Cross sections for production of the therapeutic radioisotopes 198 Au and 199 Au in proton and deuteron induced reactions on 198 Pt

Activation cross sections of proton-induced reactions on natural platinum up to 30 MeV

Activation cross sections of proton-induced reactions on natural platinum were measured. The stacked-foil activation technique and high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry were used. The production cross sections of ^{198, 196, 196m2, 195, 194, 193, 192, 191}Au, ¹⁹¹Pt, and ^{192, 190}Ir were determined up to 30 MeV. The experimental results were compared with previous experimental data and theoretical calculations in the TENDL-2019 library.

Prospects for the production of radioisotopes and radiobioconjugates for theranostics

The development of diagnostic methods in medicine as well as the progress in the synthesis of biologically active compounds allows the use of selected radioisotopes for the simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of diseases, especially cancerous ones, in patients. This approach is called theranostic. This review article includes chemical and physical characterization of chosen theranostic radioisotopes and their compounds that are or could be useful in nuclear medicine.

Reactor production of no-carrier-added 199Au for biomedical applications

This investigation described development of a technology for the reactor production of no-carrier-added (NCA) ¹⁹⁹Au using natural Pt target followed by chemical separation of ¹⁹⁹Au employing liquid–liquid extraction (LLX) using ethyl acetate.