Protonradiationtherapyisapreciseformofcancertherapy,whichrequiresverificationofthepatient positionandtheaccurateknowledgeofthedosedeliveredtothepatient.Atpresentintheproton treatment centre,patientsarepositionedwithX-rayradiographyanddosecalculationsrelyonthe patient’smorphologyandelectrondensitiesobtainedbyX-raycomputedtomography[U.Schneider, E. Pedroni,Med.Phys.22(1995)353].Aprotonimagingdevicecanimprovetheaccuracyofproton radiation therapytreatmentplanningandthealignmentofthepatientwiththeprotonbeam.Our collaborationhasdevelopedapCRprototypeconsistingofasiliconmicrostriptrackerandacalorimeter to detecttheresidualenergy[R.Shulte,etal.,IEEETrans.Nucl.Sci.51(2004)866–872].Inthis contributionwewillshowsomeresultsobtainedtestingthefront-endboardofthetrackerand measurementsperformedatLNS(LaboratoriNazionalidelSud)andinLLUMC(LomaLindaUniversity MedicalCentre)using60and200MeVprotonbeamstotestthecalorimeter.

A proton imaging device: Design and status of realization / Sipala, V.; Bruzzi, Mara; Bucciolini, Marta; Candiano, G.; Capineri, Lorenzo; Cirrone, G. A. P.; Civinini, C.; Cuttone, G.; Lo Presti, D.; Marrazzo, Livia; Mazzaglia, E.; Menichelli, David; Randazzo, N.; Talamonti, Cinzia; Valentini, Samuela. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - ELETTRONICO. - 612:(2010), pp. 566-570. [10.1016/j.nima.2009.08.029]

A proton imaging device: Design and status of realization

BRUZZI, MARA;BUCCIOLINI, MARTA;CAPINERI, LORENZO;MARRAZZO, LIVIA;MENICHELLI, DAVID;TALAMONTI, CINZIA;VALENTINI, SAMUELA
2010

Abstract

Protonradiationtherapyisapreciseformofcancertherapy,whichrequiresverificationofthepatient positionandtheaccurateknowledgeofthedosedeliveredtothepatient.Atpresentintheproton treatment centre,patientsarepositionedwithX-rayradiographyanddosecalculationsrelyonthe patient’smorphologyandelectrondensitiesobtainedbyX-raycomputedtomography[U.Schneider, E. Pedroni,Med.Phys.22(1995)353].Aprotonimagingdevicecanimprovetheaccuracyofproton radiation therapytreatmentplanningandthealignmentofthepatientwiththeprotonbeam.Our collaborationhasdevelopedapCRprototypeconsistingofasiliconmicrostriptrackerandacalorimeter to detecttheresidualenergy[R.Shulte,etal.,IEEETrans.Nucl.Sci.51(2004)866–872].Inthis contributionwewillshowsomeresultsobtainedtestingthefront-endboardofthetrackerand measurementsperformedatLNS(LaboratoriNazionalidelSud)andinLLUMC(LomaLindaUniversity MedicalCentre)using60and200MeVprotonbeamstotestthecalorimeter.
2010
612
566
570
Sipala, V.; Bruzzi, Mara; Bucciolini, Marta; Candiano, G.; Capineri, Lorenzo; Cirrone, G. A. P.; Civinini, C.; Cuttone, G.; Lo Presti, D.; Marrazzo, L...espandi
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