Letter From the Editors

It may appear that the positron emitter, Gallium-68 (68Ga) is an exciting new addition to the Nuclear Medicine armamentarium. However, those of us in the older generation, remember the use of 68Ga-EDTA as an imaging agent for brain tumor localization a half-century ago.1,2 Unfortunately, false positives were encountered with 68Ga in inflammation, such as arachnoiditis and optic neuritis.2 Interestingly, the later development of carrier-free Gallium-67 has been used for many years for the specific purpose of studying inflammation and infection.
Source: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Source Type: research