TRANSMUTABLE RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A general purpose radiotherapy device (30) can be fabricated to net or near-net shape and then made radioctive in a single activation step. The device is made at least partially of a transmutable material (42) which is transformable to a radioisotope-containing material upon activation by an accelerated beam of charged particles, such as protons, deuterons or alpha particles. The transmutable material (42) is preferably rhodium and the radioisotope preferably comprises palladium (103).