Theoretical modeling of yields for proton-induced reactions on natural and enriched molybdenum targets

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5469-5484

  Celler, A ^a   Hou, X ^a   Benard F ^b   Ruth, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c TRIUMF   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AUTOMATIC CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOLING TIME; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HUMAN STUDY; MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPES; PATIENT DOSE; PRODUCTION YIELD; PROTON ENERGY; REACTION CHANNELS; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION YIELDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TARGET CHARACTERISTIC; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

DOSIMETRY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMPURITIES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INVESTMENTS; MOLYBDENUM; PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

PROTONS;

ISOTOPE; MOLYBDENUM; PROTON; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYCLOTRON; HUMAN;

CYCLOTRONS; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLYBDENUM; PROTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 80052047160     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/17/002     Document Type: Article

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