A prototype Compton camera for in-vivo dosimetry of ion beam cancer irradiation
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Contributors
Abstract
The promptly emitted photons during cancer ion beam treatment offer an additional possibility of dose monitoring that potentially overcomes some of the draw-backs of positron emission tomography as ion therapy monitoring modality. With a Compton camera it might be possible to use these γ-rays for imaging. Our group has developed a small evaluation detector system to investigate this further. The performance allows the resolution of radioactive point sources of 5.9 mm full width at half maximum at 7 cm distance. The system appears to be viable to study the feasibility of in-beam dose monitoring by imaging prompt photons in practice.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record |
Publisher | IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) |
Pages | 3484-3487 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (print) | 978-1-4673-0119-0 |
Publication status | Published - 29 Oct 2011 |
Peer-reviewed | No |
Publication series
Series | IEEE Symposium on Nuclear Science (NSS/MIC) |
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ISSN | 1082-3654 |
Conference
Title | 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record |
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Duration | 23 - 29 October 2011 |
Location | Valencia, Spain |
External IDs
Scopus | 84858690987 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-9023-3606/work/142252758 |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
- Monitoring, Detectors