Assessment of the production of medical isotopes using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA: Simulations against experimental measurements
- 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.
| Author: | Angelo Infantino, Elisabeth PaulßenORCiD, Domiziano Mostacci, Paul Schaffer, Michael Trinczek, Cornelia Hoehr |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.067 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9584 |
| Parent Title (English): | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2016 |
| Date of the Publication (Server): | 2018/03/07 |
| Volume: | 366 |
| First Page: | 117 |
| Last Page: | 123 |
| Link: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.067 |
| Zugriffsart: | bezahl |
| Institutes: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Chemie und Biotechnologie |
| collections: | Verlag / Elsevier |
