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Lillhök J, Billnert-Maróti R, Anastasiadis A. MCNP 6.2 simulations of energy deposition in low-density volumes corresponding to unit-density volumes on the nanometre level. RADIAT MEAS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Agosteo S. Detectors for measurement of microdosimetric quantities. RADIAT MEAS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Selva A, Bellan L, Bianchi A, Giustiniani G, Colautti P, Fagotti E, Pisent A, Conte V. Microdosimetry of an accelerator based thermal neutron field for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 182:110144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Selva A, Bolst D, Guatelli S, Conte V. Energy imparted and ionization yield in nanometre-sized volumes. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mazzucconi D, Bortot D, Agosteo S, Pola A, Pasquato S, Fazzi A, Colautti P, Conte V, Petringa G, Amico A, Cirrone GAP. MICRODOSIMETRY AT NANOMETRIC SCALE WITH AN AVALANCHE-CONFINEMENT TEPC: RESPONSE AGAINST A HELIUM ION BEAM. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2019; 183:177-181. [PMID: 30535177 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) is the most accurate device for measuring the microdosimetric properties of a particle beam but, since the lower operation limit of common TEPCs is ~0.3 μm, no detailed information on the track structure of the impinging particles can be obtained. The pattern of particle interactions at the nanometric level is measured directly by only three different nanodosimeters worldwide: practical instruments are not yet available. In order to partially fill the gap between microdosimetry and track-nanodosimetry, a low-pressure avalanche-confinement TEPC was designed and constructed for simulating tissue-equivalent sites down to the nanometric region. The present paper aims at describing the response of this TEPC in the range 0.3 μm-25 nm to a 62 MeV/n 4He ion beam. The experimental results, for depths near the Bragg peak, show good agreement with FLUKA simulations and suggest that, for smaller depths, the distribution is highly influenced by secondary electrons.
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- D Mazzucconi
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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Bortot D, Pola A, Agosteo S, Pasquato S, Introini M, Colautti P, Conte V. A miniaturized alpha spectrometer for the calibration of an avalanche-confinement TEPC. RADIAT MEAS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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De Nardo L, Dal Corso F, Pegoraro M. Microdosimetric Measurements in Gamma and neutron Fields with a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter Based on a Gas Electron Multiplier. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2017; 175:260-266. [PMID: 27881795 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A multi-element tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC), based on a single gas electron multiplier (GEM) foil of standard geometry, has been constructed with 16 cylindrical sensitives volumes. In this article, the design of this novel counter is described and first microdosimetric measurements are presented. To study the response of the GEM-TEPC to both low and high linear energy transfer radiation fields, the microdosimetric spectra due to a 137Cs gamma-ray source and to fast neutrons from 7Li(d,n)8Be reaction have been measured using pure propane gas at low pressure, in order to simulate a tissue site of about 1 µm equivalent size. The comparison with spectra measured with a spherical TEPC and with a mini-TEPC demonstrates promising properties for application of the GEM-TEPC for microdosimetric applications.
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- L De Nardo
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- PD-INFN, via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- PD-INFN, via Marzolo 8, I-35131Padova, Italy
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- PD-INFN, via Marzolo 8, I-35131Padova, Italy
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Bortot D, Agosteo S, Colautti P, Conte V, Introini M, Lorenzoli M, Pasquato S, Pola A. A novel avalanche-confinement TEPC for microdosimetry at nanometric level. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201715301011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Farahmand M, De Nardo L. MICRODOSIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF A TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER BASED ON A GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER DOWN TO 140 nm SIMULATED SITE SIZES. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2016; 171:304-312. [PMID: 26359335 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A multi-element tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC), based on a gas electron multiplier, has been constructed with several cavities of small dimensions (down to 0.5 mm of diameter), to be used for microdosimetric measurements in intense, pulsed, radiation fields. First micro- and nano-dosimetric spectra with low-energy X rays in various simulated tissue site sizes are presented. The specific advantages and the calibration methods of this type of TEPC are discussed.
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- M Farahmand
- Centre for Environmental Safety and Security, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, NL-3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Physics and Astronomy Department and PD-INFN, University of Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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Moro D, Chiriotti S, Colautti P, Conte V. TEPC gas gain measurements in propane. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2014; 161:459-463. [PMID: 24493783 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Knowledge of the gas gain is important to optimise the design and the operating characteristics of tissue-equivalent proportional counters (TEPCs), especially for simulated sites smaller than 1 µm. TEPC area monitors of the order of centimetres must operate at very low gas pressure to simulate micrometric volumes, consequently the Townsend theory cannot be applied: effects related to the presence of an electric-field gradient become important and must be considered. A detailed description of the electron avalanche formation is complex, but in most practical cases an analytical formula can be used. The so-called gradient-field model includes three characteristic constants of the counting gas, which were already experimentally determined for propane-tissue equivalent (TE) and dimethyl ether (DME) gases. The aim of this work is to measure the gas-dependent parameters for propane gas. Preliminary results obtained with a spherical TEPC are presented.
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- D Moro
- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN-LNL, Legnaro, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN-LNL, Legnaro, Italy Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium Center of Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN-LNL, Legnaro, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN-LNL, Legnaro, Italy
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Lindborg L, Nikjoo H. Microdosimetry and radiation quality determinations in radiation protection and radiation therapy. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2011; 143:402-408. [PMID: 21227959 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Beams of different radiation qualities may, for equal absorbed dose, lead to important differences in the degree of harm for a specific biological endpoint. In many practical situations absorbed dose is then not a sufficient measure when for instance the same treatment result or risk level is the focus of attention. In radiation protection, the absorbed dose may be different by a factor of 20 between the most and least effective radiation qualities. In radiation therapy the corresponding factor is approximately 3. Two physical quantities related to the charged particle track structure, LET, and lineal energy, y, are used to characterise radiation quality. Their values are dependent on whether focus is on targets in the micrometer range (chromosomes, cell nucleus, etc.) or in the nanometre range (DNA structures). The two quantities, LET, and y, have important differences, which emphasise different characteristics of a track. Applications will be discussed.
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- L Lindborg
- Radiation Biophysics Group, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Box 260, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Rollet S, Colautti P, Grosswendt B, Moro D, Gargioni E, Conte V, DeNardo L. Monte Carlo simulation of mini TEPC microdosimetric spectra: Influence of low energy electrons. RADIAT MEAS 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Garty G, Schulte R, Shchemelinin S, Leloup C, Assaf G, Breskin A, Chechik R, Bashkirov V, Milligan J, Grosswendt B. A nanodosimetric model of radiation-induced clustered DNA damage yields. Phys Med Biol 2010; 55:761-81. [PMID: 20071772 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/3/015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We present a nanodosimetric model for predicting the yield of double strand breaks (DSBs) and non-DSB clustered damages induced in irradiated DNA. The model uses experimental ionization cluster size distributions measured in a gas model by an ion counting nanodosimeter or, alternatively, distributions simulated by a Monte Carlo track structure code developed to simulate the nanodosimeter. The model is based on a straightforward combinatorial approach translating ionizations, as measured or simulated in a sensitive gas volume, to lesions in a DNA segment of one-two helical turns considered equivalent to the sensitive volume of the nanodosimeter. The two model parameters, corresponding to the probability that a single ion detected by the nanodosimeter corresponds to a single strand break or a single lesion (strand break or base damage) in the equivalent DNA segment, were tuned by fitting the model-predicted yields to previously measured double-strand break and double-strand lesion yields in plasmid DNA irradiated with protons and helium nuclei. Model predictions were also compared to both yield data simulated by the PARTRAC code for protons of a wide range of different energies and experimental DSB and non-DSB clustered DNA damage yield data from the literature. The applicability and limitations of this model in predicting the LET dependence of clustered DNA damage yields are discussed.
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- G Garty
- Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Lillhök JE, Grindborg JE, Lindborg L, Gudowska I, Carlsson GA, Söderberg J, Kopeć M, Medin J. Nanodosimetry in a clinical neutron therapy beam using the variance-covariance method and Monte Carlo simulations. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52:4953-66. [PMID: 17671346 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Nanodosimetric single-event distributions or their mean values may contribute to a better understanding of how radiation induced biological damages are produced. They may also provide means for radiation quality characterization in therapy beams. Experimental nanodosimetry is however technically challenging and Monte Carlo simulations are valuable as a complementary tool for such investigations. The dose-mean lineal energy was determined in a therapeutic p(65)+Be neutron beam and in a (60)Co gamma beam using low-pressure gas detectors and the variance-covariance method. The neutron beam was simulated using the condensed history Monte Carlo codes MCNPX and SHIELD-HIT. The dose-mean lineal energy was calculated using the simulated dose and fluence spectra together with published data from track-structure simulations. A comparison between simulated and measured results revealed some systematic differences and different dependencies on the simulated object size. The results show that both experimental and theoretical approaches are needed for an accurate dosimetry in the nanometer region. In line with previously reported results, the dose-mean lineal energy determined at 10 nm was shown to be related to clinical RBE values in the neutron beam and in a simulated 175 MeV proton beam as well.
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- J E Lillhök
- Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Stockholm, Sweden
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Waker AJ. Techniques for radiation measurements: microdosimetry and dosimetry. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2006; 122:369-73. [PMID: 17223638 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Experimental microdosimetry is concerned with the determination of radiation quality and how this can be specified in terms of the distribution of energy deposition arising from the interaction of a radiation field with a particular target site. This paper discusses various techniques that have been developed to measure radiation energy deposition over the three orders of magnitude of site-size; nanometer, micrometer and millimetre, which radiation biology suggests is required to fully account for radiation quality. Inevitably, much of the discussion will concern the use of tissue-equivalent proportional counters and variants of this device, but other technologies that have been studied, or are under development, for their potential in experimental microdosimetry are also covered. Through an examination of some of the quantities used in radiation metrology and dosimetry the natural link with microdosimetric techniques will be shown and the particular benefits of using microdosimetric methods for dosimetry illustrated.
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- A J Waker
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology, School of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada.
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De Nardo L, Seravalli E, Rosi G, Esposito J, Colautti P, Conte V, Tornielli G. BNCT microdosimetry at the tapiro reactor thermal column. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2004; 110:579-586. [PMID: 15353712 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A thermal column is available for dosimetric and radiobiological studies by the fast reactor TAPIRO, located at the ENEA research centre Casaccia. The TAPIRO neutron field has been studied (in the frame of LNL BNCT project) with a tissue-equivalent proportional counter, which has worked alternatively with an ordinary tissue-equivalent cathode and with a boron-enriched cathode. Measurements have been performed with polyethylene caps of different thickness. Both the absorbed dose and the microdosimetric-calculated biological effective dose show a maximum at approximately 0.5 mg cm(-2) of depth. The different dose components have been calculated and the results are discussed.
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- L De Nardo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35100 Padova, Italy
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