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
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551312
