• DocumentCode
    2549313
  • Title

    Charged and Neutral Particles Production from 80 MeV/u 12C ion beam on a PMMA target

  • Author

    Agodi, C. ; Battistoni, G. ; Bellini, F. ; Cirrone, G.A.P. ; Collamati, F. ; Cuttone, G. ; De Lucia, E. ; De Napoli, M. ; Di Domenico, A. ; Faccini, R. ; Ferroni, F. ; Fiore, S. ; Gauzzi, P. ; Iarocci, E. ; Marafini, M. ; Mattei, I. ; Muraro, S. ; Paoloni

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Naz. del Sud, INFN, Catania, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
  • Firstpage
    1275
  • Lastpage
    1278
  • Abstract
    We have measured the properties of the secondary particles produced in the interaction of carbon ion beams with homogeneous targets, in order to reconstruct the profile of the dose delivered in an hadron therapy treatment. Our measurements have been done with a 80 MeV/u fully stripped carbon ion beam at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Catania, with a Poly-methyl methacrylate target (PMMA). Both the neutral and the charged component of the secondaries have been measured, the neutral component including prompt photons and ß+-annihilation photons (γ-PET).
  • Keywords
    dosimetry; ion beam applications; polymers; positron emission tomography; radiation therapy; ß+-annihilation photons; γ-PET; 12C ion beam; Catania; INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud; PMMA target; carbon ion beams; charged particle production; dose delivery; hadron therapy treatment; homogeneous targets; neutral particle production; poly-methyl methacrylate target; prompt photons; secondary particles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2028-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551312
  • Filename
    6551312
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2549313