Long-distance transport of radionuclides between PET cyclotron and PET radiochemistry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-630

  Preusche, St ^a   Fuchtner F ^a   Steinbach, J ^a   Zessin, J ^a   Krug, H ^a   Neumann, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CYCLOTRONS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (RATS);

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CYCLOTRONS; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HALF-LIFE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0344603857     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00104-9     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Casella V.R., Ido T., Wolf A.P., Fowler J.S., MacGregor R.R., Ruth T.J. Anhydrous F-18 labelled elemental fluorine for radiopharmaceutical preparation. J. Nucl. Med. 21:1980;750-757.
2. 15O-labelled gases. Nucl. Instr. Meth. 227:1984;576-583.
3. Hichwa, R.D., Nickles, R.J., 1979. The tuned pipeline - a link between small accelerators and nuclear medical needs. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 1707-1709.
4. Jones S.C., Robinson G.D. Jr, Alavi A., McIntyre E., Reivich M. Production of O-15, C-11 and F-18 labelled radiopharmaceuticals for clinical use with a tandem van de Graff accelerator. J. Labelled Comp. Radiopharm. 19:1982;1352-1354.
5. Preusche St., Steinbach J., Füchtner F., De Leenheer H., Ghyoot M. The new cyclotron of the Rossendorf PET Center. Cyclotrons and their Applications. 1996;World Sci. Publishing C. Pte. Ltd.
6. Preusche, St., Steinbach, J., Füchtner, F., Krug, H., Neumann, W., 1996. The Radionuclide Transport System of the Rossendorf PET Center, XXX European Cyclotron Progress Meeting (ECPM), Catania, Italy, September 4-6, 1996.
7. Qaim S.M., Clark J.C., Crouzel C., Guillaume M., Helmeke H.J., Nebeling B., Pike V.W., Stöcklin G. PET radionuclide production. Stöcklin G., Pike V.W. Radiopharmaceuticals for PET. 1993;Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht.
8. Solin, O., 1989. Calculation of the optimal inner diameter of the transport tube. National PET Center, Turku, Finland, private communication.