Making high-value, long-lived isotopes to balance a sustainable radiotracer production facility

Introduction The embrace of PET by medical clinicians has been reluctant (ΔT ≈ 20 yr) primarily due to the scale of the infrastructure that is needed. The capital cost of a cyclotron (≈ 106 USD) is now dwarfed by the demand for compliance to recent regulatory standards. This is a recurring expense,...

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Main Authors: Engle, J. W., Barnhart, T. E., Valdovinos, H. F., Graves, S., Ellison, P. A., Nickles, R. J.
Other Authors: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA,
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf 2015
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-164889
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