Optimizing SHIELD-HIT for carbon ion treatment

DC Hansen, A Lühr, N Sobolevsky… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The SHIELD-HIT Monte Carlo transport code has been widely used in particle
therapy, but has previously shown some discrepancies, when compared with experimental …

Antiproton induced DNA damage: proton like in flight, carbon-ion like near rest

JN Kavanagh, FJ Currell, DJ Timson, KI Savage… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Biological validation of new radiotherapy modalities is essential to understand their
therapeutic potential. Antiprotons have been proposed for cancer therapy due to enhanced …

Comparison of optimized single and multifield irradiation plans of antiproton, proton and carbon ion beams

N Bassler, I Kantemiris, P Karaiskos, J Engelke… - Radiotherapy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Antiprotons have been suggested as a possibly superior
modality for radiotherapy, due to the energy released when antiprotons annihilate, which …

A parameterization of nuclear track profiles in CR-39 detector

AA Azooz, SH Al-Nia'emi, MA Al-Jubbori - Computer Physics …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this work, the empirical parameterization describing the alpha particles' track depth in CR-
39 detectors is extended to describe longitudinal track profiles against etching time for …

The antiproton depth–dose curve measured with alanine detectors

N Bassler, JW Hansen, H Palmans… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper we report on the measurement of the antiproton depth–dose curve, with alanine
detectors. The results are compared with simulations using the particle energy spectrum …

Neutron activation of gadolinium for ion therapy: A Monte Carlo study of charged particle beams

KW Van Delinder, R Khan, JL Gräfe - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study investigates the photon production from thermal neutron capture in a gadolinium
(Gd) infused tumor as a result of secondary neutrons from particle therapy. Gadolinium …

Comparison of 126 MeV antiproton and proton—a FLUKA-based microdosimetric approach

A Chattaraj, TP Selvam - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. This study aims at comparing dosimetric parameters of 126 MeV antiprotons and
protons using microdosimetric approach. Approach. Microdosimetric distributions of 126 …

Fluence inhomogeneities due to a ripple filter induced Moiré effect

TP Ringbæk, S Brons, J Naumann… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
At particle therapy facilities with pencil beam scanning, the implementation of a ripple filter
(RiFi) broadens the Bragg peak, so fewer energy steps from the accelerator are required for …

Spread-out antiproton beams deliver poor physical dose distributions for radiation therapy

H Paganetti, M Goitein, K Parodi - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Antiprotons have been suggested as a possibly superior
modality for radiotherapy, due to the energy released when they annihilate, which enhances …

Calculated LET spectrum from antiproton beams stopping in water

N Bassler, M Holzscheiter - Acta Oncologica, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. Antiprotons have been proposed as a potential modality for radiotherapy
because the annihilation at the end of range leads to roughly a doubling of physical dose in …