abstract |
This invention relates to radiodiagnostic agents and reagents for preparing such agents, and also methods for producing radiolabeled radiodiagnostic agents. Specifically, the invention relates to technetium-99m ( 99m Tc) labeled agents, methods and kits for making the agents, and methods for using the agents to image pathological sites, including sites of infection, inflammation, cancer and atherosclerosis in a mammalian body. Specifically the agents and reagents are derivatives of oligosaccharides, more specifically β-glucans. |