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Digital services agency within the United States Government
18F was a digital services agency within the Technology Transformation Services department of the General Services Administration (GSA) of the United States government. 18F helped other government agencies build, buy, and share technology products. The team consisted of designers, software engineers, strategists, and product managers who collaborated with other agencies to fix technical problems, build products, and improve public service through technology. As part of wide-sweeping federal layoffs at the beginning of the second Trump administration that were carried out in connection with the Department of Government Efficiency, the agency was eliminated in March 2025. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: 18FA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The α-synuclein PET tracer [18F] ACI-12589 distinguishes multiple system atrophy from other neurodegenerative diseasesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: ὈδύσσειαThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Measurement of clinical and subclinical tumour response using [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography: review and 1999 EORTC recommendationsCited 1,472 times
- Go sideways: Thomas SheddA closely related topic
- Go sideways: General Services AdministrationA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Measurement of clinical and subclinical tumour response using [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography: review and 1999 EORTC recommendations
The [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose method for the measurement of local cerebral glucose utilization in man.
18F-fluoride positron emission tomography for identification of ruptured and high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a prospective clinical trial
In Vivo 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Provides a Noninvasive Measure of Carotid Plaque Inflammation in Patients
Comparison of PET imaging with a 68Ga-labelled PSMA ligand and 18F-choline-based PET/CT for the diagnosis of recurrent prostate cancer
Imaging of amyloid β in Alzheimer's disease with 18F-BAY94-9172, a novel PET tracer: proof of mechanism
O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine PET combined with MRI improves the diagnostic assessment of cerebral gliomas
Cerebral amyloid-β PET with florbetaben (18F) in patients with Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls: a multicentre phase 2 diagnostic study
🆕 Influential since 2022
The α-synuclein PET tracer [18F] ACI-12589 distinguishes multiple system atrophy from other neurodegenerative diseases
Joint EANM-SNMMI guideline on the role of 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT in no special type breast cancer
3-year invasive disease-free survival with chemotherapy de-escalation using an 18F-FDG-PET-based, pathological complete response-adapted strategy in HER2-positive early breast cancer (PHERGain): a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial
EANM/SNMMI guideline/procedure standard for [18F]FDG hybrid PET use in infection and inflammation in adults v2.0
First results on kinetic modelling and parametric imaging of dynamic 18F-FDG datasets from a long axial FOV PET scanner in oncological patients
📚 Books worth reading
ὈδύσσειαὍμηρος · 1488
Richard IIWilliam Shakespeare · 1597
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 1791
To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf · 1927
La PoeticaAristotle · 1479
The Federalist, or, The New ConstitutionAlexander Hamilton, James Madison · 1788
FastiOvid · 1482
An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, with related textsBartolomé de las Casas, Franklin W. Knight · 1552
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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