Advanced Cyclotron Systems

Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc.
Private Company
Industry Particle Accelerators
Headquarters Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
 Richard Eppich CEO
Products Cyclotron
Parent Ebco Industries
Website 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 used for the production of isotopes 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]

Four models of cyclotrons are offered:

  • TR-19 (14 MeV to 19 MeV) variable energy negative ion cyclotrons
  • TR-24 (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-FLEX (18 MeV up to 30 MeV) high current cyclotron used for PET and SPECT isotopes.
  • TR-30 (15 MeV to 30 MeV) high current cyclotron used for SPECT isotopes.

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ "Vancouver could become the Silicon Valley of medical isotopes". Vancouver Sun. postmedia. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. 1 2 "Rise of the Cyclotron". BC Business. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. ↑ "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.
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