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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
S. González, J. Vega, A. Murari, A. Pereira, M. Beurskens, JET-EFDA Contributors
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 58 | Number 3 | November 2010 | Pages 755-762
Selected Paper from Sixth Fusion Data Validation Workshop 2010 (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST10-A10924
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Massive amounts of data generated by fusion machines (such as JET) require developing automatic methods for data analysis. Edge-localized modes (ELMs) are instabilities occurring in the edge of H-mode plasmas. The aim of this work is to develop an automatic off-line method for identifying and locating ELMs. This method uses Universal Multi-Event Locator (UMEL) as the event locator. The combination of information from D emission and diamagnetic energy allows the recognition of single ELMs. This paper shows the way in which waveforms of a wide range of discharges can be treated and how UMEL is applied in order to identify and locate ELMs independently of the signal amplitudes. A large database of more than 1200 discharges has been used to test the performance of the method obtaining 226 751 ELMs.
