Neutron dose and its measurement in proton therapy—current state of knowledge

RA Hälg, U Schneider - The British journal of radiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Proton therapy has shown dosimetric advantages over conventional radiation therapy using
photons. Although the integral dose for patients treated with proton therapy is low, concerns …

Application of gallium nitride technology in particle therapy imaging

VK Pandey, CM Tan - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) is an essential electronic circuit in prompt gamma
detection. To improve the performance and reliability of the electronics, we designed a TIA …

Dosimetry calculations of involved and noninvolved organs in proton therapy of liver cancer: a simulation study

Z Ahmadi Ganjeh, M Eslami-Kalantari… - Nuclear Science and …, 2019 - Springer
Radiation for targeting liver tumors can be challenging because of the damage that it can
cause to sensitive organs such as heart and kidney. To calculate the dose received by …

Investigation of the effects of biomaterials on proton Bragg peak and secondary neutron production by the Monte Carlo method in the slab head phantom

A Pehlivanlı, MH Bölükdemir - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022 - Elsevier
Interest in proton therapy has increased in the last decade, as protons are effective to treat
deeply located tumors, cause less damage to healthy tissue and allow controlling the energy …

Assessment of ambient neutron dose equivalent in spatially fractionated radiotherapy with protons using physical collimators

S Charyyev, CKC Wang - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2020 - academic.oup.com
New technique is trending in spatially fractionated radiotherapy with protons to utilize the
spot scanning together with a physical collimator to obtain minibeams. The primary goal of …

Rapid calibration curve generation using single-sheet radiochromic film for proton-based stereotactic radiosurgery verification

HH Chen, HC Huang, WH Kao, PJ Chen… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Proton-based stereotactic radiosurgery (PSRS) holds promise for treating benign tumours,
with patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) playing a crucial role in ensuring high-quality …

Investigations of line scanning proton therapy with dynamic multi-leaf collimator

DH Kim, S Park, K Jo, S Cho, EH Shin, DH Lim, HR Pyo… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Scanning proton therapy has dosimetric advantage over passive treatment, but has
a large penumbra in low-energy region. This study investigates the penumbra reduction …

Design of GaN based comparator circuit for radiation detectors

VK Pandey, CM Tan, S Sharma - 2020 IEEE 17th India Council …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN HEMT transistors has significant advantage over conventional silicon counterpart,
operating in radiation environment. In particle radiation therapy electronic devices are …

Conception of a new recoil proton telescope for real-time neutron spectrometry in proton-therapy

R Combe, Z El Bitar, S Higueret… - EPJ Web of …, 2018 - epj-conferences.org
Neutrons are the main type of secondary particles emitted in proton-therapy. Because of the
risk of secondary cancer and other late occurring effects, the neutron dose should be …

Développement d'un télescope à protons de recul pour la spectrométrie neutron: applications à l'instrumentation de précision et à la protonthérapie

R Combe - 2018 - theses.hal.science
Les neutrons sont étudiés dans des domaines divers en tant, par exemple, que particules
d'intérêt pour la physique fondamentale, outil pour la biologie ou l'analyse élémentaire, ou …