The characteristics of 7.5–80 MeV proton cyclotrons for the production of short-lived and generator radionuclides for positron-emission tomography are presented. A classification of cyclotrons by proton energy is given. Recommendations are made for choosing compact 7.5–12 MeV cyclotrons for producing short-lived 18F, 15O, 13N, and 11C and cyclotrons with proton energy tens of MeV for producing the generators 68Ge/68Ga and 82Sr/82Rb.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 118, No. 6, pp. 324–328, June, 2015.
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Pashentsev, V.N. Production of Radionuclides for Cyclotron Positron-Emission Tomography. At Energy 118, 405–409 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-015-0015-5
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