Radioisotope production system and method for controlling the same

A radioisotope production system comprising:

• an electrical field system and a magnetic field system configured to direct a particle beam of charged particles along a beam path within an acceleration chamber, the magnetic field system including a magnet yoke and an electromagnet that is energized by a drive current to generate a magnetic flux into the acceleration chamber for controlling the particle beam;
• a target system configured to hold a target material and receive the particle beam;
• an extraction unit, wherein the particle beam is configured to pass through the extraction unit and exit the acceleration chamber toward the target system;
• and
• a monitoring system including a processing unit that, for a plurality of times during a production session of the radioisotope production system, is configured to:
• (a) determine an operating parameter of the radioisotope production system, the operating parameter including a target current or a function of the target current, the target current being detected as the particle beam is incident upon the target material;
• and
• (b) change the drive current, thereby changing the magnetic flux, based on the operating parameter;
• wherein the monitoring system is configured to obtain data of the operating parameter at one or more drive currents, wherein the monitoring system is configured to analyze the data to identify a new drive current, the monitoring system configured to change the drive current to the new drive current;
• wherein the monitoring system is configured to obtain the data by sweeping the drive current back-and-forth within a designated range such that the data of the operating parameter includes values of the operating parameter at different drive currents;
• and
• wherein the data includes data sets, each of the data sets includes a first operating parameter and a second operating parameter for a designated drive current, the monitoring system configured to select a first sub-group of the data sets based on the first operating parameters and configured to select a second sub-group of the data sets from the first sub-group based on the second operating parameters, the new drive current being based on the designated drive currents of the data sets in the second sub-group.