Cross-section measurement of the 169Tm(p,n) reaction for the production of the therapeutic radionuclide 169Yb and comparison with its reactor-based generation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-239

  Spahn, I ^a   Takacs S ^b   Shubin, Yu N ^a,c   Tarkanyi F ^b   Coenen, H H ^a   Qaim, S M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Comparison of reactor and cyclotron production routes; Cross section; Integral yield; Nuclear reaction; Ytterbium 169

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EXCITATION FUNCTIONS; INTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY; OPTIMUM ENERGY RANGE; STACKED-FOIL TECHNIQUES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PROTON; RADIOISOTOPE; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; ENERGY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 20444431149     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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