Utilization of GEANT to calculation of production yield for Zr-89 by charge particles interaction on Y-89, Zr-nat and Sr-nat

作者：Sharifian Mozhgan; Sadeghi Mahdi^*; Alirezapour Behrouz

来源：Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2017, 127: 161-165.

DOI：10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.06.005

• Radionuclide
• Zr-89
• PET
• Production yield
• Monte Carlo

The Zr-89, is one of the radionuclide with near-ideal properties for PET due to its suitable half-life and decay properties. The cross-section of Zr-89 via Y-89(p,n)Zr-89, Y-89(d,2n)Zr-89, na'Sr(a,xn)Zr-89 and Zr-nat(p,pxn)Zr-89, were calculated by the TALYS-1.8 code to predict the optimum range of charge particle energy. The Monte Carlo code GEANT4 was used to simulate the formation of Zr-89 in the target body. The simulated Zr-89 yield was in good agreement with published experimental results in the optimum energy range. According to the calculations, the Y-89(p,n)Zr-89 was superior to the other reactions useful to medical application.