Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a new imaging method with a potential for increasing accuracy of treatment planning and patient positioning in hadron therapy. A pCT system with small active area (5cm×5cm) has been already manufactured by authors. Tested under proton beams gave first promising results on radiography and tomographic reconstructions. Recent developments of a second prototype with large area (5×20cm2) in the perspective of a pre-clinical acquisition system is now being designed, details are given in this paper.

Bruzzi, M., Brianzi, M., Bucciolini, M., Carpinelli, M., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., et al. (2013). Towards a large area apparatus for Proton Computed Tomography. In 2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 (pp.1-2). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829454].

Towards a large area apparatus for Proton Computed Tomography

CARPINELLI, Massimo;
2013

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a new imaging method with a potential for increasing accuracy of treatment planning and patient positioning in hadron therapy. A pCT system with small active area (5cm×5cm) has been already manufactured by authors. Tested under proton beams gave first promising results on radiography and tomographic reconstructions. Recent developments of a second prototype with large area (5×20cm2) in the perspective of a pre-clinical acquisition system is now being designed, details are given in this paper.
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Radiation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Radiology; Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
English
2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 - 27 October 2013 through 2 November 2013
2013
2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013
9781479905348
2013
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Bruzzi, M., Brianzi, M., Bucciolini, M., Carpinelli, M., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., et al. (2013). Towards a large area apparatus for Proton Computed Tomography. In 2013 60th IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013 (pp.1-2). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829454].
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