Monitoring the dose delivered during proton and carbon ion therapy is still a matter of research. Among the possible solutions, several exploit the measurement of the single photon emission from nuclear decays induced by the irradiation. To fully characterize such emission the detectors need development, since the energy spectrum spans the range above the MeV that is not traditionally used in medical applications. On the other hand, a deeper understanding of the reactions involving gamma production is needed in order to improve the physic models of Monte Carlo codes, relevant for an accurate prediction of the prompt-gamma energy spectrum. This paper describes a calibration technique tailored for the range of energy of interest and reanalyzes the data of the interaction of a 80 MeV/u fully stripped carbon ion beam with a Poly-methyl methacrylate target. By adopting the FLUKA simulation with the appropriate calibration and resolution a significant improvement in the agreement between data and simulation is reported. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Extended calibration range for prompt photon emission in ion beam irradiation / Bellini, Fabio; Boehlen, T. T.; Chin, M. P. W.; Collamati, Francesco; De Lucia, E.; Faccini, Riccardo; Ferrari, A.; Lanza, L.; MANCINI TERRACCIANO, Carlo; Marafini, M.; Mattei, I.; Morganti, S.; Ortega, P. G.; Patera, Vincenzo; Piersanti, Luca; Russomando, Andrea; Sala, P. R.; Sarti, Alessio; Sciubba, Adalberto; SOLFAROLI CAMILLOCCI, Elena; Voena, Cecilia. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 745:(2014), pp. 114-118. [10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.047]
Extended calibration range for prompt photon emission in ion beam irradiation
BELLINI, Fabio;COLLAMATI, FRANCESCO;FACCINI, Riccardo;MANCINI TERRACCIANO, CARLO;PATERA, Vincenzo;PIERSANTI, LUCA;RUSSOMANDO, ANDREA;SARTI, ALESSIO;SCIUBBA, Adalberto;SOLFAROLI CAMILLOCCI, ELENA;VOENA, Cecilia
2014
Abstract
Monitoring the dose delivered during proton and carbon ion therapy is still a matter of research. Among the possible solutions, several exploit the measurement of the single photon emission from nuclear decays induced by the irradiation. To fully characterize such emission the detectors need development, since the energy spectrum spans the range above the MeV that is not traditionally used in medical applications. On the other hand, a deeper understanding of the reactions involving gamma production is needed in order to improve the physic models of Monte Carlo codes, relevant for an accurate prediction of the prompt-gamma energy spectrum. This paper describes a calibration technique tailored for the range of energy of interest and reanalyzes the data of the interaction of a 80 MeV/u fully stripped carbon ion beam with a Poly-methyl methacrylate target. By adopting the FLUKA simulation with the appropriate calibration and resolution a significant improvement in the agreement between data and simulation is reported. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.