A prototype Compton camera for in-vivo dosimetry of ion beam cancer irradiation

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
PublisherIEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)
Pages3484-3487
Number of pages4
ISBN (print)978-1-4673-0119-0
Publication statusPublished - 29 Oct 2011
Peer-reviewedNo

Publication series

SeriesIEEE Symposium on Nuclear Science (NSS/MIC)
ISSN1082-3654

Conference

Title2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Duration23 - 29 October 2011
LocationValencia, Spain

External IDs

Scopus 84858690987
ORCID /0000-0001-9023-3606/work/142252758

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Monitoring, Detectors