Advanced Cyclotron Systems

Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc.
Private Company
Industry Particle Accelerators
Headquarters Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
Richard Eppich (CEO)
Products Cyclotron
Parent Ebco Industries
Website http://www.advancedcyclotron.com/

Advanced Cyclotron Systems, Inc. (ACSI) is a company based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada that supplies and services cyclotrons predominately 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:

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