Assessment of the production of medical isotopes using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA: Simulations against experimental measurements
| Autor: | Cornelia Hoehr, Angelo Infantino, Paul Schaffer, Domiziano Mostacci, Michael Trinczek, Elisabeth Oehlke |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Infantino, Angelo, Oehlke, Elisabeth, Mostacci, Domiziano, Schaffer, Paul, Trinczek, Michael, Hoehr, Cornelia |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics Isotope Proton Medical cyclotron Monte Carlo method Cyclotron 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry 01 natural sciences Fluence 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 0104 chemical sciences law.invention Saturation yield Nuclear physics FLUKA 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Positron law Monte carlo code Instrumentation Beam energy Monte Carlo Medical isotope |
| Popis: | The Monte Carlo code FLUKA is used to simulate the production of a number of positron emitting radionuclides, 18 F, 13 N, 94 Tc, 44 Sc, 68 Ga, 86 Y, 89 Zr, 52 Mn, 61 Cu and 55 Co, on a small medical cyclotron with a proton beam energy of 13 MeV. Experimental data collected at the TR13 cyclotron at TRIUMF agree within a factor of 0.6 ± 0.4 with the directly simulated data, except for the production of 55 Co, where the simulation underestimates the experiment by a factor of 3.4 ± 0.4. The experimental data also agree within a factor of 0.8 ± 0.6 with the convolution of simulated proton fluence and cross sections from literature. Overall, this confirms the applicability of FLUKA to simulate radionuclide production at 13 MeV proton beam energy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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