• DocumentCode
    2655351
  • Title

    Design and operation of PET radio frequency quadrupoles

  • Author

    Sun, D. ; Young, P. ; Moretti, A. ; Dey, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. Appl. Inf. Corp., USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    12-16 May 1997
  • Firstpage
    3018
  • Abstract
    The PET isotope production accelerator built by a collaboration of BRF, FNAL, SAIC, and UW consists of four RFQ´s to accelerate 3He2+ ions to 10.5 MeV for production of radioactive 18F, 11C, 15O and 13 N isotopes. The design, tuning, and operational results are presented
  • Keywords
    accelerator RF systems; accelerator cavities; ion accelerators; linear accelerators; 212.5 MHz; 425 MHz; 11C production; 13N production; 15O production; 18F production; 3He2+ ions; He; PET isotope production accelerator; RFQ; isotope production; operation; radio frequency quadrupoles; tuning; Acceleration; Accelerator magnets; Blades; Helium; Ion accelerators; Isotopes; Laboratories; Positron emission tomography; Production; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4376-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.1997.753094
  • Filename
    753094