CERN-MEDICIS: A unique facility for the production of radionuclides for medical research
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The MEDICIS facility is a unique facility located at CERN, dedicated to the production of non-conventional radionuclides for research and development in imaging, diagnostics and radiation therapy, and based on offline mass separation. It exploits a classified area for handling of highly radioactive open sources, a dedicated isotope separator beam line, a target irradiation station at the 1.4 GeV Proton Synchroton Booster (PSB) and receives activated targets from external institutes during CERN Long Shut-Downs. After collection, the batch is prepared to be dispatched to a research center. Since its commissioning in December 2017, the facility has provided novel radionuclides such as Ba-128, Tb-155, Sm-153, Tm-165 Ra-224/Pb-212 and Ra-225/Ac-225 with high specific activity, some for the first time, to research institutes part of the collaboration. CERN-MEDICIS has advanced significantly to reach mature processes to translate into clinical application for the most promising radionuclides.
Source: JACOW
Authors: Bernerd,Cyril, Crepieux,Bernard, Duchemin,Charlotte, Elle,Manikanta, Gilardoni,Simone, Heinke,Reinhard, Kalnina,Patricija, Lambert,Laura, Mamis,Edgars, Mancheva,Ralitsa, Rossel,Ralf, Rothe,Sebastian, Stora,Thierry, Thiboud,Julien, Vollaire,Joachim
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7104269769