Table 1 Properties of pure positron emission radioisotopes. Data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology [14], Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel [15], and Brookhaven National Laboratory [16]. Range of positrons is in water [14]
From: Physics of pure and non-pure positron emitters for PET: a review and a discussion
Isotope | Half-life | Branching (β+) in % | E max (MeV) | E mean (MeV) | R max (mm) | R mean (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11C | 20.4 min | 99.8 | 0.960 | 0.386 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
13N | 10.0 min | 99.8 | 1.199 | 0.492 | 5.5 | 1.8 |
15O | 2 min | 99.9 | 1.732 | 0.735 | 8.4 | 3.0 |
18F | 110 min | 96.9 | 0.634 | 0.250 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
64Cu | 12.7 h | 17.5 | 0.653 | 0.278 | 2.5 | 0.7 |
89Zr | 78.4 h | 22.7 | 0.902 | 0.396 | 3.8 | 1.3 |