Abstract

Lab-on-a-chip Devices for Production and Quality Control of Dose-on-demand Radiotracers

Nicole Pamme, Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University

Positron Emission Tomography is a medical imaging technique that relies on the selective distribution within tissue of radiopharmaceuticals such as [18F]FDG. Microfluidic devices have been identified as attractive technology for the synthesis and processing of these pharmaceuticals due to small amounts of radioactivity handled at any one time, leading to lower shielding requirements and potentially enabling the synthesis of one dose at a time near the patient, a “dose-on-demand”.