Production Review of Accelerator-Based Medical Isotopes

Yiwei Wang; Daiyuan Chen; Ricardo dos Santos Augusto; Jixin Liang; Zhi Qin; Juntao Liu; Zhiyi Liu

doi:10.3390/molecules27165294

Molecules (Aug 2022)

Production Review of Accelerator-Based Medical Isotopes

Yiwei Wang,
Daiyuan Chen,
Ricardo dos Santos Augusto,
Jixin Liang,
Zhi Qin,
Juntao Liu,
Zhiyi Liu

Affiliations

Yiwei Wang: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Daiyuan Chen: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Ricardo dos Santos Augusto: Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy Upton, New York, NY 11973-5000, USA
Jixin Liang: Department of Nuclear Technology and Application, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
Zhi Qin: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Juntao Liu: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Zhiyi Liu: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27165294
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 16
p. 5294

Abstract

Read online

The production of reactor-based medical isotopes is fragile, which has meant supply shortages from time to time. This paper reviews alternative production methods in the form of cyclotrons, linear accelerators and neutron generators. Finally, the status of the production of medical isotopes in China is described.

Published in Molecules

ISSN: 1420-3049 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords