| abstract |
This invention relates to reagents, radiolabeled reagents and methods for producing such reagents and radiolabeled reagents. Specifically, the invention relates to technetium-99m (Tc-99m) labeled peptides that specifically bind to sites of infection, inflammation, thrombosis, atherosclerosis and neoplatic growth in vivo, methods and kits for making such peptides, and methods for using such peptides to image sites in a mammalian body. |