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Transportation of short‐lived positron emitters from a medical cyclotron to a remote imaging suite
Author(s) -
Correia J. A.,
Bucelewicz W. H.,
Strauss H. W.,
Alpert N. M.,
Brownell G. L.,
Taveras J. M.,
Ferrari V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595290
Subject(s) - cyclotron , dosimetry , nuclear engineering , suite , positron , radiation transport , radioactive waste , nuclear physics , physics , medical physics , environmental science , nuclear medicine , engineering , medicine , monte carlo method , history , electron , statistics , plasma , mathematics , archaeology
This paper describes a system for the transport of compounds labeled with short‐lived positron emitting isotopes from a clinical cyclotron to a remote imaging suite. The system consists of a pneumatic transport line for the sending of batch lots of radioactive material and a pressurized gas line for the continuous transmission of radioactive gases. Experimental performance of both systems has been measured and a simple model for the pressurized gas line is compared to experimental results. The radiation dosimetry and safety aspects of the systems are also discussed.