Year: 2019
Type: report
Abstract: A summary is given of a Technical Meeting on “Nuclear Data for Medical Applications” at which participants assessed future medical applications for many radionuclides based upon their existing and potential diagnostic and therapeutic properties. Debate focused upon charged-particle induced reactions and their production cross sections, derivation of optimal yields, minimisation of radionuclidic impurities, and nuclear data needs for proton and heavy-ion radiotherapy, along with outstanding decay data requirements. Technical discussions are included in this report, along with comprehensive listings and detailed recommendations for future work. Required cross-section measurements were identified for a reasonably wide range of targets and projectiles, along with decay data studies for specific radionuclides. Subsequent excitation functions and decay-data evaluations will also be needed to ensure the necessary quality and consistency of the datasets to be assembled in an existing dedicated IAEA-NDS database that merits regular maintenance and support.
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3092813670