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Performance evaluation of Gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals production using liquid target PETtrace 800 cyclotron


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Ashhar, Zarif and Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Fakhrurazi and Md Safee, Zaitulhusna and Aziz, Firdaus and Ibarhim, Ummi Habibah and Nik Afinde, Nik Muhammad Fitri and Mat Ail, Noratikah and Jamal Harizan, Muhammad Ali Hazizi and Halib, Dzulieza and Alek Amran, Arieffuddin and Adawiyah, Rabiatul and Abd Hamid, Mohd Hamdi Noor and Mahamood, Mazurin and Razali, Nor Idayu and Said, Mohamad Aminudin (2024) Performance evaluation of Gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals production using liquid target PETtrace 800 cyclotron. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 205. art. no. 111161. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0969-8043; ESSN: 1872-9800

Abstract

Due to increased demand, cyclotron has an expanding role in producing Gallium-68 (68Ga) radiopharmaceuticals using solid and liquid targets. Though the liquid target produces lower end-of-bombardment activity compared to the solid target, our study presents the performance of 68Ga radiopharmaceuticals production using the liquid target by evaluating the end-of-bombardment activity and the end-of-purification activity of 68GaGaCl3. We also present the effect of increasing irradiation time, which significantly improves the end-of-synthesis yield. From the result obtained, the end-of-bombardment activity produced was 4.48 GBq, and the 68GaGaCl3 end-of-purification activity produced was 2.51 GBq with below-limit metallic impurities. Increasing the irradiation time showed a significant increase in the end-of-synthesis activity from 1.33 GBq to 1.95 GBq for 68GaGa-PSMA-11 and from 1.13 GBq to 1.74 GBq for 68GaGa-DOTA-TATE. Based on the improvements made, the liquid target production of 68Ga radiopharmaceuticals is feasible and reproducible to accommodate up to 5 patients per production. In addition, this work also discusses the issues encountered, together with the possible corrective and preventative measures. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111161
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Cyclotron targetry; Radiopharmaceutical; Liquid target; Zinc-68; GE cyclotron
Depositing User: Ms. Nuraida Ibrahim
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2024 03:13
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2024 03:13
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105669
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