Recommended nuclear data for medical radioisotope production: diagnostic gamma emitters

F. T. Tárkányi, A. V. Ignatyuk, A. Hermanne, R. Capote*, B. V. Carlson, J. W. Engle, M. A. Kellett, T. Kibedi, G. N. Kim, F. G. Kondev, M. Hussain, O. Lebeda, A. Luca, Y. Nagai, H. Naik, A. L. Nichols, F. M. Nortier, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Takács, M. Verpelli

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    Abstract

    An extensive series of evaluations have been performed as part of an IAEA coordinated research project to study a set of nuclear reactions that produce the diagnostic gamma-ray emitting radionuclides 51 Cr, 99m Tc, 111 In, 123 I and 201 Tl. Recommended cross-section data in the form of excitation functions have been derived, along with quantifications of their uncertainties. These evaluations involved the compilation of all previously published values and newly measured experimental data, followed by critical assessments and selection of those experimental datasets and accompanying uncertainties judged to be fully valid and statistically consistent for model-independent least-squares fitting by means of Padé approximations. Integral yields as a function of the energy were also calculated on the basis of the recommended cross sections deduced from these various fits. All evaluated numerical results and their corresponding uncertainties are available online at www-nds.iaea.org/medical/gamma_emitters.html and also on the medical portal of the International Atomic Energy Agency/Nuclear Data Section (IAEA-NDS) www-nds.iaea.org/medportal/.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)487-531
    Number of pages45
    JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
    Volume319
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2019

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