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Production of Isotopes

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The rapid development and increasing interest in the use of metabolic imaging techniques has created a steady demand for on-site or regional production of radioisotopes. This chapter presents some basic concepts associated with radioisotope production, in particular, those aspects related to cyclotron production of positron-emitting radionuclide.

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  1. Carlos Gonzalez Lepera
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  2. Wai-Hoi Wong
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 0059, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    E. Edmund Kim MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yongon-dong, 110-744, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Myung-Chul Lee MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, 236-0004, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan

    Tomio Inoue MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 217, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    Wai Hoi Wong PhD (Professor) (Professor)

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Lepera, C.G., Wong, WH. (2004). Production of Isotopes. In: Kim, E.E., Lee, MC., Inoue, T., Wong, W.H. (eds) Clinical PET. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22530-2_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22530-2_2

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-2355-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-0-387-22530-2

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