SOBP forming for carbon therapy

• Authors: Vadim Babkin , Gheorghe Cata-Danil , Viacheslav Golovatyuk , Aleksandr Molokanov , Mihaela Paraipan , Gennady Timoshenko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A ridge carbon beam filter for Spreading Out the Bragg Peak (SOBP) up to 20 mm in the targeted area has been designed and experimentally tested. The instrument was constructed of Plexiglas with a density of 1.165 g/cm3 and has a “teeth” structure with a period of 2.5 mm. The design is based on a simple analytical model and detailed GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations. In-beam test measurements were performed with a 500-MeV/u 12C beam at the Nuclotron facility of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna. The filter can be used as a static device positioned in front of patients undergoing carbon therapy.

Keywords

EN

ridge filter; SOBP; carbon therapy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 683-688

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2010

online

22 - 5 - 2010

Contributors

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Vadim Babkin

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

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Gheorghe Cata-Danil

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Viacheslav Golovatyuk

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

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Aleksandr Molokanov

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

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Mihaela Paraipan

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Gennady Timoshenko

• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-009-0166-x