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Faillace L, Alesini D, Bisogni G, Bosco F, Carillo M, Cirrone P, Cuttone G, De Arcangelis D, De Gregorio A, Di Martino F, Favaudon V, Ficcadenti L, Francescone D, Franciosini G, Gallo A, Heinrich S, Migliorati M, Mostacci A, Palumbo L, Patera V, Patriarca A, Pensavalle J, Perondi F, Remetti R, Sarti A, Spataro B, Torrisi G, Vannozzi A, Giuliano L. Perspectives in linear accelerator for FLASH VHEE: Study of a compact C-band system. Phys Med 2022; 104:149-159. [PMID: 36427487 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE In order to translate the FLASH effect in clinical use and to treat deep tumors, Very High Electron Energy irradiations could represent a valid technique. Here, we address the main issues in the design of a VHEE FLASH machine. We present preliminary results for a compact C-band system aiming to reach a high accelerating gradient and high current necessary to deliver a Ultra High Dose Rate with a beam pulse duration of 3μs. METHODS The proposed system is composed by low energy high current injector linac followed by a high acceleration gradient structure able to reach 60-160 MeV energy range. To obtain the maximum energy, an energy pulse compressor options is considered. CST code was used to define the specifications RF parameters of the linac. To optimize the accelerated current and therefore the delivered dose, beam dynamics simulations was performed using TSTEP and ASTRA codes. RESULTS The VHEE parameters Linac suitable to satisfy FLASH criteria were simulated. Preliminary results allow to obtain a maximum energy of 160 MeV, with a peak current of 200 mA, which corresponds to a charge of 600 nC. CONCLUSIONS A promising preliminary design of VHEE linac for FLASH RT has been performed. Supplementary studies are on going to complete the characterization of the machine and to manufacture and test the RF prototypes.
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- L Faillace
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy.
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, Italy; Department of Physics, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy; Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- U.O. Fisica Sanitaria, Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Institut Curie, Paris-Saclay University, PSL Research University, INSERM U1021/UMR3347, Orsay, France
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy; Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
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- Institut Curie, Paris-Saclay University, PSL Research University, INSERM U1021/UMR3347, Orsay, France
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Proton Therapy Centre, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, Italy; Department of Physics, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
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- SBAI Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; INFN Sezione di Roma, Italy
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Fattori S, Petringa G, Agosteo S, Bortot D, Conte V, Cuttone G, Di Fini A, Farokhi F, Mazzucconi D, Pandola L, Petrović I, Ristić-Fira A, Rosenfeld A, Weber U, Cirrone GAP. 4He dose- and track-averaged linear energy transfer: Monte Carlo algorithms and experimental verification. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac776f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective. In the present hadrontherapy scenario, there is a growing interest in exploring the capabilities of different ion species other than protons and carbons. The possibility of using different ions paves the way for new radiotherapy approaches, such as the multi-ions treatment, where radiation could vary according to target volume, shape, depth and histologic characteristics of the tumor. For these reasons, in this paper, the study and understanding of biological-relevant quantities was extended for the case of 4He ion. Approach. Geant4 Monte Carlo based algorithms for dose- and track-averaged LET (Linear Energy Transfer) calculations, were validated for 4He ions and for the case of a mixed field characterised by the presence of secondary ions from both target and projectile fragmentation. The simulated dose and track averaged LETs were compared with the corresponding dose and frequency mean values of the lineal energy,
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Faillace L, Alesini D, Cuttone G, Favaudon V, Heinrich S, Giuliano L, Mostacci A, Palumbo L, Patera V, Patriarca A, Torrisi G, Migliorati M. FLASH Modalities Track (Oral Presentations) PERSPECTIVES IN LINEAR ACCELERATOR FOR FLASH VHEE : STUDY OF A COMPACT C BAND SYSTEM. Phys Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1120-1797(22)01511-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mazzucconi D, Bortot D, Pola A, Fazzi A, Cazzola L, Conte V, Cirrone GAP, Petringa G, Cuttone G, Manti L, Agosteo S. Experimental investigation at CATANA facility of n- 10B and p- 11B reactions for the enhancement of proton therapy. Phys Med 2021; 89:226-231. [PMID: 34425513 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of the NEPTUNE (Nuclear process-driven Enhancement of Proton Therapy UNravEled) project is to investigate in detail both the physical and radiobiological phenomena that could justify an increase of the proton-induced cytogenetic effects in cells irradiated in presence of an agent containing natural boron. In this work, a double-stage silicon telescope coupled to different boron converters was irradiated at the CATANA proton therapy facility (INFN-LNS) for studying the proton boron fusion and the neutron boron capture reactions by discriminating secondary particles from primary protons. Different boron targets were developed by depositing boric acid, enriched with a higher than 99% content of 10B or 11B, on a 50 µm thick PolyMethilMetacrylate (PMMA) substrate. The 10B target allows to evaluate the contribution of lithium and alpha particles produced by the boron neutron capture reaction triggered by secondary thermal neutrons, while the 11B target is exploited for studying the effect of the p + 11B → 3α nuclear reaction directly triggered by primary protons. Experimental results clearly show the presence of alpha particles from both the reactions. The silicon telescope is capable of discriminating, by means of the so-called "scatter plots", the contribution of alpha particles originated by thermal neutrons on 10B with respect to the ones produced by protons impinging on 11B. Although a reliable quantitative study of the alpha production rate has not been achieved yet, this work demonstrates that low energy and, therefore, high-LET particles from both the reactions can be measured.
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- D Mazzucconi
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy; INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy; INFN-sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy; INFN-sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy; INFN-sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Pancini" Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II & INFN-sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via La Masa 34, Milano, Italy; INFN-sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
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Arce P, Bolst D, Bordage MC, Brown JMC, Cirrone P, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cutajar D, Cuttone G, Desorgher L, Dondero P, Dotti A, Faddegon B, Fedon C, Guatelli S, Incerti S, Ivanchenko V, Konstantinov D, Kyriakou I, Latyshev G, Le A, Mancini-Terracciano C, Maire M, Mantero A, Novak M, Omachi C, Pandola L, Perales A, Perrot Y, Petringa G, Quesada JM, Ramos-Méndez J, Romano F, Rosenfeld AB, Sarmiento LG, Sakata D, Sasaki T, Sechopoulos I, Simpson EC, Toshito T, Wright DH. Report on G4-Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group. Med Phys 2021; 48:19-56. [PMID: 32392626 PMCID: PMC8054528 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Geant4 is a Monte Carlo code extensively used in medical physics for a wide range of applications, such as dosimetry, micro- and nanodosimetry, imaging, radiation protection, and nuclear medicine. Geant4 is continuously evolving, so it is crucial to have a system that benchmarks this Monte Carlo code for medical physics against reference data and to perform regression testing. AIMS To respond to these needs, we developed G4-Med, a benchmarking and regression testing system of Geant4 for medical physics. MATERIALS AND METHODS G4-Med currently includes 18 tests. They range from the benchmarking of fundamental physics quantities to the testing of Monte Carlo simulation setups typical of medical physics applications. Both electromagnetic and hadronic physics processes and models within the prebuilt Geant4 physics lists are tested. The tests included in G4-Med are executed on the CERN computing infrastructure via the use of the geant-val web application, developed at CERN for Geant4 testing. The physical observables can be compared to reference data for benchmarking and to results of previous Geant4 versions for regression testing purposes. RESULTS This paper describes the tests included in G4-Med and shows the results derived from the benchmarking of Geant4 10.5 against reference data. DISCUSSION Our results indicate that the Geant4 electromagnetic physics constructor G4EmStandardPhysics_option4 gives a good agreement with the reference data for all the tests. The QGSP_BIC_HP physics list provided an overall adequate description of the physics involved in hadron therapy, including proton and carbon ion therapy. New tests should be included in the next stage of the project to extend the benchmarking to other physical quantities and application scenarios of interest for medical physics. CONCLUSION The results presented and discussed in this paper will aid users in tailoring physics lists to their particular application.
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- CRCT (INSERM and Paul Sabatier University), Toulouse, France
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- Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Institute of Radiation Physics (IRA), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, UMR5797, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Gradignan, France
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- Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute" - IHEP, Protvino, Russian Federation
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- NRC "Kurchatov Institute" - IHEP, Protvino, Russian Federation
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Nagoya Proton Therapy Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Medical Physics Department of Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- INFN Catania Section, Catania, Italy
- Medical Physics Department, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Dutch Expert Center for Screening (LRCB), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Nagoya Proton Therapy Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA
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Conte V, Agosteo S, Bianchi A, Bolst D, Bortot D, Catalano R, Cirrone GAP, Colautti P, Cuttone G, Guatelli S, James B, Mazzucconi D, Rosenfeld AB, Selva A, Tran L, Petringa G. Microdosimetry of a therapeutic proton beam with a mini-TEPC and a MicroPlus-Bridge detector for RBE assessment. Phys Med Biol 2020; 65:245018. [PMID: 33086208 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abc368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Proton beams are widely used worldwide to treat localized tumours, the lower entrance dose and no exit dose, thus sparing surrounding normal tissues, being the main advantage of this treatment modality compared to conventional photon techniques. Clinical proton beam therapy treatment planning is based on the use of a general relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 along the whole beam penetration depth, without taking into account the documented increase in RBE at the end of the depth dose profile, in the Bragg peak and beyond. However, an inaccurate estimation of the RBE can cause both underdose or overdose, in particular it can cause the unfavourable situation of underdosing the tumour and overdosing the normal tissue just beyond the tumour, which limits the treatment success and increases the risk of complications. In view of a more precise dose delivery that takes into account the variation of RBE, experimental microdosimetry offers valuable tools for the quality assurance of LET or RBE-based treatment planning systems. The purpose of this work is to compare the response of two different microdosimetry systems: the mini-TEPC and the MicroPlus-Bridge detector. Microdosimetric spectra were measured across the 62 MeV spread out Bragg peak of CATANA with the mini-TEPC and with the Bridge microdosimeter. The frequency and dose distributions of lineal energy were compared and the different contributions to the spectra were analysed, discussing the effects of different site sizes and chord length distributions. The shape of the lineal energy distributions measured with the two detectors are markedly different, due to the different water-equivalent sizes of the sensitive volumes: 0.85 μm for the TEPC and 17.3 μm for the silicon detector. When the Loncol's biological weighting function is applied to calculate the microdosimetric assessment of the RBE, both detectors lead to results that are consistent with biological survival data for glioma U87 cells. Both the mini-TEPC and the MicroPlus-Bridge detector can be used to assess the RBE variation of a 62 MeV modulated proton beam along its penetration depth. The microdosimetric assessment of the RBE based on the Loncol's weighting function is in good agreement with radiobiological results when the 10% biological uncertainty is taken into account.
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- V Conte
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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Petringa G, Pandola L, Agosteo S, Catalano R, Colautti P, Conte V, Cuttone G, Fan K, Mei Z, Rosenfeld A, Selva A, Cirrone GAP. Monte Carlo implementation of new algorithms for the evaluation of averaged-dose and -track linear energy transfers in 62 MeV clinical proton beams. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 65:235043. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abaeb9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Catalano R, Petringa G, Cuttone G, Bonanno V, Chiappara D, Musumeci M, Puglia S, Stella G, Scifoni E, Tommasino F, Cirrone G. Transversal dose profile reconstruction for clinical proton beams: A detectors inter-comparison. Phys Med 2020; 70:133-138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Milluzzo G, Scuderi V, Alejo A, Amico AG, Booth N, Borghesi M, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Doria D, Green J, Kar S, Korn G, Larosa G, Leanza R, Margarone D, Martin P, McKenna P, Petringa G, Pipek J, Romagnani L, Romano F, Russo A, Schillaci F. A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for time-of-flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons. Rev Sci Instrum 2019; 90:083303. [PMID: 31472608 DOI: 10.1063/1.5082746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The Time-of-Flight (TOF) technique coupled with semiconductorlike detectors, as silicon carbide and diamond, is one of the most promising diagnostic methods for high-energy, high repetition rate, laser-accelerated ions allowing a full on-line beam spectral characterization. A new analysis method for reconstructing the energy spectrum of high-energy laser-driven ion beams from TOF signals is hereby presented and discussed. The proposed method takes into account the detector's working principle, through the accurate calculation of the energy loss in the detector active layer, using Monte Carlo simulations. The analysis method was validated against well-established diagnostics, such as the Thomson parabola spectrometer, during an experimental campaign carried out at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) with the high-energy laser-driven protons accelerated by the VULCAN Petawatt laser.
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- G Milluzzo
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN), Via S Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy
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Petringa G, Romano F, Manti L, Pandola L, Attili A, Cammarata F, Cuttone G, Forte G, Manganaro L, Pipek J, Pisciotta P, Russo G, Cirrone GAP. Radiobiological quantities in proton-therapy: Estimation and validation using Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulations. Phys Med 2019; 58:72-80. [PMID: 30824153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit was used to reproduce radiobiological parameters measured by irradiating three different cancerous cell lines with monochromatic and clinical proton beams. METHODS The experimental set-up adopted for irradiations was fully simulated with a dedicated open-source Geant4 application. Cells survival fractions was calculated coupling the Geant4 simulations with two analytical radiobiological models: one based on the LEM (Local Effect Model) approach and the other on a semi-empirical parameterisation. Results was evaluated and compared with experimental data. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrated the Geant4 ability to reproduce radiobiological quantities for different cell lines.
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- G Petringa
- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universitá degli Studi di Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; National Physical Laboratory, Acoustic and Ionizing Radiation Division, Teddington TW11 0LW, Middlesex, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica E. Pancini, Universitá degli Studi Federico II di Napoli, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy; INFN-NA, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di M. S. Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- INFN-TO, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; IBFM-CNR, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology - National Research Council, Cefalù, PA, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; IBFM-CNR, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology - National Research Council, Cefalù, PA, Italy
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- INFN-TO, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- ELI-Beamline Project, Inst. Physics, ASCR, PALS Center, Prague, Czech Republic
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universitá degli Studi di Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; IBFM-CNR, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology - National Research Council, Cefalù, PA, Italy
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- INFN-LNS. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy; ELI-Beamline Project, Inst. Physics, ASCR, PALS Center, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Russo G, Pisciotta P, Marchese V, Cammarata F, Minafra L, Forte G, Bravatà V, Cirrone G, Fallacara A, Maccari L, Torrisi F, Calabrese G, Parenti R, Botta M, Cuttone G. 49. Combined treatments with Hadrontherapy – in vitro tests and preclinical approach. Phys Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Milluzzo G, Pipek J, Amico AG, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Korn G, Larosa G, Leanza R, Margarone D, Petringa G, Russo A, Schillaci F, Scuderi V, Romano F. Transversal dose distribution optimization for laser-accelerated proton beam medical applications by means of Geant4. Phys Med 2018; 54:166-172. [PMID: 30076107 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to quantitatively study the possibility of delivering dose distributions of clinical relevance with laser-driven proton beams. A Monte Carlo application has been developed with the Geant4 toolkit, simulating the ELIMED (MEDical and multidisciplinary application at ELI-Beamlines) transport and dosimetry beam line which is being currently installed at the ELI-Beamlines in Prague (CZ). The beam line will be used to perform irradiations for multidisciplinary studies, with the purpose of demonstrating the possible use of optically accelerated ion beams for therapeutic purposes. The ELIMED Geant4-based application, already validated against reference transport codes, accurately simulates each single element of the beam line, necessary to collect the accelerated beams and to select them in energy. Transversal dose distributions at the irradiation point have been studied and optimized to try to quantitatively answer the question if such kind of beam lines, and specifically the systems developed for ELIMED in Prague, will be actually able to transport ion beams not only for multidisciplinary applications, such as pitcher-catcher nuclear reactions (e.g. neutrons), PIXE analysis for cultural heritage and space radiation, but also for delivering dose patterns of clinical relevance in a future perspective of possible medical applications.
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- G Milluzzo
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy; Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy; Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy
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- National Physical Laboratory, CMES - Medical Radiation Science Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW UK; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via Santa Sofia 62, Catania, Italy.
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Cirrone GAP, Manti L, Margarone D, Petringa G, Giuffrida L, Minopoli A, Picciotto A, Russo G, Cammarata F, Pisciotta P, Perozziello FM, Romano F, Marchese V, Milluzzo G, Scuderi V, Cuttone G, Korn G. First experimental proof of Proton Boron Capture Therapy (PBCT) to enhance protontherapy effectiveness. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1141. [PMID: 29348437 PMCID: PMC5773549 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19258-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Protontherapy is hadrontherapy's fastest-growing modality and a pillar in the battle against cancer. Hadrontherapy's superiority lies in its inverted depth-dose profile, hence tumour-confined irradiation. Protons, however, lack distinct radiobiological advantages over photons or electrons. Higher LET (Linear Energy Transfer) 12C-ions can overcome cancer radioresistance: DNA lesion complexity increases with LET, resulting in efficient cell killing, i.e. higher Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE). However, economic and radiobiological issues hamper 12C-ion clinical amenability. Thus, enhancing proton RBE is desirable. To this end, we exploited the p + 11B → 3α reaction to generate high-LET alpha particles with a clinical proton beam. To maximize the reaction rate, we used sodium borocaptate (BSH) with natural boron content. Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) uses 10B-enriched BSH for neutron irradiation-triggered alpha particles. We recorded significantly increased cellular lethality and chromosome aberration complexity. A strategy combining protontherapy's ballistic precision with the higher RBE promised by BNCT and 12C-ion therapy is thus demonstrated.
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- G A P Cirrone
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy.
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- Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- INFN Naples Section, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Physics Department, University of Catania, via S. Sofia, 64, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic
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- Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Micro-Nano Facility, Via Sommarive 18, 38123, Povo-Trento, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology - National Research Council - (IBFM-CNR), Cefalù, (PA), Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology - National Research Council - (IBFM-CNR), Cefalù, (PA), Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Physics Department, University of Catania, via S. Sofia, 64, Catania, Italy
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- Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- INFN Naples Section, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustic and Ionizing Radiation Division, Teddington, TW11 0LW, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Physics Department, University of Catania, via S. Sofia, 64, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare- Laboratori Nazionali dei Sud, via S. Sofia, 62, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic
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Merchant A, Newall M, Guatelli S, Petasecca M, Lerch M, Perevertaylo V, Milluzzo G, Petringa G, Romano F, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Jackson M, Rosenfeld A. Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in proton therapy range verification quality assurance. RADIAT MEAS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Viola S, Grammauta R, Sciacca V, Bellia G, Beranzoli L, Buscaino G, Caruso F, Chierici F, Cuttone G, D'Amico A, De Luca V, Embriaco D, Favali P, Giovanetti G, Marinaro G, Mazzola S, Filiciotto F, Pavan G, Pellegrino C, Pulvirenti S, Simeone F, Speziale F, Riccobene G. Continuous monitoring of noise levels in the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea). Study of correlation with ship traffic. Mar Pollut Bull 2017; 121:97-103. [PMID: 28559054 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Acoustic noise levels were measured in the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea) from July 2012 to May 2013 by a low frequency (<1000Hz) hydrophone, installed on board the NEMO-SN1 multidisciplinary observatory. NEMO-SN1 is a cabled node of EMSO-ERIC, which was deployed at a water depth of 2100m, 25km off Catania. The study area is characterized by the proximity of mid-size harbors and shipping lanes. Measured noise levels were correlated with the passage of ships tracked with a dedicated AIS antenna. Noise power was measured in the frequency range between 10Hz and 1000Hz. Experimental data were compared with the results of a fast numerical model based on AIS data to evaluate the contribution of shipping noise in six consecutive 1/3 octave frequency bands, including the 1/3 octave frequency bands centered at 63Hz and 125Hz, indicated by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC).
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- S Viola
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy.
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- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero U.O.S. di Capo Granitola-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAMC-CNR), Via del Mare 3, Granitola 91021, Trapani, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres, 31, Messina 98166, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Roma, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Catania, via Santa Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero U.O.S. di Capo Granitola-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAMC-CNR), Via del Mare 3, Granitola 91021, Trapani, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy; Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero U.O.S. di Capo Granitola-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAMC-CNR), Via del Mare 3, Granitola 91021, Trapani, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy; Istituto di Scienze Marine - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMAR-CNR), Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; Istituto di Radioastronomia - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IRA-INAF), Via Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- NIKHEF, Science Park 105 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy; Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero U.O.S. di Capo Granitola-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAMC-CNR), Via del Mare 3, Granitola 91021, Trapani, Italy
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- Istituto per l' Ambiente Marino Costiero U.O. di Messina - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IAMC-CNR), Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Roma, Italy; Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali (CIBRA), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro, 2,00185 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS), Via S. Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
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Manna R, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Romano F, Scuderi V, Amico A, Candiano G, Larosa G, Leanza R, Marchese V, Milluzzo G, Petringa G, Pipek J, Schillaci F, Amato N, Gallo G, Allegra L. Study on the dosimetry of laser accelerated beams for future clinical applications. Phys Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.01.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rosso V, Battistoni G, Belcari N, Camarlinghi N, Cirrone G, Collini F, Cuttone G, Ciocca M, Del Guerra A, Ferrari A, Ferretti S, Kraan A, Mairani A, Pullia M, Molinelli S, Romano F, Sala P, Sportelli G, Zaccaro E. DoPET: an in-treatment monitoring system for particle therapy. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)30188-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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De Napoli M, Romano F, D'Urso D, Licciardello T, Agodi C, Candiano G, Cappuzzello F, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Musumarra A, Pandola L, Scuderi V. Nuclear reaction measurements on tissue-equivalent materials and GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations for hadrontherapy. Phys Med Biol 2016; 59:7643-52. [PMID: 25415044 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/24/7643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
When a carbon beam interacts with human tissues, many secondary fragments are produced into the tumor region and the surrounding healthy tissues. Therefore, in hadrontherapy precise dose calculations require Monte Carlo tools equipped with complex nuclear reaction models. To get realistic predictions, however, simulation codes must be validated against experimental results; the wider the dataset is, the more the models are finely tuned.Since no fragmentation data for tissue-equivalent materials at Fermi energies are available in literature, we measured secondary fragments produced by the interaction of a 55.6 MeV u(-1) (12)C beam with thick muscle and cortical bone targets. Three reaction models used by the Geant4 Monte Carlo code, the Binary Light Ions Cascade, the Quantum Molecular Dynamic and the Liege Intranuclear Cascade, have been benchmarked against the collected data. In this work we present the experimental results and we discuss the predictive power of the above mentioned models.
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- M De Napoli
- INFN-Sezione di Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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Distefano C, Aiello S, Ameli F, Anghinolfi M, Barbarino G, Barbarito E, Barbato F, Beverini N, Biagi S, Bouhadef B, Bozza C, Cacopardo G, Calamai M, Calì C, Capone A, Caruso F, Ceres A, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Cocimano R, Coniglione R, Costa M, Cuttone G, D'Amato C, D'Amico A, Bonis GD, Luca VD, Deniskina N, Rosa GD, Capua FD, Fermani P, Flaminio V, Fusco L, Garufi F, Giordano V, Gmerk A, Grasso R, Grella G, Hugon C, Imbesi M, Kulikovskiy V, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Leismueller K, Leonora E, Litrico P, Lonardo A, Longhitano F, Presti DL, Maccioni E, Margiotta A, Martini A, Masullo R, Migliozzi P, Migneco E, Miraglia A, Mollo C, Mongelli M, Morganti M, Musico P, Musumeci M, Nicolau C, Orlando A, Papaleo R, Pellegrino C, Pellegriti M, Perrina C, Piattelli P, Pugliatti C, Pulvirenti S, Orselli A, Raffaelli F, Randazzo N, Riccobene G, Rovelli A, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Sciacca V, Sgura I, Simeone F, Sipala V, Speziale F, Spina M, Spitaleri A, Spurio M, Stellacci S, Taiuti M, Terreni G, Trasatti L, Trovato A, Ventura C, Vicini P, Viola S, Vivolo AD. Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux at 3500 m depth with the NEMO Phase-2 detector. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612105015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Agodi C, Battistoni G, Bellini F, Cirrone GAP, Collamati F, Cuttone G, De Lucia E, De Napoli M, Di Domenico A, Faccini R, Ferroni F, Fiore S, Gauzzi P, Iarocci E, Marafini M, Mattei I, Muraro S, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Romano F, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Vitale E, Voena C. Corrigendum: Charged particles flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV u−1carbon ion beam (Phys. Med. Biol.57 5667). Phys Med Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/23/7563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rossomme S, Palmans H, Thomas R, Lee N, Duane S, Bailey M, Shipley D, Bertrand D, Romano F, Cirrone P, Cuttone G, Vynckier S. Reference dosimetry for light-ion beams based on graphite calorimetry. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2014; 161:92-95. [PMID: 24336190 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Developments in hadron therapy require efforts to improve the accuracy of the dose delivered to a target volume. Here, the determination of the absorbed dose under reference conditions was analysed. Based on the International Atomic Energy Agency TRS-398 code of practice, for hadron beams, the combined standard uncertainty on absorbed dose to water under reference conditions, derived from ionisation chambers, is too large. This uncertainty is dominated by the beam quality correction factors, [Formula: see text], mainly due to the mean energy to produce one ion pair in air, wair. A method to reduce this uncertainty is to carry out primary dosimetry, using calorimetry. A [Formula: see text]-value can be derived from a direct comparison between calorimetry and ionometry. Here, this comparison is performed using a graphite calorimeter in an 80-MeV A(-1) carbon ion beam. Assuming recommended TRS-398 values of water-to-graphite stopping power ratio and the perturbation factor for an ionisation chamber, preliminary results indicate a wair-value of 35.5 ± 0.9 J C(-1).
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- S Rossomme
- Center of Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- National Physical Laboratory, Acoustics and Ionising Radiation Division, Teddington, UK
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- Ion Beam Applications s.a., Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Catania, Italy
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- Center of Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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Romano F, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Rosa FD, Mazzaglia SE, Petrovic I, Fira AR, Varisano A. A Monte Carlo study for the calculation of the average linear energy transfer (LET) distributions for a clinical proton beam line and a radiobiological carbon ion beam line. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:2863-82. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/12/2863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Schillaci F, Anzalone A, Cirrone GAP, Carpinelli M, Cuttone G, Cutroneo M, De Martinis C, Giove D, Korn G, Maggiore M, Manti L, Margarone D, Musumarra A, Perozziello FM, Petrovic I, Pisciotta P, Renis M, Ristic-Fira A, Romano F, Romano FP, Schettino G, Scuderi V, Torrisi L, Tramontana A, Tudisco S. ELIMED, MEDical and multidisciplinary applications at ELI-Beamlines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/508/1/012010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cirrone G, Borghesi M, Carpinelli M, Cuttone G, Doria D, Korn G, Licciardello T, Maggiore M, Manti L, Margarone D, Pisciotta P, Petrovic I, Romano F, Ristic Fira A, Schillaci F, Scuderi V, Stancampiano C, Tramontana A. 45: The ELIMED (Multidisciplinary and Medical applications at the ELI-Beams) network perspectives for laser driven beam applications. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)34066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Cerello P, Battistoni G, Belcari N, Bisogni M, Camarlinghi N, Cicirello F, Cirrone G, Coli S, Corsi F, Cuttone G, De Lucia E, Del Guerra A, Delogu P, Faccini R, Ferretti S, Fiorina E, Giraudo G, Kraan A, Licciulli F, Liu B, Marino N, Marzocca C, Mataresse G, Morone C, Morrocchi M, Muraro S, Nicoloni R, Pennazio F, Peroni C, Piersanti L, Piliero M, Pirrone G, Rivetti A, Romano F, Rosso V, Sal P, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Sportelli G, Wheadon R. 44: Simulation of Hadrontherapy In-beam monitoring at CNAO with the INSIDE detector. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)34065-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sarti A, Abou-Haidar Z, Agodi C, Alvarez M, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Böhlen T, Boudard A, Brunetti A, Carpinelli M, Cirrone G, Cortés-Giraldo M, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Fernández-García J, Finck C, Golosio B, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani D, Krimmer J, Kummali A, Kurz N, Labalme M, Lavagno A, Leifels Y, Le Févre A, Leray S, Liu B, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone M, Nicolosi D, Oliva P, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rosso V, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Samuel S, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, Sipala V, Spiriti E, Stuttge L, Toppi M, Tropea S, Younis H. 175: Measurements of Carbon ion fragmentation on thin C and Au targets from the FIRST collaboration at GSI. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)34196-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Patera V, Battistoni G, Belcari N, Bisogni M, Camarlinghi N, Cerello P, Ciciriello F, Cirrone G, Coli S, Corsi F, Cuttone G, De Lucia E, Del Guerra A, Delogu P, Faccini R, Ferretti S, Fiorina E, Giraudo G, Kraan A, Licciulli F, Liu B, Marino N, Marzocca C, Matarrese G, Morone C, Morrocchi M, Muraro S, Nicolini R, Peroni C, Piersanti L, Piliero M, Pirrone G, Rivetti A, Romano F, Rosso V, Sala P, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Sportelli G, Wheadon R. 152: An integrated monitoring system for the on-line assessment of particle therapy treatment accuracy. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)34173-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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De Napoli M, Agodi C, Bondi M, Cappuzzello F, Carbone D, Cavallaro M, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Nicolosi D, Pandola L, Raciti G, Romano F, Sardina D, Scuderi V, Tropea S. Fragmentation cross sections at intermediate energies for hadrontherapy and space radiation protection. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146610004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marinelli M, Prestopino G, Verona C, Verona-Rinati G, Mandapaka A, Ghebremedhin A, Patyal B, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, La Rosa S, Raffaele L. Dosimetric evaluation of a microdiamond prototype in clinical proton and carbon-ion beams. Phys Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.07.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Sportelli G, Belcari N, Camarlinghi N, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Ferretti S, Kraan A, Ortuño JE, Romano F, Santos A, Straub K, Tramontana A, Guerra AD, Rosso V. First full-beam PET acquisitions in proton therapy with a modular dual-head dedicated system. Phys Med Biol 2013; 59:43-60. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/1/43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rossomme S, Palmans H, Shipley D, Thomas R, Lee N, Romano F, Cirrone P, Cuttone G, Bertrand D, Vynckier S. Conversion from dose-to-graphite to dose-to-water in an 80 MeV/A carbon ion beam. Phys Med Biol 2013; 58:5363-80. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/16/5363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Agodi C, Abou-Haidar Z, Alvarez MAG, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Bohlen TT, Bondì M, Boudard A, Brunetti A, Carpinelli M, Cappuzzello F, Cavallaro M, Carbone D, Cirrone GAP, Cortes-Giraldo MA, Cuttone G, Napoli MD, Durante M, Fernandez-Garcia JP, Finck C, Foti A, Gallardo MI, Golosio B, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani D, Krimmer J, Kurz N, Labalme M, Lavagno A, Leifels Y, Fevre AL, Leray S, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone MC, Nicolosi D, Oliva P, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Quesada JM, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rosso V, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Sarti A, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, Sipala V, Spiriti E, Stuttge L, Tropea S, Younis H. FIRST experiment: Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/420/1/012061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Talamonti C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Pallotta S, Randazzo N, Sipala V, Scaringella M, Vanzi E. PD-0409: Proton radiographic and tomographic images from PRIMA experiment. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32715-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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De Napoli M, Agodi C, Battistoni G, Blancato AA, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Giacoppo F, Morone MC, Nicolosi D, Pandola L, Patera V, Raciti G, Rapisarda E, Romano F, Sardina D, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Scuderi V, Sfienti C, Tropea S. Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the Geant4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy. Phys Med Biol 2012; 57:7651-71. [PMID: 23123643 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/7651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Nuclear fragmentation measurements are necessary when using heavy-ion beams in hadrontherapy to predict the effects of the ion nuclear interactions within the human body. Moreover, they are also fundamental to validate and improve the Monte Carlo codes for their use in planning tumor treatments. Nowadays, a very limited set of carbon fragmentation cross sections are being measured, and in particular, to our knowledge, no double-differential fragmentation cross sections at intermediate energies are available in the literature. In this work, we have measured the double-differential cross sections and the angular distributions of the secondary fragments produced in the (12)C fragmentation at 62 A MeV on a thin carbon target. The experimental data have been used to benchmark the prediction capability of the Geant4 Monte Carlo code at intermediate energies, where it was never tested before. In particular, we have compared the experimental data with the predictions of two Geant4 nuclear reaction models: the Binary Light Ions Cascade and the Quantum Molecular Dynamic. From the comparison, it has been observed that the Binary Light Ions Cascade approximates the angular distributions of the fragment production cross sections better than the Quantum Molecular Dynamic model. However, the discrepancies observed between the experimental data and the Monte Carlo simulations lead to the conclusion that the prediction capability of both models needs to be improved at intermediate energies.
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Agodi C, Battistoni G, Bellini F, Cirrone GAP, Collamati F, Cuttone G, De Lucia E, De Napoli M, Domenico AD, Faccini R, Ferroni F, Fiore S, Gauzzi P, Iarocci E, Marafini M, Mattei I, Muraro S, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Romano F, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Vitale E, Voena C. Charged particle's flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam. Phys Med Biol 2012; 57:5667-78. [PMID: 22935644 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/18/5667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the dose release with the cancer position, new dose-monitoring techniques need to be developed and introduced into clinical use. The measurement of the fluxes of the secondary particles produced by the hadron beam is of fundamental importance in the design of any dose-monitoring device and is eagerly needed to tune Monte Carlo simulations. We report the measurements carried out with charged secondary particles produced from the interaction of a 80 MeV/u fully stripped carbon ion beam at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, with a poly-methyl methacrylate target. Charged secondary particles, produced at 90° with respect to the beam axis, have been tracked with a drift chamber, while their energy and time of flight have been measured by means of a LYSO scintillator. Secondary protons have been identified exploiting the energy and time-of-flight information, and their emission region has been reconstructed backtracking from the drift chamber to the target. Moreover, a position scan of the target indicates that the reconstructed emission region follows the movement of the expected Bragg peak position. Exploiting the reconstruction of the emission region, an accuracy on the Bragg peak determination in the submillimeter range has been obtained. The measured differential production rate for protons produced with E(Prod)(kin) > 83 MeV and emitted at 90° with respect to the beam line is dN(P)/(dN(C)dΩ) (E(Prod)(kin) > 83 MeV, θ = 90°) = (2.69 ± 0.08(stat) ± 0.12(sys)) × 10⁻⁴ sr⁻¹.
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- C Agodi
- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud dell'INFN, Catania, Italy
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Ristić-Fira A, Petrović I, Todorović D, Korićanac L, Keta O, Bulat T, Cirrone G, Romano F, Cuttone G. 212 RESPONSE OF HUMAN LUNG ADENO-CARCINOMA CELLS TO PROTON RADIATION AND ERLOTINIB. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)70182-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Petrovic I, Ristic-Fira A, Todorovic D, Koricanac L, Žakula J, Cirrone G, Romano F, Cuttone G. 216 RADIO-RESISTANT HUMAN MALIGNANT CELLS AFTER IRRADIATIONS WITH 1H AND 12C IONS OF DIFFERENT LET. Radiother Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)70185-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ristić-Fira A, Todorović D, Zakula J, Keta O, Cirrone P, Cuttone G, Petrović I. Response of human HTB140 melanoma cells to conventional radiation and hadrons. Physiol Res 2011; 60:S129-35. [PMID: 21777021 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Conventional radiotherapy with X- and gamma-rays is one of the common and effective treatments of cancer. High energy hadrons, i.e., charged particles like protons and (12)C ions, due to their specific physics and radiobiological advantages are increasingly used. In this study, effectiveness of different radiation types is evaluated on the radio-resistant human HTB140 melanoma cells. The cells were irradiated with gamma-rays, the 62 MeV protons at the Bragg peak and in the middle of the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP), as well as with the 62 MeV/u (12)C ions. The doses ranged from 2 to 24 Gy. Cell survival and proliferation were assessed 7 days after irradiation, whereas apoptosis was evaluated after 48 h. The acquired results confirmed the high radio-resistance of cells, showing better effectiveness of protons than gamma-rays. The best efficiency was obtained with (12)C ions due to higher linear energy transfer. All analyzed radiation qualities reduced cell proliferation. The highest proliferation was detected for (12)C ions because of their large killing capacity followed by small induction of reparable lesions. This enabled unharmed cells to preserve proliferative activity. Irradiations with protons and (12)C ions revealed similar moderate pro-apoptotic ability that is in agreement with the level of cellular radio-resistance.
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- A Ristić-Fira
- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Talamonti C, Pallotta S, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, Cirrone P, Civinini C, Cuttone G, lo presti D, Marrazzo L, Randazzo N, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C. 1423 poster IMAGING CHARACTERIZATION OF PRIMA PROTON IMAGING DEVICE. Radiother Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(11)71545-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rizzo F, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Esposito A, Garraffo S, Pappalardo G, Pappalardo L, Romano F, Russo S. Non-destructive determination of the silver content in Roman coins (nummi), dated to 308–311 A.D., by the combined use of PIXE-alpha, XRF and DPAA techniques. Microchem J 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Agosteo S, Cirrone G, Colautti P, Cuttone G, D’Angelo G, Fazzi A, Introini M, Moro D, Pola A, Varoli V. Study of a silicon telescope for solid state microdosimetry: Preliminary measurements at the therapeutic proton beam line of CATANA. RADIAT MEAS 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gozzelino L, Gerbaldo R, Ghigo G, Mezzetti E, Minetti B, Schätzle P, Krabbes G, Carlino E, Cuttone G. Surface nanostructuring and damage morphologies along 2 GeV gold-ion-implanted tracks. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/01418630008221969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- L. Gozzelino
- a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia, Unità di Ricerca del Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Torino, I-10129 , Torino , Italy
- b Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino , I-10129 , Torino , Italy
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- a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia, Unità di Ricerca del Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Torino, I-10129 , Torino , Italy
- b Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino , I-10129 , Torino , Italy
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- a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia, Unità di Ricerca del Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Torino, I-10129 , Torino , Italy
- b Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino , I-10129 , Torino , Italy
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- a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia, Unità di Ricerca del Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Torino, I-10129 , Torino , Italy
- b Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino , I-10129 , Torino , Italy
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- a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica delia Materia, Unità di Ricerca del Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Sezione di Torino, I-10129 , Torino , Italy
- b Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino , I-10129 , Torino , Italy
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- c Institut fur Festkorper und Werkstofforschung , D-01171 , Dresden , Germany
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- c Institut fur Festkorper und Werkstofforschung , D-01171 , Dresden , Germany
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- d Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Ionico Salentino, Centro Nazionale Ricerca e Sviluppo Materiali , Strada Statale 7, Appia Km 712, 1-72100 , Brindisi , Italy
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- e Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud , 1-95123 , Catania , Italy
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Czopyk Ł, Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Kłosowski M, Olko P, Sroka U, Waligórski M. 2-D dosimetry of a proton radiotherapy beam using large-area LiF:Mg,Cu,P TL detectors. RADIAT MEAS 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.11.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Korićanac L, Petrović I, Privitera G, Cuttone G, Ristić-Fira A. HTB140 melanoma cells under proton irradiation and/or alkylating agents. Russ J Phys Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024407090233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Givehchi N, Marchetto F, Valastro L, Bourhaleb F, Attili A, Cirio R, Cirrone P, Cuttone G, Donetti M, Garella M, Giordanengo S, Iliescu S, La Rosa A, Pardo J, Pecka A, Peroni C, Raffaele L. SU-FF-T-108: Clinical Use of Strip Ionization Chamber Detector as Online Proton Beam Monitor. Med Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2760764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Di Pietro C, Piro S, Tabbì G, Ragusa M, Di Pietro V, Zimmitti V, Cuda F, Anello M, Consoli U, Salinaro ET, Caruso M, Vancheri C, Crimi N, Sabini MG, Cirrone GAP, Raffaele L, Privitera G, Pulvirenti A, Giugno R, Ferro A, Cuttone G, Lo Nigro S, Purrello R, Purrello F, Purrello M. Cellular and molecular effects of protons: apoptosis induction and potential implications for cancer therapy. Apoptosis 2007; 11:57-66. [PMID: 16374542 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-3346-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Due to their ballistic precision, apoptosis induction by protons could be a strategy to specifically eliminate neoplastic cells. To characterize the cellular and molecular effects of these hadrons, we performed dose-response and time-course experiments by exposing different cell lines (PC3, Ca301D, MCF7) to increasing doses of protons and examining them with FACS, RT-PCR, and electron spin resonance (ESR). Irradiation with a dose of 10 Gy of a 26,7 Mev proton beam altered cell structures such as membranes, caused DNA double strand breaks, and significantly increased intracellular levels of hydroxyl ions, are active oxygen species (ROS). This modified the transcriptome of irradiated cells, activated the mitochondrial (intrinsic) pathway of apoptosis, and resulted in cycle arrest at the G2/M boundary. The number of necrotic cells within the irradiated cell population did not significantly increase with respect to the controls. The effects of irradiation with 20 Gy were qualitatively as well as quantitatively similar, but exposure to 40 Gy caused massive necrosis. Similar experiments with photons demonstrated that they induce apoptosis in a significantly lower number of cells and in a temporally delayed manner. These data advance our knowledge on the cellular and molecular effects of proton irradiation and could be useful for improving current hadrontherapy protocols.
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- C Di Pietro
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Biologia, Genetica e Bioinformatica, Università di Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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Czopyk L, Klosowski M, Olko P, Swakon J, Waligorski MPR, Kajdrowicz T, Cuttone G, Cirrone GAP, Di Rosa F. Two-dimensional dosimetry of radiotherapeutical proton beams using thermoluminescence foils. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 126:185-9. [PMID: 17616545 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In modern radiation therapy such as intensity modulated radiation therapy or proton therapy, one is able to cover the target volume with improved dose conformation and to spare surrounding tissue with help of modern measurement techniques. Novel thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) foils, developed from the hot-pressed mixture of LiF:Mg,Cu,P (MCP TL) powder and ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) copolymer, have been applied for 2-D dosimetry of radiotherapeutical proton beams at INFN Catania and IFJ Krakow. A TLD reader with 70 mm heating plate and CCD camera was used to read the 2-D emission pattern of irradiated foils. The absorbed dose profiles were evaluated, taking into account correction factors specific for TLD such as dose and energy response. TLD foils were applied for measuring of dose distributions within an eye phantom and compared with predictions obtained from the MCNPX code and Eclipse Ocular Proton Planning (Varian Medical Systems) clinical radiotherapy planning system. We demonstrate the possibility of measuring 2-D dose distributions with point resolution of about 0.5 x 0.5 mm(2).
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- L Czopyk
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland.
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Cirrone G, Cuttone G, Lo Nigro S, Mongelli V, Raffaele L, Sabini M. Dosimetric characterization of CVD diamonds in photon, electron and proton beams. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Esposito G, Belli M, Campa A, Cherubini R, Cuttone G, Dini V, Furusawa Y, Gerardi S, Simone G, Sorrentino E, Tabocchini MA. DNA fragments induction in human fibroblasts by radiations of different qualities. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2006; 122:166-8. [PMID: 17142820 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Experimental data on DNA double strand break (DSB) induction in human fibroblasts (AG1522), following irradiation with several radiation qualities, namely gamma rays, 0.84 MeV protons, 58.9 MeV u(-1) carbon ions, iron ions of 115 MeV u(-1), 414 MeV u(-1), 1 GeV u(-1), and 5 GeV u(-1), are presented. DSB yields were measured by calibrated Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis in the DNA fragment size range 0.023-5.7 Mbp. The DSB yields show little LET dependence, in spite of the large variation of the latter among the beams, and are slightly higher than that obtained using gamma rays. The highest yield was found for the 5 GeV u(-1) iron beam, that gave a value 30% higher than the 1 GeV u(-1) iron beam. A phenomenological method is used to parametrise deviation from randomness in fragment size spectra.
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- G Esposito
- Health and Technology Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Roma, Italy
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