With the advent of more powerful, less expensive computing
resources, more and more attention is being given to Monte Carlo
techniques in design application. In many circles, stochastic
solutions are considered the next best thing to experimental data.
Statistical uncertainties in Monte Carlo calculations are typically
determined by the first...
Currently the Food and Drug Administration publishes radiopharmaceutical information for physicians to choose appropriate medical diagnosis and therapy for their patients. The primary functions of these radiopharmaceuticals are diagnosis and delivering doses to a patient with appropriate energy, biological half life, chemical behavior, and radiological half life. These radiopharmaceuticals preferentially...
Cost effective medical isotope production is key to the success of many forms
of radiation therapy. A lymphoma clinical trial for copper-67 was canceled in 1997
due to insufficient production quantities of the isotope (Fast Flux Test Facility, 2001).
To date high flux thermal reactors and particle accelerator facilities have...