Charged particle therapy has been largely driven and influenced by nuclear physics. The
increase in energy deposition density along the ion path in the body allows reducing the …

Secondary radiation emission induced by nuclear reactions is correlated to the path of ions
in matter. Therefore, such penetrating radiation can be used for in vivo control of …

Exploitation of the full potential offered by ion beams in clinical practice is still hampered by
several sources of treatment uncertainties, particularly related to the limitations of our ability …

Treatments delivered by proton therapy are affected by uncertainties on the range of the
beam within the patient, requiring medical physicists to add safety margins on the …

Hadron therapy allows for highly conformal dose distributions and better sparing of organs-
at-risk, thanks to the characteristic dose deposition as function of depth. However, the quality …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the ability of a prototype Compton camera (CC) to
measure prompt gamma rays (PG) emitted during delivery of clinical proton pencil beams for …

A Compton camera is being developed for the purpose of ion-range monitoring during
hadrontherapy via the detection of prompt-gamma rays. The system consists of a scintillating …

We present the results of an investigation of the prompt-gamma emission from an interaction
of a proton beam with phantom materials. Measurements were conducted with a novel setup …

Compton imaging devices have been proposed and studied for a wide range of
applications. We have developed a Compton camera prototype which can be operated with …

Background and objective. Range uncertainty is a major concern affecting the delivery
precision in proton therapy. The Compton camera (CC)-based prompt-gamma (PG) imaging …