Prompt gamma-ray emission from biological tissues during proton irradiation: a preliminary study

JC Polf, S Peterson, G Ciangaru, M Gillin… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we present the results of a preliminary study of secondary'prompt'gamma-ray
emission produced by proton–nuclear interactions within tissue during proton radiotherapy …

PIBS: Proton and ion beam spectroscopy for in vivo measurements of oxygen, carbon, and calcium concentrations in the human body

P Magalhaes Martins, R Dal Bello, B Ackermann… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Proton and ion beam therapy has proven to benefit tumour control with lower side-effects,
mostly in paediatrics. Here we demonstrate a feasible technique for proton and ion beam …

Scalable gamma-ray camera for wide-area search based on silicon photomultipliers array

M Jeong, B Van, BT Wells, LJ D'Aries… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Portable coded-aperture imaging systems based on scintillators and semiconductors have
found use in a variety of radiological applications. For stand-off detection of weakly emitting …

Diagnosis of systemic diseases using infrared spectroscopy: detection of iron overload in plasma—preliminary study

LB Leal, MS Nogueira, JGA Mageski, TP Martini… - … Trace Element Research, 2021 - Springer
Despite the important role of iron in cellular homeostasis, iron overload (IO) is associated
with systemic and tissue deposits which damage several organs. In order to reduce the …

Determination of ferric ions using surface-enhanced Raman scattering based on desferrioxamine-functionalized silver nanoparticles

F Yan, YK Shrestha, CL Spurgeon - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Determination of ferric ions using surface-enhanced Raman scattering based on desferrioxamine
-functionalized silver nanoparticles - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) …

Neutron-stimulated emission computed tomography of a multi-element phantom

CE Floyd, AJ Kapadia, JE Bender… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes the implementation of neutron-stimulated emission computed
tomography (NSECT) for non-invasive imaging and reconstruction of a multi-element …

Assessment of individual organ doses in a realistic human phantom from neutron and gamma stimulated spectroscopy of the breast and liver

MD Belley, WP Segars, AJ Kapadia - Medical Physics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Understanding the radiation dose to a patient is essential when considering the
use of an ionizing diagnostic imaging test for clinical diagnosis and screening. Using Monte …

3D element imaging using NSECT for the detection of renal cancer: a simulation study in MCNP

RS Viana, GA Agasthya, H Yoriyaz… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This work describes a simulation study investigating the application of neutron stimulated
emission computed tomography (NSECT) for noninvasive 3D imaging of renal cancer in …

GEANT4 simulation of NSECT for detection of iron overload in the liver

AJ Kapadia, BP Harrawood… - Medical Imaging 2008 …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography (NSECT) is being proposed as a non-
invasive technique to diagnose iron overload in humans. It uses inelastic scatter interactions …

Sensitivity analysis for liver iron measurement through neutron stimulated emission computed tomography: a Monte Carlo study in GEANT4

GA Agasthya, BC Harrawood, JP Shah… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography (NSECT) is being developed as a non-
invasive imaging modality to detect and quantify iron overload in the human liver. NSECT …