Innovative thin silicon detectors for monitoring of therapeutic proton beams: Preliminary beam tests
| Autor: | V. Sola, Simona Giordanengo, G. Mazza, Maurizio Boscardin, A. Vignati, Francesco Ficorella, M Fadavi Mazinani, M. Donetti, O Hammad Ali, L Manganaro, M.I. Ferrero, Roberto Cirio, Andrea Attili, Amedeo Staiano, N. Cartiglia, Giovanni Paternoster, V. Monaco, Roberto Sacchi, Federico Fausti, M. Mandurrino |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Silicon medicine.medical_treatment chemistry.chemical_element 01 natural sciences Particle detector 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Optics Instrumentation for hadron therapy 0103 physical sciences medicine 010306 general physics Instrumentation Mathematical Physics Particle therapy business.industry Detector Si microstrip and pad detectors Charged particle Semiconductor detector chemistry Measuring instrument Instrumentation for particle-beam therapy business Beam (structure) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Instrumentation |
| ISSN: | 1748-0221 0168-9002 0026-1394 |
| Popis: | To fully exploit the physics potentials of particle therapy in delivering dose with high accuracy and selectivity, charged particle therapy needs further improvement. To this scope, a multidisciplinary project (MoVeIT) of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) aims at translating research in charged particle therapy into clinical outcome. New models in the treatment planning system are being developed and validated, using dedicated devices for beam characterization and monitoring in radiobiological and clinical irradiations. Innovative silicon detectors with internal gain layer (LGAD) represent a promising option, overcoming the limits of currently used ionization chambers. Two devices are being developed: one to directly count individual protons at high rates, exploiting the large signal-to-noise ratio and fast collection time in small thicknesses (1 ns in 50 μm) of LGADs, the second to measure the beam energy with time-of-flight techniques, using LGADs optimized for excellent time resolutions (Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors, UFSDs). The preliminary results of first beam tests with therapeutic beam will be presented and discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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