Gamma emission in hadron therapy : experimental approach

doi:10.5506/APhysPolB.46.753

Gamma emission in hadron therapy : experimental approach

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punktacja MEiN [2015 A]: 15

title:	Gamma emission in hadron therapy : experimental approach
author:	Wrońska Aleksandra , Bednarczyk P., Böckenhoff D., Bubak A., Feyen S., Konefał A., Laihem K., Magiera Andrzej , Stahl A., Ziębliński M.
journal title:	Acta Physica Polonica. B
title of volume:	Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics Extremes of the Nuclear Landscape
volume:	46
issue:	3
date of publication :	2015
pages:	753-756
ISSN:	0587-4254
eISSN:	1509-5770
DOI:	10.5506/APhysPolB.46.753
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	Experiment Gamma-CCB at the Cyclotron Centre Bronowice focuses on investigation of gamma emission in experimental modelling of hadron therapy, searching for manifestation of the Bragg peak in gamma spectra. Experimental program comprises a series of measurements for different energies of the beam accelerated in the cyclotron Proteus C-235, as well as for several phantom materials. The paper reports on the results of the first measurements performed at 70 MeV proton beam energy and for two target materials: graphite and polymethyl methacrylate PMMA. Two different experimental techniques were tested, resulting in differential gamma spectra or spectra integrated over whole proton penetration path in a phantom. Strong correlation of the intensity of the carbon and oxygen excitation lines with the Bragg peak position has been observed in both types of measurements, confirming potential of the method in the future application in hadron therapy.
number of pulisher's sheets:	0,2
affiliation:	Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiego
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper