Patent ID: 7831009

Claim:
A target assembly for containing and cooling enriched water for the production of fluorine-18, comprising: a target body; a target chamber formed within said target body, said target chamber having a front window for exposing said chamber to a particle accelerator, a rear wall opposite said front window, said rear wall being sloped with respect to said front window, and a top wall connecting said rear wall to said front window; and a first cooling channel having a first cooling fluid inlet at one end of said target body, a first cooling fluid outlet at another end of said target body, and a first cooling fluid channel conduit formed within said target body coupling said first cooling fluid inlet with said first cooling fluid outlet, said first cooling fluid channel conduit running from said first cooling fluid inlet to a first location adjacent to said rear wall, from said first location to a second location between said rear wall and said top wall along said rear wall, from said second location to a third location adjacent to said top wall along said top wall, and from said third location to said first cooling fluid outlet.