Charged particle therapy has been largely driven and influenced by nuclear physics. The
increase in energy deposition density along the ion path in the body allows reducing the …

The enormous advances in the understanding of human anatomy, physiology and pathology
in recent decades have led to ever-improving methods of disease prevention, diagnosis and …

Purpose: Task Group (TG) 224 was established by the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine's Science Council under the Radiation Therapy Committee and Work Group on …

A paradigm shift is occurring in clinical oncology exploiting the recent discovery that short
pulses of ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) radiation—FLASH radiotherapy—can significantly …

Objective. Computed tomography (CT) to material property conversion dominates proton
range uncertainty, impacting the quality of proton treatment planning. Physics-based and …

Purpose To establish and investigate the effects of dose, linear energy transfer (LET), and O
2 concentration on biologic response to ultrahigh dose rate (uHDR; FLASH) helium ion …

Purpose: To describe the dosimetric commissioning and quality assurance (QA) of the
actively scanned proton and carbon ion beams at the Italian National Center for Oncological …

There are a wide range of applications with ionizing radiation and a common theme
throughout these is that accurate dosimetry is usually required, although many newer …

This article presents an overview of the recent developments and requirements in
radiotherapy dosimetry, with particular emphasis on the development of optical fibre …

Abstract The National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO, sited in Pavia, Italy)
completed at the end of 2013 the clinical trial phase achieving the CE label from the notified …