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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Nov 28;52(2):134–139.

Table I.—

Five unconventional positron emission tomography radionuclides with longer half-lives.

Reaction t1/2 Target Yield (mCi/μA) Application Reference
61Ni(p,n)61Cu 3.4 h 61Ni on Au 105 Preclinical Cu-ATSM 7
64Ni(p,n)64Cu 12.7 h 64Ni on Au 181 Large molecules 8
86Sr(p,n)86Y 14.7 h 86SrCO3 27 PET surrogate for 90Y 912
natY(p,n)89Zr 78 h natY-foil 100 Peptide labeling 13
124Te(p,n)124I 4.2 d Al2124Te3 33 Many 14, 15