Measurement of secondary particle production induced by particle therapy ion beams impinging on a PMMA target

Particle therapy is a technique that uses accelerated charged ions for cancer treatment and combines a high irradiation precision with a high biological effectiveness in killing tumor cells [1]. Informations about the secondary particles emitted in the interaction of an ion beam with the patient dur...

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Main Authors: Toppi, M., Battistoni, G., Bellini, F., Collamati, F., De Lucia, E., Durante, M., Faccini, R., Frallicciardi, P.M., Marafini, M., Mattei, I., Morganti, S., Muraro, S., Paramatti, R., Patera, V., Pinci, D., Piersanti, L., Rucinski, A., Russomando, A., Sarti, A., Sciubba, A., Senzacqua, M., Solfaroli Camillocci, E., Traini, G., Voena, C.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological effects
Charged particles
Emission spectra
Energy spectra
Fluxes
Ion beams
Ions
Particle beams
Particle production
Polymethyl methacrylate
Therapy
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Summary:Particle therapy is a technique that uses accelerated charged ions for cancer treatment and combines a high irradiation precision with a high biological effectiveness in killing tumor cells [1]. Informations about the secondary particles emitted in the interaction of an ion beam with the patient during a treatment can be of great interest in order to monitor the dose deposition. For this purpose an experiment at the HIT (Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center) beam facility has been performed in order to measure fluxes and emission profiles of secondary particles produced in the interaction of therapeutic beams with a PMMA target. In this contribution some preliminary results about the emission profiles and the energy spectra of the detected secondaries will be presented.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201611705007