State-of-the-art and potential of experimental microdosimetry in ion-beam therapy

G Magrin, H Palmans, M Stock, D Georg - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In radiotherapy, radiation-quality should be an expression of the biological and physical
characteristics of ionizing radiation such as spatial distribution of ionization or energy …

Fluorescent nuclear track detectors–review of past, present and future of the technology

M Akselrod, J Kouwenberg - Radiation Measurements, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Fluorescent Nuclear Track Detector technology is a passive luminescent integrating
detector technology having important advantages in measuring neutrons, heavy ions and …

ICRU report 98, stochastic nature of radiation interactions: microdosimetry

LA Braby, V Conte, M Dingfelder… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
ICRU Report 98, Stochastic Nature of Radiation Interactions: Microdosimetry - LA Braby, V.
Conte, M. Dingfelder, DT Goodhead, LS Pinsky, AB Rosenfeld, T. Sato, AJ Waker, S. Guatelli …

Single proton LET characterization with the Timepix detector and artificial intelligence for advanced proton therapy treatment planning

P Stasica, H Nguyen, C Granja, R Kopeć… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Protons have advantageous dose distributions and are increasingly used in
cancer therapy. At the depth of the Bragg peak range, protons produce a mixed radiation …

Novel detectors for silicon based microdosimetry, their concepts and applications

AB Rosenfeld - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview of the development of semiconductor microdosimetry and
the most current (state-of-the-art) Silicon on Insulator (SOI) detectors for microdosimetry …

Electronic dosimetry in radiation therapy

AB Rosenfeld - Radiation measurements, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Radiation therapy became more and more sophisticated in terms of radiation oncology
modalities, type of radiation used and method of delivery that is leading to very conformal …

Correction factors to convert microdosimetry measurements in silicon to tissue in 12C ion therapy

D Bolst, S Guatelli, LT Tran, L Chartier… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Silicon microdosimetry is a promising technology for heavy ion therapy (HIT) quality
assurance, because of its sub-mm spatial resolution and capability to determine radiation …

Characterization of proton pencil beam scanning and passive beam using a high spatial resolution solid‐state microdosimeter

LT Tran, L Chartier, D Bolst, A Pogossov… - Medical …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This work aims to characterize a proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) and passive
double scattering (DS) systems as well as to measure parameters relevant to the relative …

Linking microdosimetric measurements to biological effectiveness in ion beam therapy: a review of theoretical aspects of mkm and other models

VE Bellinzona, F Cordoni, M Missiaggia… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Different qualities of radiation are known to cause different biological effects at the same
absorbed dose. Enhancements of the biological effectiveness are a direct consequence of …

Out‐of‐field dose equivalents delivered by proton therapy of prostate cancer

A Wroe, A Rosenfeld, R Schulte - Medical physics, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Measurements were performed to assess the dose equivalent outside a primary proton
treatment field, using a silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) microdosimeter. The SOI microdosimeter …