Radioligand therapy and imaging
Radioligand therapy is a treatment method for certain types of cancers that utilises radioisotopes and cell-targeting compound, or ligands to target and deliver radiation directly to cancer cells. Radioligand imaging is a medical imaging technique that is used to visualise tumour cells with the help of specific molecular targets, such as receptors and proteins within the body.
Fluorine-18 molecular imaging
PET imaging, a subset of nuclear medicine, is a molecular imaging technique, which uses minute amounts of targeted drugs labelled with radioactive isotopes. Special PET cameras are employed to detect these radiopharmaceuticals and provide precise high-resolution pictures of the body part being imaged at the molecular and cellular levels.