Ann Radiat Ther Oncol | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

Medical Radioisotopes Produced with Cyclotron Beams in Warsaw

Jarosław Choiński¹, Jerzy Jastrzębski^1*, Paweł J Napiorkowski¹, Mateusz Sitarz^1,2, Anna Stolarz¹, Katarzyna Szkliniarz³, Agnieszka Trzcińska¹, Jolanta Wojtkowska⁴ and Wiktor Zipper³

¹Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw, Poland
²Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland
³Department of Nuclear Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Poland
⁴National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland

^*Correspondance to: Jerzy Jastrzębski 

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Abstract

The various production routes of the prospective medical radioisotopes ⁴³Sc, ^44gSc, ^44mSc, ⁴⁷Sc, ⁴⁴Ti/^44gSc, ^99mTc, ⁷²Se/⁷²As and ²¹¹At were investigated by a team from the Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw (HIL-UW), the University of Silesia (US) and the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCNR). Three cyclotrons were employed: the K=160 heavy-ion cyclotron with an internal 32 MeV alpha particle beam and the p/d PETtrace medical cyclotron at HIL and the C30 proton cyclotron at NCNR in Świerk, near Warsaw. The Thick Target Yields, activity at the End of Bombardment (EOB) and the impurities produced in addition to the main isotope are reported. The possible medical applications of these radioisotopes are briefly discussed.

Citation:

Choiński J, Jastrzębski J, Napiorkowski PJ, Sitarz M, Stolarz A, Szkliniarz K, et al. Medical Radioisotopes Produced with Cyclotron Beams in Warsaw. Ann Radiat Ther Oncol. 2017; 1(1): 1005.