Feb 15 – 19, 2026
Grand Hotel Mediterraneo
Europe/Rome timezone
12th International Conference on Isotopes - 12ICI

R&D ON MEDICAL RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION AT INFN-LNL: FOCUS ON SOLID TARGET MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES

Feb 17, 2026, 12:30 PM
15m
Plenaria: Africa Room (Grand Hotel Mediterraneo)

Plenaria: Africa Room

Grand Hotel Mediterraneo

Oral presentation 1. Isotopes Production and Devices 1. Isotopes Production and Devices - Tue_S1_A

Speaker

Sara Cisternino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Summary

In recent years, the scientific community has shed light on innovative radionuclides that hold great promise for the so-called “precision medicine”. Among them, radiometals with theranostic/therapy properties are gaining attention because they can be used to label molecules better suited to specific pathologies. The most desired radiometals are typically produced using the direct activation method, which involves cyclotron irradiation of a solid target. To this end, the SPES cyclotron at INFN-LNL may represent a resource for the advancement of research in this field. The manufacturing of solid targets is a complex process that relies on many aspects, covering different areas of knowledge. Thus, research and development activities on solid target manufacturing technology are crucial to ensuring a reasonable supply of radionuclides with the requested radionuclide/radiochemical purity.

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Author

Sara Cisternino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Co-authors

Alisa Kotliarenko (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboraotri Nazionali di Legnaro) Gaia Pupillo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboraotri Nazionali di Legnaro) Gaja Piteo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboraotri Nazionali di Legnaro) Juan Esposito (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboraotri Nazionali di Legnaro) Liliana Mou (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboraotri Nazionali di Legnaro) Lucia De Dominicis (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro)

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