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 …

In this paper, the authors' review the applicability of the open‐source GATE Monte Carlo
simulation platform based on the GEANT4 toolkit for radiation therapy and dosimetry …

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 …

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 …

Monte Carlo simulations play a crucial role for in-vivo treatment monitoring based on PET
and prompt gamma imaging in proton and carbon-ion therapies. The accuracy of the nuclear …

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 …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly considered as an effective imaging
method to support several stages of radiation therapy. The combined usage of functional …

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are becoming the reference photodetectors in many fields.
In medicine they are slowly replacing photomultiplier tubes and avalanche photodiodes in …

We studied the application of a deep, fully connected Neural Network (NN) to process
prompt gamma (PG) data measured by a Compton camera (CC) during the delivery of …

The radiation used in hadrontherapy treatments interacts with the patient body producing
secondary particles, either neutral or charged, that can be used for dose and Bragg peak …