FMISO

FMISO or fluoromisonidazole is used as a PET radiotracer for imaging hypoxia when labeled with fluorine-18.[1]

[18F]Fluoromisonidazole
Clinical data
Other names[18F]FMISO; 1H-1-(3-[18F]fluoro-2-hydroxypropyl)-2-nitroimidazole
Identifiers
ChemSpider
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H818FN3O
Molar mass188.15 g/mol

References

  1. Rajendran JG, Mankoff DA, O'Sullivan F, Peterson LM, Schwartz DL, Conrad EU, et al. (April 2004). "Hypoxia and glucose metabolism in malignant tumors: evaluation by [18F]fluoromisonidazole and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging". Clinical Cancer Research. 10 (7): 2245–52. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-0688-3. PMID 15073099.
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