Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre

The Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre (PETIC) has a cyclotron-based production facility which provides radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and research using both clinical and pre-clinical PET/CT scanners.

The first of its kind in Wales, the Centre focuses on cutting-edge research and teaching in positron emission tomography (PET) for higher education across Wales and the UK. It also delivers a local clinical service for NHS Wales patients.

They provide research opportunities across the Schools of Medicine, Bioscience, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Psychology and Optometry, in addition to All Wales Research Networks and GW4.

The provision of the pre-clinical PET facility will be particularly attractive to the pharmaceutical industry. They also offer a clinical scanning facility which is able to provide scans with FDG (oncology, neurology), F Choline (prostate cancer), NaF (bone scan), Florbetapir (amyloid plaque in Alzheimer’s) and F DOPA (dopamine system and Parkinson’s Disease).

The Centre has plans to develop a neurological research focus and introduce scanning of GABA receptors, Glutamate receptors, microglial activation and Tau protein. In addition, they offer novel radioisotopes such as Zirconium 89 and Yttrium 86 with which they are able to label and image monoclonal antibodies.

Find out more about the Wales Research and Diagnostic PET Imaging Centre.

Equipment

Name	Make/Model	Details
Cyclotron	Cyclone 18/9	Used to produce a range of radioisotopes including, but not limited to, 18F, 13N, 15O, 11C, 89Zr
Hot Cells	Gravatom Hot Cells	Used to house radiochemistry systems for the production of radiopharmaceuticals
PETCT Clinical Scanner	GE 690	PET CT TOF Scanner used to image patients who have received radiopharmaceuticals
Pre Clinical PET Scanner	Mediso Nanoscan PET/CT	Used to image pre-clinical subjects using either PET or CT
Quality Control Lab	Various	Used to test a range of chemicals using HPLC with UV, ECD and Radiation detectors, Mass Spectr
Radiochemistry Systems	Eckert and Ziegler, Synthera, TRASIS AIO, FastLab 2	Used to produce a range of radiopharmaceuticals
Radionuclide Delivery System	Booth Welsh System	Used to transport radioactive material around the PETIC facility