Determination of the excitation function for the 10B(p,n)10C reaction with implications for the production of [10C]carbon dioxide for use as a PET tracer

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 899-903

  Alves, F ^a,b   Jensen, M ^b   Jensen, H J ^b   Nickles, R J ^c   Holm, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAMINATION; PROTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; TARGETS;

PROTON BEAM ENERGY; RADIONUCLIDIC PURITY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

BORON 10; CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON 10; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; EXCITATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; SYNTHESIS;

BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034010525     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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