RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF COMPACT MEDICAL CYCLOTRONS

摘要

In recent years, many radiopharmaceuticals bearing different kind of radionuclides have been largely used in diagnostic and therapeutic studies, especially of cancer. The basic principle of radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy is ensuring as low as radiation dose absorption by patients. Sometimes, the radionuclides having very short half-livers, and very interesting decay characteristics are required for this purpose.