Conveners
Medical radioisotopes
- Luciano Canton
The concept of “theragnostics” in nuclear medicine, ideally, involves the diagnosis and treatment of a
patient using radioisotopes of the same element, to ensure what you image is what you treat. The
concept is currently being followed by means of diagnosis with 68Ga, followed by radionuclide therapy
using 177Lu.
Researchers are pursuing the idea utilizing the same element, but different...
The MEDICIS facility is a unique facility located at CERN dedicated to the production of non-conventional radionuclides for research and development in medical imaging, diagnostics and radiation therapy. Located in a laboratory equipped to safely handle unsealed radioactive samples, it comprises a dedicated isotope separator beam line, a target irradiation station at the 1.4 GeV Proton...
The scientific community interest in the production of the theranostic 47Sc, as underlined in the IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on 67Cu, 47Sc and 186Re [1], is due to its medically favourable decay characteristics (Eγ=159.381 keV Iγ=68.3%, Eβ-,mean=162.0 keV Iβ-=100%) suitable for therapeutic purposes and SPECT cameras for diagnosis. Moreover, 47Sc has a quite long half-life (T1/2 =...
Radionuclide $^{47}$Sc (T$_{1/2}$ = 3.35 d) represents a promising element for innovative radiopharmaceutical compounds suitable for theranostic applications, however an efficient and convenient production route has still to be identified. In this work we simulate the reactions $^{50}$Ti(p,α)$^{47}$Sc and $^{49}$Ti(d,α)$^{47}$Sc in view of a cyclotron production of $^{47}$Sc on enriched...
Terbium has gained the attention of the community since it is the only element in the periodic table with four isotopes ($^{149}$Tb, $^{152}$Tb, $^{155}$Tb and $^{161}$Tb) that can be used for many clinical applications [1]. In particular, the isotope $^{155}$Tb, with the emission of Auger-electron and $\gamma$ rays, suitable respectively for therapy and for SPECT imaging, is a promising key...
