Gallium 68 Doatate

 

Facts About Gallium

Gallium Spoon Prank

Radioisotopes Used In Medical Imaging 

Gallium: Radioisotope 

68Ga DOTATATE PET 

Dotatate gallium (Ga-68) is a somatostatin-2 receptor analog which is radiolabeled with gallium 68 as a positron-emitting radioisotope. 

Ga-68 dotatate has a high affinity for somatostatin-2 receptor and it is rapidly excreted from the nontarget sites which gives it an ideal candidate for imaging neuroendocrine tumors. 

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