Abstract Linear Energy Transfer (LET) is widely used to express the radiation quality of ion
beams, when characterizing the biological effectiveness. However, averaged LET may be …

The physical properties of proton beams offer the potential to reduce toxicity in tumor-
adjacent normal tissues. Toward this end, the number of proton radiotherapy facilities has …

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to examine the RBE for early damage in an in
vivo mouse model, and the effect of the increased linear energy transfer (LET) towards the …

The use and interest in Monte Carlo (MC) techniques in the field of medical physics have
been rapidly increasing in the past years. This is the case especially in particle therapy …

A novel transport algorithm performing proton track-structure calculations in arbitrary
materials was developed. Unlike conventional algorithms, which are based on the dielectric …

Purpose GATE‐RTion is a validated version of GATE for clinical use in the field of light ion
beam therapy. This paper describes the GATE‐RTion project and illustrates its potential …

The fragment production excitation functions of C 12 interacting with carbon nuclei were
measured in the energy range of 100–400 MeV/u. To measure cross sections as excitation …

Background: The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of particle therapy compared to
photon radiotherapy is known to be variable but the exact dependencies are still subject to …

Purpose: particle therapy has the potential to improve radiooncology. With more and more
facilities coming into operation, also the interest for research at proton beams increases …

The linear energy transfer (LET) is commonly used as a parameter which describes the
quality of the radiation applied in radiation therapy with fast ions. In particular in proton …