Abstract Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle Therapy (NCEPT) boosts the effectiveness of
particle therapy by capturing thermal neutrons produced by beam-target nuclear interactions …

Objective. In current dosimetry protocols, the estimated uncertainty of the measured
absorbed dose to water D w in carbon-ion beams is approximately 3%. This large …

The purpose of this work is to develop a validated Geant4 simulation model of a whole-body
prototype PET scanner constructed from the four-layer depth-of-interaction detectors …

This work provides the first experimental proof of an increased neutron capture photon
signal following the introduction of boron to a PMMA phantom during helium and carbon ion …

In heavy-ion therapy, the stopping position of primary ions in tumours needs to be monitored
for effective treatment and to prevent overdose exposure to normal tissues. Positron-emitting …

Objective. We aim to evaluate a method for estimating 1D physical dose deposition profiles
in carbon ion therapy via analysis of dynamic PET images using a deep residual learning …

Purpose This work has two related objectives. The first is to estimate the relative biological
effectiveness of two radioactive heavy ion beams based on experimental measurements …

Objective. Although in heavy-ion therapy, the quantum molecular dynamics (QMD) model is
one of the most fundamental physics models providing an accurate daughter-ion production …

Monte Carlo simulations using the Geant4 toolkit are widely used in proton therapy to predict
the dose distribution and secondary particle production. The choice of physics models used …

This work presents an iterative method for the estimation of the absolute dose distribution in
patients undergoing carbon ion therapy, via analysis of the distribution of positron …