Tracer Match
Work from a tracer to its target, trapping mechanism and clinical role. Each answer links molecular behaviour to the reason the tracer is useful.
What you will practise
- Match radiopharmaceuticals to their targets.
- Compare mechanisms within a tracer family.
- Recognise the imaging–therapy pairing.
Set up your round
90 questions available
A smaller pool gives a shorter round. In timed mode, the clock sets the round length. Prompt length is a study preference, not a validated difficulty rating.
Before you begin
Open an example to revisit its answer and reasoning.
¹⁸F-FDG
Answer
Glucose metabolism
ReasoningTaken up via GLUT and trapped as FDG-6-phosphate.
⁶⁸Ga-DOTATATE
Answer
Somatostatin receptor 2
ReasoningBinds SSTR2 on neuroendocrine tumours.
⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11
Answer
Prostate-specific membrane antigen
ReasoningTargets PSMA (glutamate carboxypeptidase II).