Table 1.

Main characteristic of the medically relevant Cu radioisotopes.

Isotope	T 1/2	Decay mode	Energy (keV)	Production
					Incident beam energy (MeV)	Reaction	Yield at recovery (MBq/μAh or MBq/mg)
60Cu	23.7 min	β + (93%)	2940	Cyclotron	11	60Ni(p,n)60Cu	370
		γ (7%)	511/467/826/1332
61Cu	3.32 h	β + (60%)	1159	Cyclotron	19	61Ni(p,n)61Cu	573**
		γ (40%)	511/283/589/656
62Cu	9.7 min	β + (98%)	2925	Cyclotron	5–14	62Ni(p,n)62Cu	19800**
		γ (2%)	511
64Cu	12.7 h	β + (19%)	657	Cyclotron	12	64Ni(p,n)64Cu	243***
		γ (43%)	511/1346		19	64Ni(d,2n)64Cu	388***
		β − (38%)	141		ND	natZn(p,xn)64Cu	67
				Reactor	1.8*	64Zn(n,p)64Cu	14.5****
					ND	63Cu(n,γ)64Cu	ND
67Cu	61.83 h	β − (100%)	390/482/575		ND	68Zn(p,2p)67Cu	ND
		γ (52%)	91/93/185	Cyclotron	ND	70Zn(p,a)67Cu	ND
					ND	67Zn(n,p)67Cu	ND
					ND	68Zn(g,p)67Cu	ND

ND: data not available.

*Approximate minimum neutron energy.

**Predicted yield.

***Maximum of results.

****Mean of results.