Abstract #1360

Collection of Helium-3 for Recycling from Human Imaging Studies

Karen E. Mooney¹, Walter H. Whitlock², Thomas C. Hyde², John P. Mugler III³, Talissa A. Altes³, Jamie F. Mata³, Gordon D. Cates Jr.¹,³, Eduard E. de Lange³, G. Wilson Miller³

¹Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; ²Conservation Design Services, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC; ³Radiology, University of Virginia

Our group has begun a program to collect 3-helium from human imaging studies for future recycling. The materials and method of collection are described and gas analysis results are presented.