Targetry for the cyclotron production of short-lived radionuclides for medical use

Short half-life radionuclides, as 11 C (t 1/2 = 20.4 min), are of interest as precursor of many radiopharmaceutics, like [ 11 C] methane, [ 11 C] cyanide, [ 11 C] methyliodide (Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides, in Operation and maintenance of gas and liquid targets, 2012). There are many engineering aspects for designing a cyclotron for radioisotopes production. Feasibility of nuclear reaction by cross-sections is one of the most important (Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides, in Operation and maintenance of gas and liquid targets, 2012), and consequently the nuclear reaction rates at the target. Herein, the research focus addressed the yield production of 11 C radioisotope in order to define accelerator parameters. The aim is to establish an arbitrary value of yield (at end of bombardment, EOB), and evaluate how accelerator parameters such as, beam current and time of irradiation vary in according to the expected radioisotope yield after EOB.

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Cyclotron targetry for medical radioisotope production

Sajjad¹,

Lambrecht²

1989

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B:

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Targetry for the cyclotron production of short-lived radionuclides for medical use

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