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Miniaturized microdosimeters for hadron therapy

Frontiers in Sensors
Microdosimetry measures the stochastic fluctuations of energy imparted by radiation at the micrometer level and can provide measurable quantities linked to biological effectiveness.
Anna Selva, Anna Bianchi, Alberto Fazzi, Valeria Conte   +3 more
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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: Microdosimetry at Different Boron Concentrations

Applied Sciences, 2023
This paper explores the role of microdosimetry in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a cancer treatment involving the selective accumulation of boron-containing compounds in cancer cells, followed by neutron irradiation.
Valeria Conte, Anna Bianchi, Anna Selva
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Nanolesions induced by heavy ions in human tissues: Experimental and theoretical studies

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2012
The biological effects of energetic heavy ions are attracting increasing interest for their applications in cancer therapy and protection against space radiation.
Marcus Bleicher, Lucas Burigo, Marco Durante, Maren Herrlitz, Michael Krämer, Igor Mishustin, Iris Müller, Francesco Natale, Igor Pshenichnov, Stefan Schramm, Gisela Taucher-Scholz, Cathrin Wälzlein   +11 more
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On microdosimetry of neutrons of selectable energy in mixed (n,y) fields [PDF]

, 2012
Biological damage of tissue due to intermediate energy neutrons is generally known to be very important in radiobiology and radiation protection. However, there is no suitable method to determine the quality of these neutrons in particular in the working
Saion, Elias bin.
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Radiobiological Outcomes, Microdosimetric Evaluations and Monte Carlo Predictions in Eye Proton Therapy

Applied Sciences, 2021
CATANA (Centro di AdroTerapia ed Applicazioni Nucleari Avanzate) was the first Italian protontherapy facility dedicated to the treatment of ocular neoplastic pathologies.
Giada Petringa, Marco Calvaruso, Valeria Conte, Pavel Bláha, Valentina Bravatà, Francesco Paolo Cammarata, Giacomo Cuttone, Giusi Irma Forte, Otilija Keta, Lorenzo Manti, Luigi Minafra, Vladana Petković, Ivan Petrović, Selene Richiusa, Aleksandra Ristić Fira, Giorgio Russo, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone   +16 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Two Analytical Functions for the Microdosimetry of Ions from ¹H to ²³⁸U

Quantum Beam Science
The analytical microdosimetric function (AMF) implemented in the Monte Carlo code PHITS is a unique tool that bridges the gap between macro- and microscopic scales of radiation interactions, enabling accurate microdosimetric calculations over macroscopic
Alessio Parisi, Keith M. Furutani, Tatsuhiko Sato, Chris J. Beltran   +3 more
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Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) of Monoenergetic Protons: Comparison of Empirical and Biophysical Models

Applied Sciences
A constant proton relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 for tumor control is currently used in proton therapy treatment planning. However, in vitro, in vivo and clinical experiences indicate that proton RBE varies with kinetic energy and ...
Dimitris Dalalas, Alexis Papadopoulos, Ioanna Kyriakou, Robert D. Stewart, Pantelis Karaiskos, Dimitris Emfietzoglou   +5 more
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Biological implications of microdosimetry [PDF]

, 1974
Rossi, H. H., Kellerer, Albrecht M.
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Characterizing Radiation Effectiveness in Ion-Beam Therapy Part II: Microdosimetric Detectors

Frontiers in Physics, 2020
The specific advantages of ion beams for application in tumor therapy are attributed to their different macroscopic and microscopic energy deposition pattern as compared to conventional photon radiation.
Paolo Colautti, Giulio Magrin, Hugo Palmans, Hugo Palmans, Miguel A. Cortés-Giraldo, Valeria Conte   +5 more
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Accessing radiation damage to biomolecules on the nanoscale by particle-scattering simulations

Journal of Physics Communications, 2023
Radiation damage to DNA plays a central role in radiation therapy to cure cancer. The physico-chemical and biological processes involved encompass huge time and spatial scales.
Marc Benjamin Hahn
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