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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Front Phys. 2020 Aug 28;8:00326. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2020.00326

Table 1. Positron-emitting isotopes that are found in proton therapy by target fragmentation and/or that have been considered as projectiles for RIB therapy.

Stable isotope Positron-emitting isotopes Half-life
12C 11C 20.33 min
10C 19.3 s
14N 13N 9.97 min
12N 11.0 ms
16O 15O 2.04 min
14O 1.17 min
19F 18F 1.83 h
17F 1.07 min
20Ne 19Ne 17.26 s
18Ne 1.66 s
31P 30P 2.50 min
29P 4.14 s