Elsevier, Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 7(34), p. 787-789
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.03.010
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In the past 10 years, significant progress has been made in using a technetium-99m dopamine transporter imaging agent, [99mTc]TRODAT, for routine clinical studies. Developing a molecular imaging agent from bench to the bedside is more than a simple scientific venture. Currently, Taiwan is the only place where [99mTc]TRODAT is approved for routine clinical use in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. The trials and tribulations of developing [99mTc]TRODAT for routine clinical use in Taiwan provide an interesting case study in how to (critics may say, how not to) develop a molecular imaging agent.