The use of C, He and O ions as projectiles in Particle Therapy (PT) treatments is getting more and more widespread as a consequence of their enhanced relative biological effectiveness and oxygen enhancement ratio, when compared to the protons one. The advantages related to the incoming radiation improved efficacy are requiring an accurate online monitor of the dose release spatial distribution. Such monitor is necessary to prevent unwanted damage to the tissues surrounding the tumour that can arise, for example, due to morphological changes occurred in the patient during the treatment with respect to the initial CT scan. PT treatments with ions can be monitored by detecting the secondary radiation produced by the primary beam interactions with the patient body along the path towards the target volume. Charged fragments produced in the nuclear process of projectile fragmentation can be emitted at large angles with respect to the incoming beam direction and can be detected with high efficiency in a nearly background-free environment. The Dose Profiler (DP) detector, developed within the INSIDE project, is a scintillating fibre tracker that allows an online reconstruction and backtracking of such secondary charged fragments. The construction and preliminary in-room tests performed on the DP, carried out using the 12C ions beam of the CNAO treatment centre using an anthropomorphic phantom as a target, will be reviewed in this contribution. The impact of the secondary fragments interactions with the patient body will be discussed in view of a clinical application. Furthermore, the results implications for a pre-clinical trial on CNAO patients, foreseen in 2019, will be discussed.

In-room test results at CNAO of an innovative PT treatments online monitor (Dose Profiler) / De Simoni, M.; Battistoni, G.; Dong, Y.; Embriaco, A.; Fischetti, M.; Mancini Terracciano, C.; Marafini, M.; Mirabelli, R.; Muraro, S.; Patera, V.; Sarti, A.; Schiavi, A.; Sciubba, A.; Solfaroli Camillocci, E.; Traini, G.; Valle, S. M.; Mattei, I.. - In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO C. - ISSN 2037-4909. - 41:6(2018). [10.1393/ncc/i2018-18209-2]

In-room test results at CNAO of an innovative PT treatments online monitor (Dose Profiler)

De Simoni M.;Fischetti M.;Mancini Terracciano C.;Mirabelli R.;Patera V.;Sarti A.;Schiavi A.;Sciubba A.;Solfaroli Camillocci E.;Traini G.;
2018

Abstract

The use of C, He and O ions as projectiles in Particle Therapy (PT) treatments is getting more and more widespread as a consequence of their enhanced relative biological effectiveness and oxygen enhancement ratio, when compared to the protons one. The advantages related to the incoming radiation improved efficacy are requiring an accurate online monitor of the dose release spatial distribution. Such monitor is necessary to prevent unwanted damage to the tissues surrounding the tumour that can arise, for example, due to morphological changes occurred in the patient during the treatment with respect to the initial CT scan. PT treatments with ions can be monitored by detecting the secondary radiation produced by the primary beam interactions with the patient body along the path towards the target volume. Charged fragments produced in the nuclear process of projectile fragmentation can be emitted at large angles with respect to the incoming beam direction and can be detected with high efficiency in a nearly background-free environment. The Dose Profiler (DP) detector, developed within the INSIDE project, is a scintillating fibre tracker that allows an online reconstruction and backtracking of such secondary charged fragments. The construction and preliminary in-room tests performed on the DP, carried out using the 12C ions beam of the CNAO treatment centre using an anthropomorphic phantom as a target, will be reviewed in this contribution. The impact of the secondary fragments interactions with the patient body will be discussed in view of a clinical application. Furthermore, the results implications for a pre-clinical trial on CNAO patients, foreseen in 2019, will be discussed.
2018
Particle Therapy, Monitoring online, Charged particles
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In-room test results at CNAO of an innovative PT treatments online monitor (Dose Profiler) / De Simoni, M.; Battistoni, G.; Dong, Y.; Embriaco, A.; Fischetti, M.; Mancini Terracciano, C.; Marafini, M.; Mirabelli, R.; Muraro, S.; Patera, V.; Sarti, A.; Schiavi, A.; Sciubba, A.; Solfaroli Camillocci, E.; Traini, G.; Valle, S. M.; Mattei, I.. - In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO C. - ISSN 2037-4909. - 41:6(2018). [10.1393/ncc/i2018-18209-2]
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