“They contacted Alfred Wolf at Brookhaven National Laboratory who had an interest in synthesizing positron-emitting compounds. He suggested labeling instead with 18F-FDG and in 1975 Wolf’s group including Tatsuo Ido and Joanna Fowler succeeded in synthesizing 18F-FDG.”
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001299802800368