nitrogen-13

Uses

• used in positron emission tomography (PET)
  • used to tag ammonia for PET myocardial perfusion imaging

* due to short 1/2 life, made at PET facility

Pharmacokinetics

• decays by beta+ particle release & electron capture to carbon-13
• 1/2 life of 10 minutes

More general terms

• nitrogen (elemental) [N]
• radioactive isotope