Gallium-67 is a radioisotope used in positron emission tomography (PET). It has a half-life of 78hours. It is mainly used for the imaging and localization of inflammatory lesions (infections)
Cyclone® IKON
67Ga can be produced on a cyclotron using proton bombardment at 26- 28MeV.
Nirta® Solid target 30 MeV
Nirta® Solid target 30 MeV is used for irradiation of enriched 68Zn.
IBA provides only the irradiation station equipment.
Dissolution & Purification
The irradiated target material is then dissolved and purified to isolate 67Ga in Ga-chloride or citrate. Enriched Zinc can be reused for further plating.
Cyclone® 30 XP
67Ga can be produced on a cyclotron using proton bombardment at 26- 28MeV.
Nirta® Solid target 30 MeV
Nirta® Solid target 30 MeV is used for irradiation of enriched 68Zn.
IBA provides only the irradiation station equipment.
Dissolution & Purification
The irradiated target material is then dissolved and purified to isolate 67Ga in Ga-chloride or citrate. Enriched Zinc can be reused for further plating.
Cyclone® KIUBE
67Ga can also be produced on the Cyclone® KIUBE using a proton beam of ~ 15 MeV
Nirta® Solid target
Nirta® Solid target can be used for irradiation of enriched 67Zn.
Dissolution & Purification
The irradiated target material is then dissolved and purified to isolate 67Ga in Ga-chloride or citrate. Enriched Zinc can be reused for further plating.
The paper highlights the unique capabilities of the IBA Cyclone® KIUBE, particularly its variable energy feature. The application of this feature was demonstrated through hundreds of routine production runs of the 68Ga-liquid target with improved radionuclidic purity, longer shelf-life, and higher activity levels.
S. Chana, D. Cryera, A.H. Asada,b, R.I. Pricea,c a Department of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia b Imaging & Applied Physics, Curtin University, Western Australia c School of Physics, University of Western Australia, Western Australia
Faisal Alrumayan, F. Oberdorferb, Q. Akkam, J. Schneider, S. Alyanbawi and I. Al-Jammaz
ASAN Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea