Monitoring of hadrontherapy treatments by means of charged particle detection

S Muraro, G Battistoni, F Collamati, E De Lucia… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The interaction of the incoming beam radiation with the patient body in hadrontherapy
treatments produces secondary charged and neutral particles, whose detection can be used …

Calibration and characterization of the radiation assessment detector (RAD) on curiosity

C Zeitlin, DM Hassler, RF Wimmer-Schweingruber… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Radiation Assessment Detector, RAD, is one of the ten instruments that make
up the science payload of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. RAD is an energetic …

Measurement of charged particle yields from PMMA irradiated by a 220 MeV/u 12C beam

L Piersanti, F Bellini, F Bini, F Collamati… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The radiation used in hadrontherapy treatments interacts with the patient body producing
secondary particles, either neutral or charged, that can be used for dose and Bragg peak …

CsI (Tl) pulse shape discrimination with the Belle II electromagnetic calorimeter as a novel method to improve particle identification at electron–positron colliders

S Longo, JM Roney, C Cecchi, S Cunliffe… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes the implementation and performance of CsI (Tl) pulse shape
discrimination for the Belle II electromagnetic calorimeter, representing the first application of …

Design of a new tracking device for on-line beam range monitor in carbon therapy

G Traini, G Battistoni, A Bollella, F Collamati… - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Charged particle therapy is a technique for cancer treatment that exploits hadron beams,
mostly protons and carbon ions. A critical issue is the monitoring of the beam range so to …

Charged particle's flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam

C Agodi, G Battistoni, F Bellini… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged
particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the dose release …

A prototype scintillator real‐time beam monitor for ultra‐high dose rate radiotherapy

DS Levin, PS Friedman, C Ferretti, N Ristow… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background FLASH Radiotherapy (RT) is an emergent cancer RT modality where
an entire therapeutic dose is delivered at more than 1000 times higher dose rate than …

Response of the GAGG (Ce) scintillator to charged particles compared with the CsI (Tl) scintillator

T Furuno, A Koshikawa, T Kawabata… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
GAGG (Ce) is a novel scintillator with a fast response and high light output without a
hygroscopic nature. It is expected to be a useful detector for charged particles at high …

Segmented YSO scintillation detectors as a new β-implant detection tool for decay spectroscopy in fragmentation facilities

R Yokoyama, M Singh, R Grzywacz, A Keeler… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A newly developed segmented YSO scintillator detector was implemented for the first time at
the RI-beam Factory at RIKEN Nishina Center as an implantation-decay counter. The results …

Hadronic vs. electromagnetic pulse shape discrimination in CsI (Tl) for high energy physics experiments

S Longo, JM Roney - Journal of Instrumentation, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulse shape discrimination using CsI (Tl) scintillators to perform neutral hadron particle
identification is explored with emphasis towards application at high energy electron-positron …