Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.

Robert M Yeh

Kai Chen

Joseph C Walsh

Hartmuth C Kolb

Umesh B Gangadharmath

Vani P Mocharla

Farhad Karimi

Qianwa Liang

Tieming Zhao

Henry Clifton Padgett

Brian A Duclos

Disclosed herein are novel radiolabeled nucleosides and methods for detecting cellular proliferation in a mammal, the method comprising administrating an effective amount of a radiolabeled nucleoside; the method comprising: a) administering to the mammal a diagnostically effective amount of the nucleoside to the mammal; b) allowing the nucleoside to distribute into the effective tissue; and c) imaging the tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from a disease involving cellular proliferation.

Nucleoside based proliferation imaging markers

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Culver City, CA, United States of America

Robert M Yeh