclotron | 12.7 h | 17.4 | 0.655 | 64Ni (stable) | 5 |
| 62Cu | Generator | 9.74 min | 98 | 2.93 | 62Ni (stable) | NA |
| 62Zn | Cyclotron | 9.26 h | 7.6 | 0.259 | 62Cu (β+) | NA |
| 63Zn | Cyclotron | 38.47 min | 92.7 | 0.992 | 63Cu (stable) | 30 |
| 65Zn | Cyclotron | 243.9 d | 1.7 | 0.143 | 65Cu (stable) | NA |
| 52Mn | Cyclotron | 5.59 d | 29.6 | 0.24 | 52Cr (stable) | 32 |
| 51Mn | Cyclotron | 46.2 min | 97.1 | 0.96 | 51Cr (γ) | 35 |
| 52Fe | Cyclotron | 8.28 h | 56.1 | 0.344 | 52mMn (β+) | 39 |
NA = not applicable.