TY  - JOUR
A1  - Infantino, Angelo
A1  - Paulßen, Elisabeth
A1  - Mostacci, Domiziano
A1  - Schaffer, Paul
A1  - Trinczek, Michael
A1  - Hoehr, Cornelia
T1  - Assessment of the production of medical isotopes using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA: Simulations against experimental measurements
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
N2  - The Monte Carlo code FLUKA is used to simulate the production of a number of positron emitting radionuclides, ¹⁸F, ¹³N, ⁹⁴Tc, ⁴⁴Sc, ⁶⁸Ga, ⁸⁶Y, ⁸⁹Zr, ⁵²Mn, ⁶¹Cu and ⁵⁵Co, on a small medical cyclotron with a proton beam energy of 13 MeV. Experimental data collected at the TR13 cyclotron at TRIUMF agree within a factor of 0.6 ± 0.4 with the directly simulated data, except for the production of ⁵⁵Co, where the simulation underestimates the experiment by a factor of 3.4 ± 0.4. The experimental data also agree within a factor of 0.8 ± 0.6 with the convolution of simulated proton fluence and cross sections from literature. Overall, this confirms the applicability of FLUKA to simulate radionuclide production at 13 MeV proton beam energy.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.067
SN  - 1872-9584
VL  - 366
SP  - 117
EP  - 123
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -