• M.H. Stokely, B. Wieland
  Bruce Technologies Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
• M.P. Dehnel, T.M. Stewart
  D-Pace, Nelson, British Columbia

Many of today’s PET cyclotrons are delivered from the factory for fully-automated “black box” operation in a hospital-based clinical program. Simplicity and ease of operation by non-specialists is desired, and this is achieved in-part through relatively low current targets bolted directly to the PET cyclotron’s main vacuum tank. However, commercial-scale production of short-lived radiopharmaceuticals is becoming increasingly prevalent where substantially higher-current target operation* requiring greater optimization of beam parameters through compact external beamlines**,*** is necessary to meet ever-more demanding production schedules and delivery commitments. This paper describes a system which incorporates the highest current and highest power PET water targets and a short well-instrumented beamline for beam centring/focusing and maximum productivity.

*M. Stokely et al, WTTC11, Cambridge, 2006, p.{10}2.
**M.P. Dehnel et al, NIM B 261, 2007, p. 809.
***J.E. Theroux et al, CYC2007, Giardini Naxos, Italy, 2007, p. 361.