Feasibility of Detecting Hypoxia in Experimental Mouse Tumours with ¹⁸F-fluorinated Tracers and Positron Emission Tomography: A Study Evaluating [¹⁸F]Fluoromisonidazole and [¹⁸F]Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose

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