IGFAE workshop on technologies and applied research at the future Galician proton-therapy facility

Session

M1: Applied Research

10 May 2023, 09:20

Conveners

M1: Applied Research

• Pablo Vazquez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))

25. Experiments in clinical proton beams: range verification, contrast agents and FLASH

DANIEL SANCHEZ PARCERISA (UCM)

10/05/2023, 09:20

Oral contribution

Desde el Grupo de Física Nuclear de la Universidad Complutense hemos realizado múltiples campañas de experimentación en centros clínicos de protonterapia como el Centro de Protonterapia Quironsalud, el WPE de Essen, KVI, o el Roberts Proton Therapy Center, de la Universidad de Pennsylvania.

En la charla se detallarán los principales resultados obtenidos de dichas campañas, así como los...

16. Neutron dosimetry in particle therapy facilities: status of the LINrem project

Ariel Esteban Tarifeno Saldivia (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

10/05/2023, 09:55

Oral contribution

Neutrons are a highly penetrating type of radiation that can contribute significantly to the total absorbed dose in the human body. As a result, monitoring neutron dose rates is crucial in various facilities to minimize the risk of harm to workers, patients, and the public. Commercial portable neutron detectors, also known as ambient neutron dosimeters, are typically used for this purpose....

9. Role and challenges of PET imaging in proton therapy

Dr Laura Moliner (i3M)

10/05/2023, 10:15

Oral contribution

Proton therapy is the most precise external radiotherapy modality offering better dose distribution (exact-precision dosimetry, i.e., precise radiation dose and location) and, as a result, less radioactivity exposure to healthy tissues and a lower likelihood of unneeded radioinduced side effects.
The fact that protons have a limited range when they enter the body is one of the key benefits...

8. Proton acceleration and detection for clinical and preclinical research

Michael Seimetz (Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M))

10/05/2023, 10:35

Oral contribution

Research at the Institute for Instrumentation in Molecular Imaging (i3M, Valencia) is related to the development of diagnostic systems and clinical or preclinical applications of nuclear physics techniques. We present two recent advances related to particle therapy. The necessity for online range measurement for the real-time determination of the position of the Bragg peak has been much...

3. Computational and experimental methods applied for treatment planning, quality assurance, and research at the clinically operating proton-therapy facility

Antoni Rucinski

10/05/2023, 10:55

Oral contribution

In this contribution, I will review technologies and applied translational research activities ongoing at the R&D lab of the Cyclotron Centre Bronowice (CCB), proton therapy center in Krakow, Poland. I will show examples of clinical translation of developed technologies to routine proton treatment planning and quality assurance (QA). Individual projects presented here have been conducted in...