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SUMMARY:Production of Fluorine-18 and Its Applications in Nuclear Medicine
  Using PET Equipment
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Gabriela Alessandra Villacorta García (Universidad 
 de El Salvador)\nThe physics of positrons becomes crucial when working wit
 h radioactive isotopes like Fluorine-18\, which has a proton-rich nucleus 
 and\, therefore\, an excess of energy that is released by emitting positro
 ns and neutrinos. Fluorine-18 has important applications in medical diagno
 stics due to its similarity to the hydrogen molecules in the human body\, 
 especially when combined with the drug fluorodeoxyglucose $^{18}FDG$. The 
 diagnosis is performed using PET/CT equipment\, which detects the annihila
 tion photons produced by the interaction of positrons with electrons in th
 e patient's organs or tissues. The production of this isotope is carried o
 ut in particle accelerators\, such as the cyclotron. This study will focus
  on the production and use of Fluorine-18 in its form of $^{18}FDG$ as a r
 adiopharmaceutical tracer for subsequent studies with PET/CT equipment\, s
 pecifically the PET component.\n\nhttps://indico.particle.mephi.ru/event/4
 36/contributions/4252/
LOCATION: Alexeevskiy hall
URL:https://indico.particle.mephi.ru/event/436/contributions/4252/
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