Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

Visualization of air and metal inhomogeneities in phantoms irradiated by carbon ion beams using prompt secondary ions

NázevTitle
Visualization of air and metal inhomogeneities in phantoms irradiated by carbon ion beams using prompt secondary ionsVisualization of air and metal inhomogeneities in phantoms irradiated by carbon ion beams using prompt secondary ions
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
T. Gaa, M. Reinhart, B. Hartmann, J. Jakůbek, P. Soukup
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.05.055
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2017, 38 140-147. ISSN 1120-1797.
RokYear
2017
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000405492800019
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/17:00329990!RIV19-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

Purpose: Non-invasive methods for monitoring of the therapeutic ion beam extension in the patient are desired in order to handle deteriorations of the dose distribution related to changes of the patient geometry. In carbon ion radiotherapy, secondary light ions represent one of potential sources of information about the dose distribution in the irradiated target. The capability to detect range-changing inhomogeneities inside of an otherwise homogeneous phantom, based on single track measurements, is addressed in this paper.

Purpose: Non-invasive methods for monitoring of the therapeutic ion beam extension in the patient are desired in order to handle deteriorations of the dose distribution related to changes of the patient geometry. In carbon ion radiotherapy, secondary light ions represent one of potential sources of information about the dose distribution in the irradiated target. The capability to detect range-changing inhomogeneities inside of an otherwise homogeneous phantom, based on single track measurements, is addressed in this paper.