Advanced Cyclotron Systems

Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc.

Company type	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 predominantly 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,^{[citation needed]}
TR-FLEX (18 MeV up to 30 MeV) high current cyclotron used for PET and SPECT isotopes.^{[citation needed]}
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. 2001-11-24. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ ^a ^b "Rise of the Cyclotron". BC Business. Retrieved 2012-08-13.