Abstract
A feasibility study on an imaging technique of a therapeutic proton-beam trajectory using a gamma camera by measuring secondary electron bremsstrahlung (SEB) was performed by means of Monte Carlo simulations and a beam-irradiation experiment. From the simulation and experimental results, it was found that a significant amount of SEB yield exists between the beam-injection surface and the range position along the beam axis and the beam trajectory is clearly imaged by the SEB yield. It is concluded that the SEB imaging is a promising technique for monitoring of therapeutic proton-beam trajectories.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 199-207 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 833 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 Oct 11 |
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Keywords
- Beam-trajectory imaging
- Gamma camera
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Proton therapy
- Secondary electron bremsstrahlung
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Instrumentation
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Secondary-electron-bremsstrahlung imaging for proton therapy. / Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka; Nagao, Yuto; Ando, Koki; Yamamoto, Seiichi; Toshito, Toshiyuki; Kataoka, Jun; Kawachi, Naoki.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 833, 11.10.2016, p. 199-207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Secondary-electron-bremsstrahlung imaging for proton therapy
AU - Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka
AU - Nagao, Yuto
AU - Ando, Koki
AU - Yamamoto, Seiichi
AU - Toshito, Toshiyuki
AU - Kataoka, Jun
AU - Kawachi, Naoki
PY - 2016/10/11
Y1 - 2016/10/11
N2 - A feasibility study on an imaging technique of a therapeutic proton-beam trajectory using a gamma camera by measuring secondary electron bremsstrahlung (SEB) was performed by means of Monte Carlo simulations and a beam-irradiation experiment. From the simulation and experimental results, it was found that a significant amount of SEB yield exists between the beam-injection surface and the range position along the beam axis and the beam trajectory is clearly imaged by the SEB yield. It is concluded that the SEB imaging is a promising technique for monitoring of therapeutic proton-beam trajectories.
AB - A feasibility study on an imaging technique of a therapeutic proton-beam trajectory using a gamma camera by measuring secondary electron bremsstrahlung (SEB) was performed by means of Monte Carlo simulations and a beam-irradiation experiment. From the simulation and experimental results, it was found that a significant amount of SEB yield exists between the beam-injection surface and the range position along the beam axis and the beam trajectory is clearly imaged by the SEB yield. It is concluded that the SEB imaging is a promising technique for monitoring of therapeutic proton-beam trajectories.
KW - Beam-trajectory imaging
KW - Gamma camera
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
KW - Proton therapy
KW - Secondary electron bremsstrahlung
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DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.034
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VL - 833
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JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
SN - 0168-9002
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