TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ion range measurements using fluorescent nuclear track detectors
AV  - public
KW  - Ion range measurements
KW  -  Fluorescent nuclear track detectors
KW  - 
Laser-induced fluorescence
KW  -  Confocal laser-scanning microscopy
KW  -  Heavy ion radiotherapyy
ID  - heidok14863
VL  - 56
A1  - Klimpki, Grischa
A1  - Osinga, Julia-Maria
A1  - Herrmann, Rochus
A1  - Akselrod, Mark
A1  - Jäkel, Oliver
A1  - Greilich, Steffen
JF  - Radiation Measurements
SP  - 342
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/14863/
SN  - 1350-4487
Y1  - 2013/09/16/
PB  - Elsevier
EP  - 346
ER  -