Title :
Extraction of 1lC from the TRIUMF 500 MeV Isotope Production Facility Cooling Water
Author :
Ruth, I.J. ; Malmborg, P. ; Leung, V.
Author_Institution :
TRIUMF, Vancouver, B. C., Canada V6T 2A3
Abstract :
The cooling water of the TRIUMF 500 MeV Isotope Production Facility1 represents a potential source of large quantities of 11C that can be used in radiopharmaceutical research and in positron emission tomography (PET) studies of the living human brain.
Keywords :
Biochemistry; Computed tomography; Cooling; Helium; Isotopes; Large-scale systems; Molecular sieves; Positron emission tomography; Production facilities; Water heating;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1985.4334360
