GEANT4 simulation of cyclotron radioisotope production in a solid target

Highlights • Presentation of the GEANT4 simulation of a medical cyclotron solid target system. • Use of a new GEANT4 physics model All High Precision using the database TENDL-2012. • Simulated cross section evaluation for64 Ni(p,n)64 Cu nuclear reaction up to 18 MeV. • Study of64 Cu and other undesi...

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Published inPhysica medica Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 728 - 734
Main Authors Poignant, F, Penfold, S, Asp, J, Takhar, P, Jackson, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016
Subjects
Algorithms
Computer Graphics
Computer Simulation
Copper - chemistry
Copper Radioisotopes
Copper-64 production
Cyclotrons
Diagnostic Imaging - methods
GEANT4 simulation
Humans
Low energy cyclotron
Monte Carlo Method
Nickel - chemistry
Radioisotopes - chemistry
Radiology
Radiopharmaceuticals - chemistry
Software
User-Computer Interface
Yield evaluation
Low energy cyclotron
Yield evaluation
Copper-64 production
GEANT4 simulation
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Summary:Highlights • Presentation of the GEANT4 simulation of a medical cyclotron solid target system. • Use of a new GEANT4 physics model All High Precision using the database TENDL-2012. • Simulated cross section evaluation for64 Ni(p,n)64 Cu nuclear reaction up to 18 MeV. • Study of64 Cu and other undesired by-products simulated yields on a nickel target.
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ISSN:1120-1797
1724-191X
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.04.006