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We investigate the feasibility of using laser accelerated protons/deuteronsfor positron emission tomography (PET) isotope production by means of thenuclear reactions $^{11}$B($p,n$)$^{11}$C and $^{10}$B($d,n$)$^{11}$C. Thesecond reaction has a positive Q-value and no energy threshold. One can,therefore, make use of the lower energy part of the laser-generated deuterons,which includes the majority of the accelerated deuterons. The $^{11}$C producedfrom the reaction $^{10}$B($d,n$)$^{11}$C is estimated to be 7.4 $\times$10$^{9}$ per laser-shot at the Titan laser at Lawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory. Meanwhile a high-repetition table top laser irradiation isestimated to generate 3.5 $\times$ 10$^7$ $^{11}$C per shot from the samereaction. In terms of the $^{11}$C activity, it is about 2 $\times$ 10$^4$ Bqper shot. If this laser delivers kHz, the activity is integrated to 1 GBq after3 minutes. The number is sufficient for the practical application in medicalimaging for PET.

Deuteron-induced reactions generated by intense Lasers for PET isotope production