Transbilayer phospholipids molecular imaging

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Table 2 Phosphatidylcholine-based radiolabelled molecular imaging probes

Molecular target	Molecular probes	Biological functions	Isotopes	Imaging techniques
PC	choline	choline metabolism	¹¹C	PET(CT)
PC	fluorocholine	choline metabolism	¹⁸F	PET(CT)
PC	acetate	acetate metabolism	¹¹C	PET(CT)
PC	fluoroacetate	acetate metabolism	¹⁸F	PET(CT)
PC	acetoacetate	acetoacetate metabolism	¹¹C	PET(CT)

PC, phosphatidylcholine; PET(CT), positron emission tomography (computed tomography).