Online monitor detector for the protontherapy beam at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud-Catania

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 572, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1094-1101

  Givehchi, N ^a,b,i   Marchetto, F ^b,i   Boriano, A ^a,b,i   Attili, A ^b,i   Bourhaleb, F ^a,i   Cirio, R ^b,i   Cirrone, G A P ^e,i   Cuttone, G ^e,i   Di Rosa, F ^e,i   Donetti, M ^b,d,i   Garella, M A ^b,i   Giordanengo, S ^b,i   Iliescu, S ^b,i   La Rosa, A ^a,b,i   Lojacono, P A ^e,i   Nicotra, P ^f,i   Peroni, C ^a,b,i   Pecka, A ^a,b,i   Pitta, G ^c,i   Raffaele, L ^e,g,i   Russo, G ^e,i   Sabini, M G ^e,h,i   Valastro, L M ^e,g,i   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c TERA Foundation   (Italy)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^e INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^f Siatel srl   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^h CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam position monitor; Dosimeter; Ionization chamber; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BEAM GEOMETRY; BEAM POSITION MONITOR; PROTONTHERAPY;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 33847146753     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.12.047     Document Type: Article

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