Over recent years, within the community of radiopharmaceutical sciences, there has been an
increased incidence of incorrect usage of established scientific terms and conventions, and …

The continuing rapid expansion of 99mTc diagnostic agents always calls for scaling up
99mTc production to cover increasing clinical demand. Nevertheless, 99mTc availability …

Alpha particles exhibit three important characteristics: scattering, ionisation and activation.
This article briefly discusses those properties and outlines their major applications. Among …

The types of nuclear data and their quality required in the production and application of
diagnostic radionuclides are outlined. The radioactive decay data determine the suitability of …

The available experimental data on the most common route for the production of 18F, viz.
18O (p, n) 18F reaction, obtained both via neutron spectral studies and activation …

In molecular imaging, the importance of novel longer lived positron emitters, also termed as
non-standard or innovative PET radionuclides, has been constantly increasing, especially …

Cyclotron products are gaining in significance in diagnostic investigations via PET and
SPECT, as well as in some therapeutic studies. The scientific and technological background …

Production cross-sections of the residual radionuclides for the natNi (p, x) 55, 56, 57, 58m+
gCo, 56, 57Ni nuclear reactions were measured up to 40MeV by using a stacked-foil …

Production cross-sections of the 89Y (p, x) 86, 88, 89gZr, 86m+ g, 87g, 87m, 88gY, 85gSr,
and 84gRb nuclear processes were investigated up to 42-MeV proton energy by using a …

Activation cross-sections of the nat Fe (d, x) 55, 56, 57, 58g+ m Co, 52g, 54, 56 Mn, 51 Cr, 59
Fe reactions were measured from their respective thresholds to 24 MeV via a stacked foil …