Departamento de Engenharia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, CEP, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Laboratório de Calibração de Dosímetros, Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, CDTN, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, CEP, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2023 Apr 19;199(6):552-563. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncad050.
PET cyclotrons are widely used for producing medical diagnostic radionuclides. The main radionuclide produced in these facilities is the 18F, which is obtained from the [18O (p,n)18F] reaction when 18O-enriched water is bombarded with the proton beams. This work aimed to estimate the radiation source term from the bombardment of an 18O-enriched water target with protons of 16.5 MeV to determine the radiation neutron field around the accelerator.
正电子发射断层扫描（PET）回旋加速器被广泛用于生产医学诊断用放射性核素。这些设施中主要生产的放射性核素是 18F，其通过用质子束轰击 18O 富集水发生 18O（p，n）18F 反应获得。本工作旨在通过 16.5 MeV 质子轰击 18O 富集水靶，估算辐射源项，以确定加速器周围的辐射中子场。
