Journal article
An Increasing Role for 68Ga PET Imaging: A Perspective on the Availability of Parent 68Ge Material for Generator Manufacturing in an Expanding Market
Journal of postgraduate medicine, education and research, Vol.47(1), pp.26-30
03/2013
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1053
Abstract
ABSTRACT The use of gallium-68 for molecular imaging is gaining momentum world-wide. While our understanding of 68Ga chemistry, generators, and associated synthesis modules appear to have advanced to a clinically-reliable stage, uncertainty in the supply of radiopharmaceutically-suitable parent is of significant concern. In this work, we examine the current supply of 68Ge in an effort to better understand the potential for expansion of manufacturing to meet an increasing demand for 68Ga. Although specific information on sales and demand of 68Ge is highly business sensitive and thus guarded, our examination finds no shortage in the current supply of 68Ge. On the other hand, increases in the use of 68Ge generators for clinical applications in the United States point to the need for continued support for production at DOE laboratories in the United States to ensure a reliable supply and suggests that new commercial facilities may be needed to meet the increasing demand. How to cite this article Schultz MK, Donahue P, Musgrave NI, Zhernosekov K, Naidoo C, Razbash A, Tworovska I, Dick DW, Watkins GL, Graham MM, Runde W, Clanton JA, Sunderland JJ. An Increasing Role for 68Ga PET Imaging: A Perspective on the Availability of Parent 68Ge Material for Generator Manufacturing in an Expanding Market. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2013;47(1):26-30.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An Increasing Role for 68Ga PET Imaging: A Perspective on the Availability of Parent 68Ge Material for Generator Manufacturing in an Expanding Market
- Creators
- Michael K SchultzPatrick DonahueNannette I MusgraveKonstantin ZhernosekovClive NaidooAnatolii RazbashIzabella TworovskaDavid W DickG Leonard WatkinsMichael M GrahamWolfgang RundeJeffrey A ClantonJohn J Sunderland
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of postgraduate medicine, education and research, Vol.47(1), pp.26-30
- DOI
- 10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1053
- ISSN
- 2277-8969
- eISSN
- 2278-0262
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2013
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984217430602771
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