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@ARTICLE{Klimpki:128910,
author = {G. Klimpki$^*$ and H. Mescher$^*$ and M. S. Akselrod and O.
Jäkel$^*$ and S. Greilich$^*$},
title = {{F}luence-based dosimetry of proton and heavier ion beams
using single track detectors.},
journal = {Physics in medicine and biology},
volume = {61},
number = {3},
issn = {1361-6560},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2017-04923},
pages = {1021 - 1040},
year = {2016},
abstract = {Due to their superior spatial resolution, small and
biocompatible fluorescent nuclear track detectors (FNTDs)
open up the possibility of characterizing swift heavy
charged particle fields on a single track level. Permanently
stored spectroscopic information such as energy deposition
and particle field composition is of particular importance
in heavy ion radiotherapy, since radiation quality is one of
the decisive predictors for clinical outcome. Findings
presented within this paper aim towards single track
reconstruction and fluence-based dosimetry of proton and
heavier ion fields. Three-dimensional information on
individual ion trajectories through the detector volume is
obtained using fully automated image processing software.
Angular distributions of multidirectional fields can be
measured accurately within ±2° uncertainty. This
translates into less than $5\%$ overall fluence deviation
from the chosen irradiation reference. The combination of
single ion tracking with an improved energy loss calibration
curve based on 90 FNTD irradiations with protons as well as
helium, carbon and oxygen ions enables spectroscopic
analysis of a detector irradiated in Bragg peak proximity of
a 270 MeV u(-1) carbon ion field. Fluence-based dosimetry
results agree with treatment planning software reference.},
keywords = {Protons (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {E040},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E040-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Imaging and radiooncology (POF3-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:26757791},
doi = {10.1088/0031-9155/61/3/1021},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/128910},
}