Journal article
High power laser production of short-lived isotopes for positron emission tomography
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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful diagnostic/imaging technique requiring the production of the short-lived positron emitting isotopes 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F by proton irradiation of natural/enriched targets using cyclotrons. The development of PET has been hampered due to the size and shielding requirements of nuclear installations. Recent results show that when an intense laser beam interacts with solid targets, megaelectronvolt (MeV) protons capable of producing PET isotopes a...
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- Journal:
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 16
- Pages:
- 2341-2345
- Publication date:
- 2004-08-21
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1361-6463
- ISSN:
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0022-3727
- Source identifiers:
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353809
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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- pubs:353809
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2004
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