Radiochromic films are mainly used for two-dimensional dose verification in photon,
electron, and proton therapy treatments. Moreover, the radiochromic film types available …

A medical cyclotron accelerating H− ions to 18 MeV is in operation at the Bern University
Hospital (Inselspital). It is the commercial IBA 18/18 cyclotron equipped with a specifically …

Future high-energy space telescope missions require further analysis of orbital environment
induced activation and radiation damage on main instruments. A scientific satellite is …

This article reports the proton radiation sensitivity of two 1.0-mm-thick EURORAD ohmic
CdTe detectors, irradiated with a low energy proton beam generated in a positron emission …

The purpose of this review is to generalize the information available on the topic of the flash
proton beam therapy method. Currently, research in this area is one of the flagships in the …

The biomedical community has asked CERN to investigate the possibility to transform the
Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) accelerator into a multidisciplinary, biomedical research facility …

The possibility to transform the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) accelerator at CERN into a
multidisciplinary, biomedical research facility (BioLEIR) was investigated based on a request …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most prevailing primary brain malignancy in adults
and presently remains a fatal condition [1]. Hence, proton therapy has been presented as an …

Purpose Protons and heavy ions are considered to be ideal particles for use in external
beam radiotherapy due to the superior properties of the dose distribution. While a photon (x …

Acoustic proton range experimental verification technique (iono-acoustics) is based on
sensing the weak thermoacoustic signal emitted by the fast energy deposition (and/or the …