A compton imaging prototype for range verification in particle therapy

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Abstract

During the 2012 AAPM Annual Meeting 33 percent of the delegates considered the range uncertainty in proton therapy as the main obstacle of becoming a mainstream treatment modality. Utilizing prompt gamma emission, a side product of particle tissue interaction opens the possibility of in-beam dose verification, due to the direct correlation between prompt gamma emission and particle dose deposition. Compton imaging has proven to be a technique to measure three dimensional gamma emission profiles ([1], [2]) and opens the possibility of adaptive dose monitoring and treatment correction.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA)
PublisherIEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (print)978-1-4799-1046-5
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2013
Peer-reviewedNo

Conference

Title2013 3rd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications
Abbreviated titleANIMMA 2013
Conference number3
Duration23 - 27 June 2013
CityMarseille
CountryFrance

External IDs

Scopus 84894469224
ORCID /0000-0001-9023-3606/work/142252751

Keywords

Keywords

  • Detectors, Imaging, Photonics, Strips, Prototypes, Image reconstruction, Spatial resolution