bSCAN

The bSCAN is a compact thin layer radio-chromatography (radio-TLC) instrument for radiopharmaceutical quality control. It tests both radiochemical purity, by scanning a TLC strip, and radionuclidic purity, by recording an energy spectrum, in one unit with guided software. That combination saves bench space and time in busy hot labs and cyclotron facilities. The standard detector is a NaI(Tl) scintillator, typically a 1 x 1 inch crystal, with BGO, CsI(Tl) or plastic available as options. Lead shielding is at least 10 mm thick, and two detachable collimators of approximately 1 mm and 3 mm aperture let you trade resolution against sensitivity. The strip holder accepts strips 50 mm wide and up to 220 mm long, and manual scan speed is about 0.5 cm/s. A fully digital multichannel analyser is integrated, and the instrument connects by USB. Nuclear medicine departments, radiopharmacies and PET tracer production sites across Australia are the intended users. ProDigitek offers installation and training for east coast sites. Contact us for bSCAN pricing.