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In late years, the PET examination by FDG begins to spread widely even into general hospitals. We have delivered PET medicine production systems, to more than 80 facilities and get a favorable reputation from customers, because of their stable performance. We have worked on the development of the cassette type FDG synthesizer (F200) as a system that can be accepted even at those ordinary hospitals and provides stable performance with simple operation and short synthesis time. The basic specifications and features of this synthesizer are: (1) FDG synthesis yield 60 ±5% (EOS), (2) radiochemical purity 95% or higher, (3) FDG synthesis time within 30 minutes, (4) synthesis preparation time within 15 minutes, (5) alkali hydrolysis, (6) a stable yield through pressure control in the reactor, (7) simple preparation based on cassette exchange, (8) reduced operator exposure in two rounds of synthesis through a separation-type refining column shield, and (9) a compact and lightweight design. This report introduces this new FDG synthesizer and describes its actual performance after the delivery.
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