The goal of the proposed research is to provide the nuclear medicine community with a compact linear accelerator (linac) for the production of the principal short-lived radioisotopes used in positron emission tomography. The design of this linac will be based on exciting new technologies developed for a pion-generating linac (PIGMI) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and funded by the National Cancer Institute. These concepts will be combined with a revolutionary new commercial radio frequency power source to provide a clinically based linac which will be more practical and economical than a compact cyclotron. The end-point of the Phase I study will be a fully engineered design for a Phase II prototype, complete with established operating parameters and operating costs. The Phase I design study will take advantage of Los Alamos' stated technology transfer policy to utilize the many advances made by the PIGMI program. Specifically, the various accelerator design computer codes developed at Los Alamos will be used to optimize the PIGMI linac design parameters for the present application. All final system components will be fully documented in detailed drawings and a cost analysis for commercial production of the system will be provided.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIR) - Phase II (R44)
Project #
5R44CA043915-02
Application #
3506580
Study Section
(SSS)
Project Start
1986-03-05
Project End
1988-02-29
Budget Start
1987-03-01
Budget End
1988-02-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Accsys Technology, Inc.
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Pleasanton
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94566