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Table 1 Radiotracers used clinically at the University of Michigan

From: Use of 55 PET radiotracers under approval of a Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC)

Radiotracer

Abbreviation

Application

Radiosynthesis

Dosimetry

Historical Imaging

[11C]Radiotracers

 [11C]Acetate

[11C]ACE

Metabolism

Runkle et al. 2011

Seltzer et al. 2004

Duvernoy et al. 2016

  [11C]Aminocyclohexane carboxylic acid

[11C]ACHC

Amino acid transport

Koeppe et al. 1990a

Washburn et al. 1982a

Koeppe et al. 1990a

 1-[11C]Methyl-4- piperidinyl n-butyrate

[11C]BMP

Butyrlcholinesterase

Snyder et al. 2001

Virta et al. 2008

Kuhl et al. 2006

  [11C]Butanol

[11C]BUT

Blood flow

See Supporting Information

See Supporting Information

b; Quarles et al. 1993

 [11C]Carfentanil

[11C]CFN

Mu opioid receptors

Blecha et al. 2017

Newberg et al. 2009

Zubieta et al. 2000

 [11C]Choline

[11C]CHO

Choline biochemistry

Shao et al. 2014

Tolvanen et al. 2010

Piert et al. 2009

 [11C]DASB

[11C]DASB

Serotonin transporter

Shao et al. 2014

Lu et al. 2004

Albin et al. 2008

 [11C]Dihydrotetrabenazine

[11C]DTBZ

Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2)

Shao et al. 2014

Murthy et al. 2008

Koeppe et al. 1995

 [11C]Epinephrine

[11C]EPI

Norepinephrine Transporter (NET)

Chakraborty et al. 1993

Wrobel et al. 1997

Münch et al. 2000

 [11C]Flumazenil

[11C]FMZ

GABAA Receptors

Shao et al. 2011a

Laymon et al. 2012

Koeppe et al. 1991

 [11C]meta-Hydroxyephedrine

[11C]HED

NET, Sympathetic nervous system

Shao et al. 2014

Wrobel et al. 1997 and Supporting Information

Duvernoy et al. 2016

 [11C]LY2795050

[11C]LY2795050

Kappa opioid receptors

Yang et al. 2018

See Supporting Information

b; Naganawa et al. 2015

 [11C]Methionine

[11C]MET

Amino acid

Shao et al. 2014

Deloar et al. 1998

Miller et al. 2019

 [11C]Methoxytetrabenazine

[11C]MTBZ

VMAT2

DaSilva et al. 1993a

Wrobel et al. 1997

Vander Borght et al. 1995

 [11C]Methylphenidate

[11C]MPH

Dopamine transporter

Moran et al. 2010

See Supporting Information

Albin et al. 2009

 [11C]N-Methylpiperidinyl benzilate

[11C]NMBP

mAChR

Mulholland et al. 1995

Mulholland et al. 1995

Zubieta et al. 2001

 [11C]OMAR/[11C]JHU 75528

[11C]OMAR

Cannabinoid 2 receptors

Shao et al. 2015

Wong et al. 2010

Wong et al. 2010

 [11C]Palmitate

[11C]PALM

Fatty acid metabolism

Runkle et al. 2011

Christensen et al. 2017

b; de Jong et al. 2009

 [11C]PBR28

[11C]PBR28

Translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO)

Shao et al. 2014

Brown et al. 2007

b Kreisl et al. 2016

 [11C]Pittsburgh Compound B

[11C]PiB

Amyloid plaques

Shao et al. 2014

O’Keefe et al. 2009

Burke et al. 2011

 [11C]((E)-N-(3-iodoprop-2-enyl)-2β-(4′-tolyl) nortropane)

[11C]PE2I

Dopamine transporter

Dollé et al. 2000; Halldin et al. 2003

Ribeiro et al. 2007

b; Halldin et al. 2003

 [11C]Phenylephrine

[11C]PHEN

NET

Del Rosario et al. 1996

Wrobel et al. 1997

Raffel et al. 1996

 (R)-[N-Methyl-11 C]PK11195

[11C]PK11195

TSPO

Alves et al., 2013

Hirvonen et al. 2010

Junck et al. 1989

 [11C]PMP

[11C]PMP

Acetylcholinesterase

Shao et al. 2014

See Supporting Information

Kuhl et al. 1999

 [11C]Raclopride

[11C]RAC

Dopamine D2 receptors

Shao et al. 2014

Ribeiro et al. 2005

Scott et al. 2006

 [11C]Ro-54,864

[11C]Ro-54,864

TSPO

Watkins et al. 1988

see Supporting Informationa

Junck et al. 1989

 [11C]Sarcosine

[11C]SARC

Sarcosine biochemistry

Piert et al. 2017

Piert et al. 2017

Piert et al. 2017

 [11C]Scopolamine

[11C]SCOP

mAChR

Mulholland et al. 1988

Frey et al. 1992

Frey et al. 1992

 [11C]Tetrabenazine

[11C]TBZ

VMAT2

DaSilva et al. 1993b

DaSilva et al. 1994

Kilbourn et al. 1993

 [11C]Tropanylbenzilate

[11C]TRB

mAChR

Mulholland et al. 1992

Mulholland et al. 1992

Koeppe et al. 1994

 [11C]WAY-100365

[11C]WAY

5-HT1A Receptor

Krasikova et al. 2009

Parsey et al. 2005

Mickey et al. 2008

[18F]Radiotracers

 [18F]Flortaucipir

[18F]AV1451; [18F]T807; Tauvid

Tau

c; Mossine et al. 2017

Choi et al. 2016

Drake et al. 2019; Kramer et al. 2020

 3-(1,4-Diazabicyclo[3.2.2] nonan-4-yl)-6-[18F]fluoro-dibenzo[b,d]thiophene 5,5-dioxide

[18F]JHU82132, [18F]ASEM

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)

Gao et al. 2013 and Supporting Information

Wong et al. 2014 and Supporting Information

b; Wong et al. 2014

 Fluciclovine (anti-1-Amino-3-18F-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid)

[18F]FACBC; Auxumin

Amino acid transport

c; Sörensen et al. 2013

Nye et al. 2007; McParland et al. 2010

b; Songmen et al. 2019

 [18F]Fluoroazomycin arabinoside

[18F]FAZA

Tumor hypoxia

Shao et al. 2011b

Savi et al. 2017

Beck et al., 2007

 2-[18F]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose

[18F]FDG

Glucose metabolism

Richards and Scott 2012; Sowa et al. 2018

Srinivasan et al. 2020

Koeppe et al. 2005

 [18F]6-Fluoro-L-DOPA

[18F]FDOPA

Dopamine

See Supporting Information, Mossine et al. 2019, 2020

Kaushik et al. 2013; Mejia et al. 1991

Minn et al. 2009

 [18F]-Fluoroethoxy- benzovesamicol

[18F]FEOBV

Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Shao et al. 2011b

Petrou et al. 2014

Petrou et al. 2014

 [18F]Fluorocholine

[18F]FCH

Choline biochemistry

Rodnick et al. 2013

DeGrado et al. 2002; Fabbri et al. 2014

Davenport et al. 2020

 [18F]Florbetapir

Amyvid; [18F]AV45

Amyloid plaques

c

Joshi et al. 2014

Frey and Koeppe 2016

 [18F]-Fluoro-3′-deoxy-3′-L-fluorothymidine

[18F]FLT

Cellular proliferation

Shao et al. 2011b

Vesselle et al. 2003; Mendes et al. 2018

Bertagna et al. 2013

 [18F]Flubatine

[18F]FLBT

α4β2 nAChR

Hockley et al. 2013

Kranz et al. 2016

Sattler et al. 2012

 [18F]Flutemetamol

Vizamyl, [18F]GE67

Amyloid plaques

c; Snellman et al. 2014

Koole et al. 2009

Frey and Koeppe 2016

 [18F]Fluoromisonidazole

[18F]FMISO

Tumor hypoxia

d; Riss et al. 2012

Graham et al. 1997

Bruehlmeier et al. 2004

 [18F]Fluoropropyl-dihydrotetrabenazine

[18F]FP-TBZ, [18F]AV133

VMAT2

Lin et al. 2010

Lin et al. 2010

Kilbourn and Koeppe 2019

 [18F]GBR13119 /[18F]GBR12909

[18F]GBR

DAT

Haka and Kilbourn 1988, 1990

Kilbourn et al. 1989

Koeppe et al. 1990b

 4-[18F]Fluoro-m-hydroxyphenethylguanidine

[18F]MHPG

NET

Raffel et al. 2018

Raffel et al. 2018

Raffel et al. 2018

 2′-Methoxyphenyl-(N-2′-pyridinyl)-p-18F-fluoro-benzamidoethylpiperazine

[18F]MPPF

5-HT1A Receptor

Shao et al. 2011b

See Supporting Information

b; Aznavour and Zimmer 2007

 [18F]Sodium Fluoride

[18F]NaF

Bone imaging

Shao et al. 2011b

Segall et al. 2010; Silveira et al. 2010

Wong and Piert 2013

 [18F]N-Methyl Lansoprazole

[18F]NML

Tau

Kramer et al. 2020

Kramer et al. 2020

Kramer et al. 2020

 4-[18F]Fluoro-p-hydroxyphenethylguanidine

[18F]PHPG

NET

Raffel et al. 2018

Raffel et al. 2018

Raffel et al. 2018

Other Radiotracers

 [13N]Ammonia

[13N]NH3

Blood flow

Scott 2012

Yi et al. 2015

Beanlands et al. 1994

 [15O]Water

[15O]H2O

Blood flow

Dick and Watkins 2015

Brihaye et al. 1995

Minoshima et al. 1993

 [68Ga]DOTATATE

NETSPOT

Somatostatin receptors

NETSPOT prescribing information 2016

Walker et al. 2013

b; Fallahi et al. 2019

 [68Ga]PSMA-HBEDCC

[68Ga]PSMA-11

Prostate specific membrane antigen

See Supporting Information; Rodnick et al. 2020

Afshar-Oromieh et al. 2016; Sandgren et al. 2019

Rodnick et al. 2020

  1. aHistorical dosimetry data is no longer extant. Biodistribution data are provided to enable estimation of dosimetry; b UM Imaging data not yet published; c Commercially available under an approved (A)NDA; d Commercially available under an IND