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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Timothy R. Degrado, Rochester, MA (US);
Mukesh K. Pandey, Rochester, MN (US);
Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht, Rochester, MN (US);
Val J. Lowe, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy R. Degrado, Rochester, MA (US);
Mukesh K. Pandey, Rochester, MN (US);
Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht, Rochester, MN (US);
Val J. Lowe, Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation ofZn, and the method comprises bombarding a solution target includingCu with high energy protons to produce a solution including a positron emitting zinc cation. A method for detecting or ruling out Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises administering to a patient a detectable amount of a compound including a positron emitting zinc cation, wherein the zinc cation is targeted to beta-amyloid in the patient, and acquiring an image to detect the presence or absence of beta-amyloid in the patient.