A medical facility proposal to use the SSC linac

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:200404

Funk, L W ^[1]

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1. SSC Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)

A consortium organized by the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission under a Department of Energy grant proposes to build and operate a Regional Medical Technology Center to function as a combined medical radioisotope production complex and proton cancer therapy facility using the Linear Accelerator (Linac) assets of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The radioisotope production complex will serve as a domestic source of radioisotopes critically needed by the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and nuclear medicine facilities throughout North America. Presently, more than 70 percent of radioisotopes used in U.S. nuclear medicine procedures are produced outside the country. The Center`s state-of-the-art proton cancer therapy facility will serve the Central United States, providing advanced capabilities and augmenting facilities in California and Massachusetts. Long-term, it is anticipated that the RMTC also will stimulate nuclear medicine research, advance medical diagnostic technologies, and generate new industrial applications for linear accelerator technology.

• OSTI ID: 200404
• Report Number(s): CONF-941129--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

40 CHEMISTRY
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PROPOSALS
PROTON BEAMS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOTHERAPY
TEXAS