Summary report of the technical meeting on intermediate-term nuclear data needs for medical applications: cross sections and decay data

A summary is given of a Technical Meeting on 'Intermediate-term Nuclear Data Needs for Medical Applications: Cross Sections and Decay Data'. Participants assessed and reviewed cross-section and decay data for an extensive number of radionuclides deemed as potentially suitable for application in nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. Technical discussions are described in this report, along with comprehensive listings and detailed recommendations for future work. Recommendations focused on cross-section studies for a reasonably wide range of targets and projectiles, along with decay data measurements for specific radionuclides. Cross-section and decay-data evaluations are also merited to ensure the necessary quality and consistency of the data to be assembled in an appropriate IAEA-NDS database. (author)