List of PET radiotracers

This is a list of positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers. These are chemical compounds in which one or more atoms have been replaced by a short-lived, positron emitting radioisotope.

Cardiology

• Oxygen-15 water
• Nitrogen-13 ammonia
• [⁸²Rb] Rubidium-82 chloride
• [¹¹C] Acetate (Also used in oncology)

Neurology

• [¹⁸F] Altanserin
• [¹¹C] Carfentanil
• [¹¹C] DASB
• [¹¹C] DTBZ or [¹⁸F]Fluoropropyl-DTBZ
• [¹¹C] ME@HAPTHI
• [¹⁸F] Fallypride
• [¹⁸F] Florbetaben
• [¹⁸F] Florbetapir
• [¹⁸F] or [¹¹C] Flumazenil
• [¹⁸F] Flutemetamol
• [¹⁸F] Fluorodopa
• [¹⁸F] Desmethoxyfallypride
• [¹⁸F] Mefway
• [¹⁸F] MPPF
• [¹⁸F] Nifene
• Pittsburgh compound B
• [¹¹C] Raclopride
• [¹⁸F] Setoperone
• [¹⁸F] or [¹¹C] N-Methylspiperone
• [¹¹C] Verapamil

Oncology

• Fludeoxyglucose (18F)(FDG)-glucose analogue
• [¹¹C] Acetate
• [¹¹C] Methionine
• [¹¹C] Choline
• [¹⁸F] Fluorocholine
• [¹⁸F] FET
• [¹⁸F] FMISO
• [¹⁸F] 3'-fluoro-3'-deoxythymidine
• [⁶⁸Ga] DOTA-pseudopeptides

Infectious Diseases

• [¹⁸F] Fluorodeoxysorbitol (FDS)

Further Reading

CNS Radiotracers that have been advanced for use in Human Studies