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Hadron-therapy (HT) aims to treat tumors by maximizing the dose released to the target and sparing the dose to normal tissues. For a successful outcome it is very important to determine where the maximum dose is deposited; therefore range verification is necessary for treatment optimization and patient safety. Secondary positron emitting isotopes and prompt gamma radiation are produced after the hadron...
Hadron-therapy (HT) delivers high dose to the tumor, significantly sparing surrounding healthy tissues. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) can be used to image short-lived positron-emitters, produced by the hadron beam in the patient. PET is nowadays the most assessed imaging technique to monitor HT treatments. The number of positron-emitters produced is much lower than in conventional clinical scenarios,...
A Compton telescope for dose delivery monitoring in hadron therapy is under development at IFIC Valencia within the European project ENVISION. The telescope will consist of three detector planes, each one composed of a LaBr3 continuous scintillator crystal coupled to four silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays. After the development of a first prototype which served to assess the principle, a second...
This is a preliminary study on the feasibility of using Resistive-Plate-Chambers (RPC) based Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for hadron-therapy monitoring. The imaging capabilities of the RPC gas detector are being investigated for PET. Their main advantages are excellent timing resolution, low cost and Depth Of Interaction information (DOI) due to their layered structure. Hadron-therapy (HT) aims...
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