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… in the cyclotron
Use of accelerator, i.e. cyclotron for
radionuclide generation
Kinetic energy of the particle has the
be high (~10MeV), to overcome
Coulomb barrier of nuclei.
Production of most used [18F]FDG!
FnpO
nF pO
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Cyclotron
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Cyclotron for
production of
diagnostic
radionuclides