The medical isotope browser

A new web tool has been developed which allows to directly predict the production yield of a medical isotope on the basis of user input. The first version is restricted to isotopes produced by charged-particle accelerators. The user can specify the characteristics of the accelerator, such as the projectile (proton, deuteron, triton, Helium-3 or alpha particle), current in mA, the incident and exit energy, and specify the target material and the desired produced radioisotope. After a simple mouse click the required isotopic yield as a function of irradiation and cooling time, as well as a complete description of all the produced impurities is obtained, virtually instantaneous. The medical isotope browser is based on 4 essential ingredients, which will be discussed in some detail: • A web-based Graphical User Interface • An efficient solution of the production and depletion equations • A radioactive decay data library • A complete cross section library A live demonstration of the Medical Isotope Browser will be given for some important examples as Tc-99m, Ac-225 and Ga-68. (author)