NON-CONVENTIONAL PET NUCLIDES: PRODUCTION AND IMAGING
Medical cyclotrons are now commonly used for the production of PET nuclides by the (pn) reaction. These devices are typically capable of delivering 10-15 MeV protons beams at sufficiently high intensity for timely production of β+ decaying nuclides. Non-conventional PET nuclides have emerged recentl...
- Autores:
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Laforest, Richard
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2015
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/67372
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/67372
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/68401/
- Palabra clave:
- 53 Física / Physics
5 Ciencias naturales y matemáticas / Science
Cyclotrons
PET Radionuclides
cascade gamma
positron range.
Radionúcleos de PET
cascada de rayos gama
ciclotrón
rango de positrones.
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Medical cyclotrons are now commonly used for the production of PET nuclides by the (pn) reaction. These devices are typically capable of delivering 10-15 MeV protons beams at sufficiently high intensity for timely production of β+ decaying nuclides. Non-conventional PET nuclides have emerged recently and offers new opportunities for diagnostic and therapy drug discovery. In this paper, we will review the production capabilities for such nuclides at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis and present their production. Finally, challenges for imaging imposed by the specific of the decay characteristics will be discussed. |
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