RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY
The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Department provides
protocol-specific patient care, as well as the services, training, and
environment needed to initiate and support the clinical research sponsored by
the NIH Institutes.
The PET Department at the NIH Clinical Center is organized as a
scientific core concentrating on radiochemistry. Extensive resources available
through the department include two medical cyclotrons to produce the
radionuclides; six lead-lined chemistry hoods where the radiopharmaceuticals are
formulated; laboratories for radiochemistry; three PET tomographs; and computer
hardware and software for generating and analyzing the PET images.
Research Opportunities:
- Molecular imaging
- Development of site-directed radiopharmaceuticals
- Imaging knockout mice in a dedicated high-resolution scanner
with appropriate radiopharmaceuticals
- Developing a methodology for measuring changes in
neurotransmitter concentration in vivo
- Expanding our receptor-based research to validate or
disprove the accuracy of commonly used receptor models
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