Excitation functions and yields for cyclotron production of radiorhenium via natW(p, xn)181-186gRe nuclear reactions and tests on the production of 186gRe using enriched 186W

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Bonardi, M ^a   Groppi, F ^a   Persico, E ^a   Manenti, S ^a   Abbas, K ^b   Holzwart, U ^b   Simonelli, F ^b   Alfassi, Z B ^c  

^a INFN LASA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

186gRe; 18xRe excitation functions; Metabolic radioimmunotherapy; Proton induced nuclear reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951688769     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2011.1789     Document Type: Article

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