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PART I: MOLECULAR IMAGING 1. Fluorine-18 Chemistry for Molecular Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography Frdric Doll, Dirk Roeda, Bertrand Kuhnast, and Marie-Claire Lasne 2. Application of 18F-PET Imaging for the Study of Alzheimer’s Disease Kjell Ngren and Juha O. Rinne 3. 18F-Labeled PET-Tracers for Cardiological Imaging Klaus Kopka, Stefan Wagner, Michael Schfers, Andreas Faust, Otmar Schober, and Gnter Haufe 4. [18F]-Labeled PET and PET/CT Compounds in Oncology Ken Herrmann and Bernd Joachim Krause 5. Non-Invasive Physiology and Pharmacology Using 19F Magnetic Resonance Jian-Xin Yu, Weina Cui, Dawen Zhao, and Ralph P. Mason PART II: BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS 6. Fluoride-Based Bioceramics Christian Rey, Christle Combes, Christophe Drouet, and Hocine Sfihi 7. Fluoride in Dentistry and Dental Restoratives John W. Nicholson and Beata Czarnecka 8. Fluorinated Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Surgery Charles Baquey, Marie-Christine Durrieu, and Robert G. Guidoin 9. Fluorinated Molecules in Eye Surgery: Experimental and Clinical Benefit of a Heavy Silicone Oil Oxane Hd (Mixture of Silicone Oil and RMN3 Fluorine Olefin) in the Treatment of Retinal Detachment I. Rico-Lattes, J. C. Quintyn, V. Pagot-Mathis, X. Benouaich, and A. Mathis 10. Biocompatibility of Highly Fluorinated Liquids Used in Ophthalmic Surgery Dirk-Henning Menz and Joachim H. Dresp 11. Perfluorochemical-Based Oxygen Therapeutics, Contrast Agents, and Beyond Marie Pierre Krafft and Jean G. Riess 12. Exposure of Humans to Fluorine and Its Assessment Maja Ponikvar PART III: PHARMACEUTICALS 13. Biological Impacts of Fluorination: Pharmaceuticals Based on Natural Products Jean-Pierre Bgu and Danile Bonnet-Delpon 14. Synthesis and Pharmacological Properties of Fluorinated Prostanoids Yasushi Matsumura 15. Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Fluorinated Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors Kenneth L. Kirk, Shinichi Yoshida, and Gnter Haufe 16. Fluoroolefin Dipeptide Isosteres: Structure, Syntheses, and Applications John T. Welch 17. Molecular Interactions of Fluorinated Amino Acids in a Native Polypeptide Environment Mario Salwiczek, Christian Jckel, and Beate Koksch 18. Biological Fluorination in Streptomyces cattleya: The Fluorinase Hai Deng, Fang-Lu Huang, James H. Naismith, David OHagan, Jonathan B. Spencer, and Xiaofeng Zhu
