Advanced Cyclotron Systems
| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Particle Accelerators |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Richard Eppich (CEO) |
| Products | Cyclotron |
| Parent | Ebco Industries |
| Website | http://www.advancedcyclotron.com/ |
Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc. (ACSI) is a company based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada that supplies and services cyclotrons predominately used for the production of medical isotopes by hospitals for nuclear medicine. The company was a spin-off of the research program at TRIUMF .[1] The machines are predomently used for the production of issotopes used in (Positron emission tomography (PET), Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or production of technetium-99 for molecular imaging. [2] ACSI controls approximately half the world market for such machines[2],
Three models of cyclotrons are offered:
- TR PET (also called TR-13 or TR-19) (14 MeV or 19 MeV) fixed and variable energy negative ion cyclotrons
- TR-25 (15 to 24 MeV) high current cyclotron used for the production of PET and SPECT isotopes; including one machine installed at the Université de Sherbrooke[3],
- TR-30 (15 MeV to 30 MeV) high current cyclotron used for SPECT isotopes.
References and footnotes
- ^ "Vancouver could become the Silicon Valley of medical isotopes". Vancouver Sun. postmedia. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ a b "Rise of the Cyclotron". BC Business. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ "Scientists meet in Sherbrooke to start new Medical Isotope Production Facility: Cyclotron production of Tc-99m on Track!". www.digitaljournal.com. Digital journal. Retrieved 2012-08-13.