TY - JOUR
T1 - A solid target system with remote handling of irradiated targets for PET cyclotrons.
AU - Siikanen, Jonathan
AU - Tran, Thuy
AU - Olsson, T G
AU - Strand, Sven-Erik
AU - Sandell, Anders
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A solid target system was developed for a PET cyclotron. The system is compatible with many different target materials in the form of foils and electroplated/sputtered targets which makes it useful for production of a wide variety of different PET radionuclides. The target material is manually loaded into the system. Remote handling of irradiated target material is managed with a pneumatic piston and a vacuum technique which allows the targets to be dropped into a shielded transport container. To test the target performance, proton irradiations (12.8MeV, 45μA) of monoisotopic yttrium foils (0.64mm, direct water cooling) were performed to produce (89)Zr. The yields were 2200±200MBq (1h, n=13) and 6300±65MBq (3h, n=3).
AB - A solid target system was developed for a PET cyclotron. The system is compatible with many different target materials in the form of foils and electroplated/sputtered targets which makes it useful for production of a wide variety of different PET radionuclides. The target material is manually loaded into the system. Remote handling of irradiated target material is managed with a pneumatic piston and a vacuum technique which allows the targets to be dropped into a shielded transport container. To test the target performance, proton irradiations (12.8MeV, 45μA) of monoisotopic yttrium foils (0.64mm, direct water cooling) were performed to produce (89)Zr. The yields were 2200±200MBq (1h, n=13) and 6300±65MBq (3h, n=3).
U2 - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.09.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 25265518
SN - 0969-8043
VL - 94
SP - 294
EP - 301
JO - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
ER -