Prompt gamma imaging of passively shaped proton fields with a knife-edge slit camera

Prompt gamma imaging of passively shaped proton fields with a knife-edge slit camera

Priegnitz, M.; Barczyk, S.; Keitz, I.; Mein, S.; Vander Stappen, F.; Janssens, G.; Hotoiu, L.; Smeets, J.; Fiedler, F.; Prieels, D.; Enghardt, W.; Pausch, G.; Richter, C.

Range verification in proton therapy is highly desirable to fully exploit the advantageous properties of proton beams for tumor therapy. In this context, prompt gamma imaging (PGI) is of growing interest and different technical concepts for realization are currently under investigation. The feasibility of range shift detection with a slit camera has previously been shown for different targets irradiated with protons in pencil beam scanning mode. In preparation of the clinical application of the slit camera within a patient study, we report on the first application of the slit camera to passively shaped proton beams.

Keywords: prompt gamma imaging; slit camera; proton range verification

  • Poster
    ICTR-PHE 2016, International Conference on Translational Research in Radio-Oncology | Physics for Health in Europe, 15.-19.02.2016, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Poster
    2. Heidelberg Symposium on Novel Techniques in Ion Beam Radiotherapy, 09.-11.03.2016, Heidelberg, Deutschland
  • Open Access Logo Abstract in refereed journal
    Radiotherapy and Oncology 118(2016)Suppl. 1, S86-S87
    DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(16)30177-3

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