A quartz-lined carbon-11 target: Striving for increased yield and specific activity

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 943-948

  Koziorowski, Jacek ^a   Larsen, Peter ^b   Gillings, Nic ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Scansys ApS   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon 11; Methane; PET; Specific activity; Target

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CARBON DIOXIDE C 11; METHANE C 11; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; METHANE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 78049469517     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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