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- S. Braccini, A. Ereditato
LHEP, Bern, Switzerland
- P. Scampoli
Naples University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
- K. von Bremen
SWAN, Bern, Switzerland
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A new cyclotron laboratory for radioisotope production and multi-disciplinary research is under construction in Bern and will be operational by the end of 2011. A commercial IBA 18 MeV proton cyclotron, equipped with a specifically conceived 6 m long external beam line, ending in a separate bunker, will provide beams for routine 18-F production as well as for novel detector, radiation biophysics, radioprotection, radiochemistry and radiopharmacy developments. The accelerator is embedded into a complex building which hosts two physics laboratories, four GMP radiochemistry and radiopharmacy laboratories, offices and two floors for patient treatment and clinical research activities. This project is the result of a successful collaboration among the University Hospital in Bern (Inselspital), the University of Bern and private investors, aiming at the constitution of a combined medical and research center able to provide the most cutting-edge technologies in medical imaging and cancer radiation therapy. For this purpose, the establishment of a proton therapy center on the campus of Inselspital is in the phase of advanced study.
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