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most citedDosimetric commissioning and quality assurance of scanned ion beams at the Italian National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy

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physics.med-ph2025

Stopping power monitoring during proton therapy by means of prompt gamma timing: first experimental results with a homogeneous phantom

Julius Werner, Francesco Pennazio, Piergiorgio Cerello +11

Proton therapy's full potential is limited by uncertainties that prevent optimal dose distribution. Monitoring techniques can reduce these uncertainties and enable adaptive treatme…

physics.med-ph2022★ 5 cited

Analysis methods for in-beam PET images in proton therapy treatment verification: a comparison based on Monte Carlo simulations

M. Moglioni, A. C. Kraan, A. Berti +13

Background and purpose: In-beam Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is one of the modalities that can be used for in-vivo non-invasive treatment monitoring in proton therapy. PET di…

physics.med-ph2022★ 161 cited

Dosimetric commissioning and quality assurance of scanned ion beams at the Italian National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy

Alfredo Mirandola, S. Molinelli, G. Vilches Freixas +9

Purpose: To describe the dosimetric commissioning and quality assurance (QA) of the actively scanned proton and carbon ion beams at the Italian National Center for Oncological Hadr…

physics.med-ph2022★ 92 cited

The CNAO Dose Delivery System for modulated scanning ion beam radiotherapy

Simona Giordanengo, Maria Adelaide Garella, Flavio Marchetto +9

This paper describes the dose delivery system used at the Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO) for ion beam modulated scanning radiotherapy. CNAO Foundation, INFN and…

physics.med-ph2020★ 22 cited

A new detector for the beam energy measurement in proton therapy: a feasibility study

A. Vignati, S. Giordanengo, F. Mas Milian +14

Fast procedures for the beam quality assessment and for the monitoring of beam energy modulations during the irradiation are among the most urgent improvements in particle therapy.…

physics.med-ph2014★ 6 cited

First tests for an online treatment monitoring system with in-beam PET for proton therapy

Aafke C. Kraan, G. Battistoni, N. Belcari +13

PET imaging is a non-invasive technique for particle range verification in proton therapy. It is based on measuring the beta+ annihilations caused by nuclear interactions of the pr…