The use of hadron beams, especially proton beams, in cancer radiotherapy has expanded
rapidly in the past two decades. To fully realize the advantages of hadron therapy over …

Purpose Proton CT is widely recognised as a beneficial alternative to conventional X-ray CT
for treatment planning in proton beam radiotherapy. A novel proton CT imaging system …

The charged particle community is looking for techniques exploiting proton interactions
instead of X-ray absorption for creating images of human tissue. Due to multiple Coulomb …

Background Ion beam radiotherapy provides potential for increased dose conformation to
the target volume. To translate it into a clinical advantage, it is necessary to guarantee a …

Purpose Radiography and tomography using proton beams promise benefit to image
guidance and treatment planning for proton therapy. A novel proton tracking detector is …

Proton detection has attracted immense interest recently, owing to the increasing demands
for applications in physics, medicine, and space. However, the proton detectors suffer from a …

Cancer is a destructive disease, in which tumor cells grow out-of-control, halting organ
function. Its treatment is threefold: Radical surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy …

A novel beam profiler based on microstructured scintillation resin is presented. The detector
consists of a bundle of waveguides, featuring an active area of 30× 30 mm 2 with a fill factor …

Charged particle therapy (CPT) is an advanced modality of radiation therapy which has
grown rapidly worldwide, driven by recent developments in technology and methods of …

The determination of relative stopping power (RSP) via proton computed tomography (pCT)
of a patient is dependent in part on the knowledge of the incoming proton kinetic energies; …