China’s first 10 MeV ultra-compact medical cyclotron has successfully generated its first beam, the China Institute of Atomic Energy announced on 20 April.

The accelerator, which was independently developed by the institute, met all key performance specifications. It can produce a variety of short-lived medical isotopes that are commonly used in clinical practice, such as fluorine-18, gallium-68, and carbon-11.

These isotopes serve as imaging tracers for the precise detection and early diagnosis of tumors in nuclear medicine.

(Source: China Institute of Atomic Energy)