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Beta-cell Imaging: Opportunities and Limitations

Year: 2011

Type: letter

Abstract: TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the review by Ichise and Harris ([1][1]), who proposed 11C-dihydrotetrabenazine (11C-DTBZ) PET as a potentially useful method for imaging β-cells in the native pancreas. 11C-DTBZ targets the vesicular monoamine transporter type 2, which is expressed by β-cells

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.085530

Authors: Thomas C. Kwee, Sandip Basu, Babak Saboury, Drew A. Torigian, Ali Naji, Abass Alavi

Institution: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Pancreatic function and diabetes

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases