Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) can improve the accuracy of both patient positioning and dose calculation in proton therapy, enabling to accurately reconstruct the electron density distribution of irradiated tissues. A pCT prototype, equipped with a silicon tracker and a YAG:Ce calorimeter, has been manufactured by an Italian collaboration. First tests under proton beam allowed obtaining good quality tomographic images of a non-homogeneous phantom. Manufacturing of a new large area system with real-time data acquisition is under way.
A proton Computed Tomography system for medical applications / V Sipala;M Bruzzi;M Bucciolini;M Carpinelli;G A P Cirrone;C Civinini;G Cuttone;D Lo Presti;S Pallotta;C Pugliatti;N Randazzo;F Romano;M Scaringella;C Stancampiano;C Talamonti;M Tesi;E Vanzi;M Zani. - In: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION. - ISSN 1748-0221. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:(2013), pp. C02021-C02026. [10.1088/1748-0221/8/02/C02021]
A proton Computed Tomography system for medical applications
BRUZZI, MARA;BUCCIOLINI, MARTA;PALLOTTA, STEFANIA;SCARINGELLA, MONICA;TALAMONTI, CINZIA;VANZI, ELEONORA;ZANI, MARGHERITA
2013
Abstract
Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) can improve the accuracy of both patient positioning and dose calculation in proton therapy, enabling to accurately reconstruct the electron density distribution of irradiated tissues. A pCT prototype, equipped with a silicon tracker and a YAG:Ce calorimeter, has been manufactured by an Italian collaboration. First tests under proton beam allowed obtaining good quality tomographic images of a non-homogeneous phantom. Manufacturing of a new large area system with real-time data acquisition is under way.
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