TY  - JOUR
A1  - Infantino, Angelo
A1  - Paulßen, Elisabeth
A1  - Mostacci, Domiziano
A1  - Schaffer, Paul
A1  - Trinczek, Michael
A1  - Hoehr, Cornelia
T1  - Assessment of the production of medical isotopes using the Monte Carlo code FLUKA: Simulations against experimental measurements
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
N2  - The Monte Carlo code FLUKA is used to simulate the production of a number of positron emitting radionuclides, ¹⁸F, ¹³N, ⁹⁴Tc, ⁴⁴Sc, ⁶⁸Ga, ⁸⁶Y, ⁸⁹Zr, ⁵²Mn, ⁶¹Cu and ⁵⁵Co, on a small medical cyclotron with a proton beam energy of 13 MeV. Experimental data collected at the TR13 cyclotron at TRIUMF agree within a factor of 0.6 ± 0.4 with the directly simulated data, except for the production of ⁵⁵Co, where the simulation underestimates the experiment by a factor of 3.4 ± 0.4. The experimental data also agree within a factor of 0.8 ± 0.6 with the convolution of simulated proton fluence and cross sections from literature. Overall, this confirms the applicability of FLUKA to simulate radionuclide production at 13 MeV proton beam energy.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.067
SN  - 1872-9584
VL  - 366
SP  - 117
EP  - 123
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Penner, Crystal
A1  - Usherovich, Samuel
A1  - Niedermeier, Jana
A1  - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille
A1  - Trinczek, Michael
A1  - Paulßen, Elisabeth
A1  - Hoehr, Cornelia
T1  - Organic Scintillator-Fibre Sensors for Proton Therapy Dosimetry: SCSF-3HF and EJ-260
JF  - electronics
N2  - In proton therapy, the dose from secondary neutrons to the patient can contribute to side effects and the creation of secondary cancer. A simple and fast detection system to distinguish between dose from protons and neutrons both in pretreatment verification as well as potentially in vivo monitoring is needed to minimize dose from secondary neutrons. Two 3 mm long, 1 mm diameter organic scintillators were tested for candidacy to be used in a proton–neutron discrimination detector. The SCSF-3HF (1500) scintillating fibre (Kuraray Co. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) and EJ-260 plastic scintillator (Eljen Technology, Sweetwater, TX, USA) were irradiated at the TRIUMF Neutron Facility and the Proton Therapy Research Centre. In the proton beam, we compared the raw Bragg peak and spread-out Bragg peak response to the industry standard Markus chamber detector. Both scintillator sensors exhibited quenching at high LET in the Bragg peak, presenting a peak-to-entrance ratio of 2.59 for the EJ-260 and 2.63 for the SCSF-3HF fibre, compared to 3.70 for the Markus chamber. The SCSF-3HF sensor demonstrated 1.3 times the sensitivity to protons and 3 times the sensitivity to neutrons as compared to the EJ-260 sensor. Combined with our equations relating neutron and proton contributions to dose during proton irradiations, and the application of Birks’ quenching correction, these fibres provide valid candidates for inexpensive and replicable proton-neutron discrimination detectors
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010011
SN  - 2079-9292
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors"
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -