DEVICE FOR THE ENDOGENOUS PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES, PARTICULARLY FOR PET

摘要

Device for the endogenous production of radioisotopes, particularly for PET, characterized by comprising: - a vacuum chamber (1), the inner surface of which at least partially treated to resistion implantation and inertised with respect to the nuclear reaction products, - a pair of electrodes (4,5) placed inside said vacuum chamber (1), - a capacitor bank (2), - means (3,16) to connect said capacitor bank (2) to said electrodes (4,5) to generate between the latter an electrical discharge, thus generating plasma and creating conditions for the unfolding of nuclear reactions that generate radioisotopes, - an overall inductance of the equivalent electric circuit of such device not exceeding 50 Nh - means (10) attached to said vacuum chamber (1) for the creation of a vacuum not higher than 10-6 torr - means (11) attached to said vacuum chamber (1) for the insertion, after creating the vacuum, of at least one reaction gas at a pressure apt to guarantee creation of the plasma during discharge and subsequent obtainment of confinement conditions of such plasma of the order of 1015 keV-s/cm3, and - means attached to said vacuum chamber (1) for the extraction of gas and its storage into a gas-chromatographic cylinder.