title: Ion range measurements using fluorescent nuclear track detectors
creator: Klimpki, Grischa
creator: Osinga, Julia-Maria
creator: Herrmann, Rochus
creator: Akselrod, Mark
creator: Jäkel, Oliver
creator: Greilich, Steffen
subject: ddc-530
subject: 530 Physics
description: Fluorescent nuclear track detectors (FNTDs) show excellent detection properties for heavy charged particles and have, therefore, been investigated in this study in terms of their potential for in-vivo range measurements.    We irradiated FNTDs with protons as well as with C, Mg, S, Fe and Xe ion beams (3 – 9 MeV/u) over a broad range of fluences (4.5e5 – 1.0e11 per cm²) with the detectors’ optical c-axis positioned perpendicular to the beam direction. All measured ion ranges (for single track as well as track bulk intensity irradiations) deviate less than 3% from tabulated SRIM data, independent of particle type, energy, fluence and linear energy transfer.    Proton irradiation of detectors placed inside a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) phantom at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center showed promising results for future in-vivo FNTD applications.
publisher: Elsevier
date: 2013-09-16
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/14863/1/Klimpki%20-%202013%20-%20Ion%20Range%20Measurements%20using%20FNTDs%20%28Rad.%20Meas.%29%20%5Bpreprint%5D.pdf
identifier: DOI:
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-148630
identifier:   Klimpki, Grischa ; Osinga, Julia-Maria ; Herrmann, Rochus ; Akselrod, Mark ; Jäkel, Oliver ; Greilich, Steffen  (2013) Ion range measurements using fluorescent nuclear track detectors.  Radiation Measurements, 56.  pp. 342-346.  ISSN 1350-4487     
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rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng