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Description
The negative hydrogen ion is the work horse ion in terms of medical radioisotope production world wide. This paper shall discuss latest developments in Penning ion source developments for cyclotrons utilizing internally produced H‾, largely for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radioisotopes. In addition, evolution of the volume-cusp type ion source designs for H‾ production external to cyclotrons for high current Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) radioisotopes shall be described. Radioisotopes are increasingly being used for therapy as well as diagnostic imaging, and this is also creating interest in ion sources for alpha production for injection into cyclotrons and other accelerators. Latest progress in alpha source development for this purpose shall, therefore, be described.
