[¹⁸F]Fluoropivalate, mitochondria, and the resurrection of short-chain fatty acids

Luca Filippi¹, Laura Evangelista^{2

3}, Orazio Schillaci⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Via Canova, 04100, Latina, Italy. lucfil@hotmail.com.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

Editorial

Luca Filippi et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;50(13):3802-3805.

doi: 10.1007/s00259-023-06367-1.

Luca Filippi¹, Laura Evangelista^{2

3}, Orazio Schillaci⁴

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Via Canova, 04100, Latina, Italy. lucfil@hotmail.com.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4Pieve Emanuele, 20072, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

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Feasibility of [¹⁸F]fluoropivalate hybrid PET/MRI for imaging lower and higher grade glioma: a prospective first-in-patient pilot study.
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