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Pavel Pereslavtsev, Christian Bachmann, Joelle Elbez-Uzan and Jin Hun Park
There is widespread use of nuclear radiation for medical imagery and treatments. Worldwide, almost 40 million treatments are performed per year. There are also applications of radiation sources in other commercial fields, e.g., for weld inspection or ste...
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Karolina Kulesz, Nikolay Azaryan, Mikolaj Baranowski, Mateusz Jerzy Chojnacki, Ulli Köster, Razvan Lica, Sorin Gabriel Pascu, Renaud Blaise Jolivet and Magdalena Kowalska
Stable and unstable isotopes of the heavy noble gas xenon find use in various medical applications. However, apart from 133
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Xe, used for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, radioactive isotopes of xenon are currently complicated to obtain in ...
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Stefan Zeisler, Benjamin Clarke, Joel Kumlin, Brian Hook, Samuel Varah and Cornelia Hoehr
A new solid target system for the TRIUMF TR13 cyclotron that can accommodate target discs with a 1-2-mm thickness and a 28-mm diameter has been developed. The target system design is based on a modified clamping mechanism of a KF-40 vacuum connector, and...
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Stefan Zeisler, Alan Limoges, Joel Kumlin, Jonathan Siikanen and Cornelia Hoehr
Gallium-68 is a popular radioisotope for positron emission tomography. To make gallium-68 more accessible, we developed a new solid target for medical cyclotrons. Fused zinc targets promise a new, efficient, and reliable technique without the downsides o...
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Dave Prevost, Keerthi Jayamanna, Linda Graham, Sam Varah and Cornelia Hoehr
Cyclotrons are an important tool for accelerator sciences including the production of medical isotopes for imaging and therapy. For their successful and cost-efficient operation, the planned and unplanned down time of the cyclotron needs to be kept at a ...
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