Nuclear Imaging of Glucose Metabolism: Beyond ¹⁸F-FDG

Figure 2

Chemical structures of ^99mTc-labeled glucose analogues. (a) ECDG. (b) DTPA-DG. (c) ^99mTcN-DGDTC. (d) ^99mTcO-DGDTC. (e) ^99mTc-MAG₃-DG. (f) MAG₃-G. (g) MAG₃-GI (R₁, R₂, R₃=H, OH, OH); MAG₃-Ga (R₁, R₂, R₃=OH, H, OH); MAG₃-NG (R₁, R₂, R₃=H, OH, NHAc). (h) ^99mTc(CO)₃-IDA-Glucose (R=OH), ^99mTc(CO)₃-IDA-2-Deoxyglucose (R=H). (i) ^99mTc(CO)₃-glucose-histidine. (j) ^99mTc-S-DG. (k) ^99mTc-MAMA-BA-DG. (l) 1-TG. (m) CN5DG. (n) DGTA.