The FlashDC project: Development of a beam monitor for FLASH radiotherapy

Trigilio, Antonio; De Gregorio, Angelica; Fischetti, Marta; Franciosini, Gaia; Garbini, Marco; Lippa, Gabriele; Magi, Marco; Marafini, Michela; Muscato, Annalisa; Patera, Vincenzo; Sarti, Alessio; Schiavi, Angelo; Sciubba, Adalberto; Toppi, Marco; Traini, Giacomo und De Simoni, Micol (2022): The FlashDC project: Development of a beam monitor for FLASH radiotherapy. In: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Bd. 1041, 167334

Abstract

FLASH Radiotherapy is currently being studied and actively explored by medical and radiobiology communities as one of the most promising technological break-through in the future of cancer treatment as it could considerably improve the sparing of healthy tissues when compared to conventional radiotherapy. However, the FLASH effect activation mechanism still needs a thorough investigation before the characteristics of a therapeutic beam could be properly defined. In this manuscript, a new method for the on-line monitoring of therapeutic beams at FLASH intensities, based on air fluorescence and developed within the FlashDC project, is presented.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• Sprache: Englisch