Analysis of the relationship between neutron dose and Cerenkov photons under neutron irradiation through Monte Carlo method

D Shu, X Tang, F Guan, C Geng, H Yu, C Gong… - Radiation …, 2016 - Elsevier
To theoretically explore the feasibility of neutron dose characterized by Cerenkov photons,
the relationship between Cerenkov photons and neutron dose in a water phantom was …

Determination of the relationship between dose deposition and Cerenkov photons in homogeneous and heterogeneous phantoms during radiotherapy using Monte …

D Shu, X Tang, C Geng, C Gong, D Chen - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2016 - Springer
To explore the response relationship between Cerenkov photons and dose deposition,
which is the theoretical premise of dose measurement based on Cerenkov effect, Geant4 …

Measurement of dose in radionuclide therapy by using Cerenkov radiation

Y Ai, X Tang, D Shu, W Shao, C Gong, C Geng… - Australasian Physical & …, 2017 - Springer
This work aims to determine the relationship between Cerenkov photon emission and
radiation dose from internal radionuclide irradiation. Water and thyroid phantoms were used …

First measured optical image of Cerenkov-light in water during irradiation of neutron beam from boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) system

T Yabe, S Yamamoto, N Hu, Y Kanai, H Tanaka… - Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Optical imaging that detects Cerenkov-light or the luminescence of water is a promising
method to measure dose distributions in radiotherapy due to its ability to provide high …

Angular dependencies of Cerenkov-light in water for carbon-ion, high energy x-ray and electron

Y Hirano, S Yamamoto - Biomedical Physics & Engineering …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Because Cerenkov light is emitted above the threshold energy of the electrons (∼ 260 keV)
in water and is emitted to forward directions, the light intensity distributions are different from …

Analysis of feasibility for searching underwater radioactive source using Cerenkov effect

D Shu, X Tang, X Hou, C Geng, D Chen - Atomic Energy Science and …, 2015 - inis.iaea.org
[en] In this paper, Geant4 was used to simulate the process of underwater radioactive source
generating Cerenkov light and transportation of Cerenkov light in water, and the intensity of …

Monte Carlo study toward the development of a radiation field to simulate secondary neutrons produced in carbon-ion radiotherapy

S Yonai, S Matsumoto - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the feasibility of developing a neutron field to simulate secondary
neutrons produced in carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) with a passive beam using a …

Cerenkov emission in radiotherapy

Y Helo - 2015 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
A new potential quality assurance (QA) method is explored for clinical electron beams and
clinical proton beams based on imaging and measuring Cerenkov light. A simulation was …

Quantitative modeling of Cerenkov light production efficiency from medical radionuclides

BJ Beattie, DLJ Thorek, CR Schmidtlein, KS Pentlow… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
There has been recent and growing interest in applying Cerenkov radiation (CR) for
biological applications. Knowledge of the production efficiency and other characteristics of …

Novel method exploration of monitoring neutron beam using Cherenkov photons in BNCT

D Shu, X Tang, C Geng, X Zhang, C Gong… - Radiation Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ensuring the stability of the neutron beam during boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is
essential. The goal of this work was to explore a novel method using Cherenkov photons for …