Physics and biology of ultrahigh dose-rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: a topical review

N Esplen, MS Mendonca… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrahigh dose-rate radiotherapy (RT), or'FLASH'therapy, has gained significant momentum
following various in vivo studies published since 2014 which have demonstrated a reduction …

Vacuum-ultraviolet photodetectors

L Jia, W Zheng, F Huang - PhotoniX, 2020 - Springer
High-performance vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) photodetectors are of great significance to
space science, radiation monitoring, electronic industry and basic science. Due to the …

Design, realization, and characterization of a novel diamond detector prototype for FLASH radiotherapy dosimetry

M Marinelli, G Felici, F Galante, A Gasparini… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose FLASH radiotherapy (RT) is an emerging technique in which beams with ultra‐high
dose rates (UH‐DR) and dose per pulse (UH‐DPP) are used. Commercially available active …

Neutron detection techniques from μeV to GeV

A Pietropaolo, M Angelone, R Bedogni, N Colonna… - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Neutron-based experimental techniques have been continuously improved, refined and
strengthened since the pioneering experiments conducted by Clifford Shull and Bertram …

Recent progress in diamond radiation detectors

T Shimaoka, S Koizumi, JH, Kaneko - Functional Diamond, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews recent progress in diamond radiation detectors. Diamond is an ultra-
wide gap (5.5 eV) semiconducting material which has several ideal properties for radiation …

Application of a novel diamond detector for commissioning of FLASH radiotherapy electron beams

G Verona Rinati, G Felici, F Galante… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A diamond detector prototype was recently proposed by Marinelli et al.(Medical
Physics 2022, https://doi. org/10.1002/mp. 15473) for applications in ultrahigh‐dose‐per …

Properties of a commercial PTW-60019 synthetic diamond detector for the dosimetry of small radiotherapy beams

JM Lárraga-Gutiérrez… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A CVD based radiation detector has recently become commercially available from the
manufacturer PTW-Freiburg (Germany). This detector has a sensitive volume of 0.004 mm 3 …

Diamond detectors for radiotherapy X-ray small beam dosimetry

C Talamonti, K Kanxheri, S Pallotta, L Servoli - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many new X-Ray treatment machines using small and/or non-standard radiation fields, eg,
Tomotherapy, Cyber-knife, and linear accelerators equipped with high-resolution multi-leaf …

Dosimetric characterization of a synthetic single crystal diamond detector in clinical radiation therapy small photon beams

I Ciancaglioni, M Marinelli, E Milani… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To determine the potentialities of synthetic single crystal diamond Schottky diodes
for accurate dose measurements in radiation therapy small photon beams. Methods: The …

Properties of diamond-based neutron detectors operated in harsh environments

M Angelone, C Verona - Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diamond is widely studied and used for the detection of direct and indirect ionizing particles
because of its many physical and electrical outstanding properties, which make this material …