Conceptual achievement of 1GBq activity in a Plasma Focus driven system

This is an approach to evaluate the radioisotope production by means of typical dense plasma focus devices. The production rate of the appropriate positron emitters, F-18, N-13 and O-15 has been studied. The beam-target mechanism was simulated by GEANT4 Monte Carlo tool using QGSP-BIC and QGSP-INCLXX physic models as comparison. The results for positron emitters have been evaluated by reported experimental data and found conformity between simulations and experimental reports that leads to using this code as a reliable tool in optimizing the DPF driven systems for achieving to 1GBq activity of produced radioisotope. - Highlights: • Geant4 was found reliable Monte Carlo method for simulating the beam-target mechanism and radioisotopes production in Plasma Focus driven system according to the experimental data. • Also the calculations predict the conceptual conditions which can lead to achieve 1 GBq activity of short lived radioisotopes (F-18, N-13 and O-15) in a Plasma Focus device. This is the activity required in the PET systems.