Published August 6, 1991 | Version v1
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Radioisotope production facility for use with positron emission tomography

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Description

This patent describes a system for producing radionuclides for use with positron emission tomography (PET). It comprises a source of ions for producing a 3He++ beam at a low energy; radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator means for accelerating the 3He++ beam to an energy level of about 8 MeV; and a target system having a selected target compound therein irradiated with the accelerated 3He++ beam to produce at least one radionuclide having application to PET

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Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (USA).

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IPC:
Int. Cl. G21G 1/10.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21G 1/10.
Patent number
US patent document 5,037,602/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23049324
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
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Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
HELIUM 3; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; MEV RANGE 01-10; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION; QUADRUPOLE LINACS; RF SYSTEMS; TARGETS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEV RANGE; NUCLEI; REACTORS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY