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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2008000700011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[F-18 production by means of 20Ne(d,4He) reaction at ININ]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Policroniades]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Varela]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Murillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huerta]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ma. E]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chávez]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Departamento de Aceleradores ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D. F.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2008</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>54</volume>
<fpage>46</fpage>
<lpage>49</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2008000700011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2008000700011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2008000700011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[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.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El fluor-18 es uno de los radioisotopos más útiles en la tomografía por emision positrónica, y en consecuencia la metodología para producirlo y procesarlo es de gran importancia. Con el fin de explorar la posibilidad de producirlo en nuestro laboratorio en el ININ, provisto de un acelerador de partículas (EN-tandem), construimos una celda gaseosa para contener el neón como blanco y bombardearlo con deuterones a 6.5 MeV. En este trabajo reportamos la producción de varios mCi de F-18, obtenidos a partir de la reacción 20Ne(d,4He)18F y detalles del arreglo experimental empleado, junto con algunas consideraciones prácticas relacionadas con el uso de la reacción 18O(p.n)18F como alternativa.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[radioisotope production]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[positron emission tomography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[producción de radioisótopos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tomografía por emisión de positrones]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>F&#150;18 production by means of <sup>20</sup>Ne(d,<sup>4</sup>He) reaction at ININ</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>R. Policroniades&ordf;, E. Moreno&ordf;, A. Varela&ordf;, G. Murillo&ordf;, A. Huerta<sup>b</sup>, Ma. E. Ortiz<sup>b</sup>, and E. Ch&aacute;vez<sup>b</sup></b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>&ordf; Departamento de Aceleradores, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Ocoyoacac, Estado de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup>b</sup> Instituto de F&iacute;sica, Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Cd. Universitaria, M&eacute;xico D. F., M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 14 de mayo de 2007    <br> Aceptado el 26 de octubre de 2007</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Fluor&#150;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&#150;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&#150;18 obtained through the <sup>20</sup>Ne(d,4He)<sup>18</sup>F reaction, the experimental setup employed, with some practical implications related to the use of the alternative <sup>18</sup>O(p,n)<sup>18</sup>F reaction.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>radioisotope production; positron emission tomography.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">El fluor&#150;18 es uno de los radioisotopos m&aacute;s &uacute;tiles en la tomograf&iacute;a por emision positr&oacute;nica, y en consecuencia la metodolog&iacute;a para producirlo y procesarlo es de gran importancia. Con el fin de explorar la posibilidad de producirlo en nuestro laboratorio en el ININ, provisto de un acelerador de part&iacute;culas (EN&#150;tandem), construimos una celda gaseosa para contener el ne&oacute;n como blanco y bombardearlo con deuterones a 6.5 MeV. En este trabajo reportamos la producci&oacute;n de varios mCi de F&#150;18, obtenidos a partir de la reacci&oacute;n <sup>20</sup>Ne(d,4He)<sup>18</sup>F y detalles del arreglo experimental empleado, junto con algunas consideraciones pr&aacute;cticas relacionadas con el uso de la reacci&oacute;n <sup>18</sup>O(p.n)<sup>18</sup>F como alternativa.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>producci&oacute;n de radiois&oacute;topos; tomograf&iacute;a por emisi&oacute;n de positrones.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS: 87.58.Fg; 87.56.By; 82.50.m</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     ]]></body>
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