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Ambrožová I, Vondráček V, Šefl M, Štěpán V, Pachnerová Brabcová K, Ploc O, Incerti S, Davídková M. Microdosimetry for a carbon ion beam using track-etched detectors. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015; 166:247-252. [PMID: 25862534 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Track-etched detectors (TED) have been used as linear energy transfer (LET) spectrometers in heavy ion beams for many years. LET spectra and depth-dose distribution of a carbon ion beam were measured behind polymethylmethacrylate degraders at Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba, Japan. The measurements were performed along monoenergetic beam with energy 290 MeV u(-1) in different positions: (1) at beam extraction area, (2) at beginning, (3) maximum and (4) behind the Bragg peak region (0, 117, 147 and 151 mm of water-equivalent depth, respectively). The LET spectra inside and outside of the primary ion beam have been evaluated. TED record only heavy charged particles with LET above 8-10 keV µm(-1), while electrons and ions with lower LET are not detected. The Geant4 simulation toolkit version 4.9.6.P01 has been used to estimate the contribution of non-detected particles to absorbed dose. Presented results demonstrate the applicability of TED for microdosimetry measurements in therapeutic carbon ion beams.
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Affiliation(s)
- I Ambrožová
- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic
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- Proton Therapy Center, Budínova 2437/1a, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 7, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan, CENBG, Chemin du Solarium, BP 120, Gradignan 33175, France
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgränd 3, Göteborg SE-412 96, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan, CENBG, Chemin du Solarium, BP 120, Gradignan 33175, France
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Na Truhlářce 39/64, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic
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Pachnerová Brabcová K, Ambrožová I, Spurný F. Spectrometry of linear energy transfer with track-etched detectors in carbon ion beams, MONO and SOBP. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2011; 143:440-444. [PMID: 21156782 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Five various materials employed as track-etched detectors (TEDs) were exposed in beams of carbon ions with energy 290 MeV. u(-1) in the HIMAC-BIO facility in Japan. The exposures were performed behind various types of polymethyl methacrylate shielding. The beam had two possible set-ups--monoenergetic set-up and modulated spread-out Bragg peak set-up. All used TEDs are polyallyl diglycol carbonates (PADCs): Page from Mouldings (Pershore) Ltd, Tastrak from Track Analysis Systems Ltd, both from the UK; USF4 from American Technical Plastics from the USA and two products of Japan Fukuvi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd--TD1 and Baryotrak. Spectra of linear energy transfer and depth-dose distributions were obtained. Besides, differences among PADCs are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Pachnerová Brabcová
- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute, AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic.
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