Proton Sound Detectors (ProSDs) sense (at low latency, <1 ms) the thermoacoustic signal generated by the fast energy deposition at the Bragg peak of a proton beam penetrating an energy absorber. ProSDs are especially promising for experimental monitoring of high pulse rate (FLASH) hadron therapy treatments working in-sync with the beam. This paper presents a mixed signal detector, capable of sensing and processing high rate (1k beam shots/sec) ionacoustic signals with low latency (<1 ms). The system was validated by measuring the dose deposition of a 20 MeV proton beam in water, achieving 3.43% precision (±2.75 GyRMS) after 50 ms acquisition (77.56 Gy total dose deposition).

Vallicelli, E., Baschirotto, A., De Matteis, M. (2022). Proton Sound Detector for beam range/dose measurement in FLASH hadron therapy. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 17(7) [10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/C07007].

Proton Sound Detector for beam range/dose measurement in FLASH hadron therapy

Vallicelli E. A.
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Baschirotto A.;De Matteis M.
2022

Abstract

Proton Sound Detectors (ProSDs) sense (at low latency, <1 ms) the thermoacoustic signal generated by the fast energy deposition at the Bragg peak of a proton beam penetrating an energy absorber. ProSDs are especially promising for experimental monitoring of high pulse rate (FLASH) hadron therapy treatments working in-sync with the beam. This paper presents a mixed signal detector, capable of sensing and processing high rate (1k beam shots/sec) ionacoustic signals with low latency (<1 ms). The system was validated by measuring the dose deposition of a 20 MeV proton beam in water, achieving 3.43% precision (±2.75 GyRMS) after 50 ms acquisition (77.56 Gy total dose deposition).
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Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitors, beam-intensity monitors, bunch length monitors); Instrumentation for particle-beam therapy;
English
2022
17
7
C07007
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Vallicelli, E., Baschirotto, A., De Matteis, M. (2022). Proton Sound Detector for beam range/dose measurement in FLASH hadron therapy. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 17(7) [10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/C07007].
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