Prediction of 89Zr production using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1134-1137

  Infantino, A ^a   Cicoria, G ^b   Pancaldi, D ^b   Ciarmatori, A ^b   Boschi, S ^b   Fanti, S ^b   Marengo, M ^b   Mostacci, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

89Zr; FLUKA; Monte Carlo; PET radionuclides; Targetry

Indexed keywords

89ZR; FLUKA; MONTE CARLO; PET RADIONUCLIDES; TARGETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; IRRADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES; ZIRCONIUM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALUMINUM; METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM 89; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM 88; ZIRCONIUM 89;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; ENERGY YIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

CYCLOTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 79955975548     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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