Towards fragment distinction in therapeutic carbon ion beams: A novel experimental approach using the Timepix detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4076-4079

  Hartmann, Bernadette ^a   Gwosch, Klaus ^b   Granja, Carlos ^c   Jakubek, Jan ^c   Pospíšil, Stanislav ^c   Jäkel, Oliver ^a   Martisikova, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

fragmentation analysis; radiotherapy; Timepix detector

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FRAGMENTATION ANALYSIS; LATERAL SCATTERING; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PROJECTILE FRAGMENTS; TIMEPIX DETECTORS;

ION BEAMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON;

EID: 84881564808     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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