Transbilayer phospholipids molecular imaging

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Table 4 Phosphatidylinositol-based radiolabelled molecular imaging probes

Molecular target	Molecular probes	Biological functions	Isotopes	Imaging techniques
PI	inositol ^a	PI brain metabolism	¹¹C	PET(CT)
PI	DAG	PI myocardial turnover	¹¹C, ¹⁸F	PET(CT)
PI	DAG	PI neuronal turnover	¹¹C	PET(CT)

^aintact inositol: no acetylated analogues. DAG, diacylglycerol; PET(CT), positron emission tomography (computed tomography); PI, phosphatidylinositol.