Abstract

POLICRONIADES, R et al. F-18 production by means of ²⁰Ne(d,⁴He) reaction at ININ. Rev. mex. fis. [online]. 2008, vol.54, suppl.1, pp.46-49. ISSN 0035-001X.

Fluor-18 is one of the most useful radioisotopes for positron emission tomography (PET), so the means to produce and process it turns out to be of great importance. In order to test the feasibility to produce this tracer in our laboratory at ININ, provided with an EN-tandem accelerator, we constructed a gas cell to contain a Ne gas target and bombard it with 6.5 MeV deuterons. In this work we report the production of some mCi of F-18 obtained through the ²⁰Ne(d,4He)¹⁸F reaction, the experimental setup employed, with some practical implications related to the use of the alternative ¹⁸O(p,n)¹⁸F reaction.

Keywords : radioisotope production; positron emission tomography.

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