CERN-MEDICIS: A review since commissioning in 2017

C Duchemin, JP Ramos, T Stora, E Ahmed… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The CERN-MEDICIS (MEDical Isotopes Collected from ISolde) facility has delivered its first
radioactive ion beam at CERN (Switzerland) in December 2017 to support the research and …

[HTML][HTML] Thick solid targets for the production and online release of radioisotopes: The importance of the material characteristics–A review

JP Ramos - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The target material microstructure development for ISOL targets has received special
attention by the scientific community. In the past 10 years, the number of peer-reviewed …

Efficient production of high specific activity thulium-167 at Paul Scherrer Institute and CERN-MEDICIS

R Heinke, E Chevallay, K Chrysalidis… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Thulium-167 is a promising radionuclide for nuclear medicine applications with potential use
for both diagnosis and therapy (“theragnostics”) in disseminated tumor cells and small …

[HTML][HTML] System characterization and performance studies with MACACO III Compton camera

L Barrientos, M Borja-Lloret, JV Casaña… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The IRIS group of IFIC-Valencia has developed a Compton camera prototype. The system
detectors are made of Lanthanum (III) bromide scintillator crystals coupled to silicon …

Targets and ion sources at CERN-ISOLDE—Facilities and developments

S Rothe, M Au, J Ballof, E Barbero, M Bissell… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
At the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility, thick targets are irradiated using a beam
of 1.4-GeV protons. One of ISOLDE's key features is the large choice of ion source types and …

A porous hexagonal boron nitride powder compact for the production and release of radioactive 11C

S Stegemann, J Ballof, TE Cocolios, JG Correia… - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
A porous pre-sintered hexagonal boron nitride powder compact was recently developed as
target for the production of intense 11 C beams for Positron Emission Tomography-aided …

Summary of charge breeding investigations for a future C treatment facility

J Pitters, M Breitenfeldt, FJC Wenander, H Pahl, A Pikin - 2018 - cds.cern.ch
In this report we discuss the possibilities of using a charge breeding scheme based on an
Electron Beam Ion Source for beam preparation of a radioactive 11C beam for hadron …

Technical design report for a carbon-11 treatment facility

L Penescu, T Stora, S Stegemann, J Pitters… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Particle therapy relies on the advantageous dose deposition which permits to highly conform
the dose to the target and better spare the surrounding healthy tissues and organs at risk …

CERN-MEDICIS: Operational indicators to support the production of new medical radionuclides by mass-separation

T Stora, C Duchemin, W Andreazza… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
CERN-MEDICIS is an isotope mass separation facility dedicated to biomedical research
located in a type A work sector, receiving on average 50% of the 1.4 GeV protons delivered …

Spectroscopy of Stable and Radioactive Negative Ions

A Ringvall Moberg - 2023 - gupea.ub.gu.se
Negative ions are unique quantum systems which are of fundamental interest within the field
of atomic physics due to the importance of the electron correlation in their creation, stability …