METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FOR INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY AND SOURCES MADE THEREBY

摘要

A specific embodiment provides preformed rhodium metal or rhodium alloy seeds that are directly converted to palladium-103 brachytherapy sources by irradiating them with energetic protons are disclosed together with means for manufacturing the sources in large numbers using special charged-particle accelerator target holders.