The favorite nuclide used in positron emission tomography (PET scan) to follow

Chapter 16, Problem 16.71

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The favorite nuclide used in positron emission tomography (PET scan) to follow glucosemetabolism is fluorine-18, which decays by positron emission to oxygen-18 and has ahalf-life of 110 minutes. Fluorine-18 is administered in the form of fludeoxy-glucoseF-18; the product of this molecules decay is glucose.

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