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@ARTICLE{Abouzahr:285575,
author = {F. Abouzahr and J. P. Cesar and P. Crespo and M. J. Gajda
and Z. Hu and K. Klein and A. Kuo and S. Majewski and O. R.
Mawlawi and A. Morozov and A. Ojha and F. Poenisch and M.
Proga and N. Sahoo and J. Seco$^*$ and T. Takaoka and S.
Tavernier and U. Titt and X. Wang and X. R. Zhu and K. Lang},
title = {{T}he first probe of a {FLASH} proton beam by {PET}},
journal = {Physics in medicine and biology},
volume = {68},
issn = {0031-9155},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-02437},
pages = {235004},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The recently observed FLASH effect related to high doses
delivered with high rates has the potential torevolutionize
radiation cancer therapy if promising results are confirmed
and an underlyingmechanism understood. Comprehensive
measurements are essential to elucidate the phenomenon.We
report the first-ever demonstration of measurements of
successive in-spill and post-spill emissionsof gammas
arising from irradiations by a FLASH proton beam. A small
positron emission tomography(PET)system was exposed in an
ocular beam of the Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson
CancerCenter to view phantoms irradiated by 3.5 × 1010
protons with a kinetic energy of 75.8 MeV deliveredin 101.5
ms-long spills yielding a dose rate of 164 Gy s−1. Most
in-spill events were due to promptgammas. Reconstructed
post-spill tomographic events, recorded for up to 20 min,
yielded quantitativeimaging and dosimetric information.
These findings open a new and novel modality for imaging
andmonitoring of FLASH proton therapy exploiting in-spill
prompt gamma imaging followed by postspill PET imaging.},
cin = {E041},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E041-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {DOI:10.1088/1361-6560/ad0901 },
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/285575},
}