PET Radionuclide Production

Several short-lived positron-emitters are routinely used in PET studies while a few others are of potential interest. A brief review of the decay data and production methods for several of these positron-emitters is given. Special attention is paid to the production of the four major positron-emitters, namely carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18, which are widely applied in several European PET centres.