Abstract
The PET radionuclide Cu-61 is accessible through several nuclear reactions. Besides the common production route via Ni-61(p,n)Cu-61 the Zn-64(p,alpha)Cu-61 reaction offers some advantages. Especially the comparatively cheap enriched Zn-64 makes this process economical. For fast product purification and recycling of target material an ion exchange cascade was developed. In addition a separation technique with a copper selective resin was tested. Cu-61 with specific activities up to 1000 GBq/mu mol was produced with these methods. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Pages (from-to) | 169–176 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Applied Radiation and Isotopes |
Volume | 72 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Cu-61
- Cyclotron
- PET imaging
- Targetry
- Zn-64