A beam monitor based on MPGD detectors for hadron therapy

P. R. Altieri, D. Di Benedetto, G. Galetta, R. A. Intonti, A. Mercadante, S. Nuzzo, P. Verwilligen, S. Dalla Torre, B. Gobbo, S. Levorato, L. Ropelewski, F. Tessarotto
2018 EPJ Web of Conferences  
Remarkable scientific and technological progress during the last years has led to the construction of accelerator based facilities dedicated to hadron therapy. This kind of technology requires precise and continuous control of position, intensity and shape of the ions or protons used to irradiate cancers. Patient safety, accelerator operation and dose delivery should be optimized by a real time monitoring of beam intensity and profile during the treatment, by using non-destructive, high spatial
more » ... resolution detectors. In the framework of AMIDERHA (AMIDERHA -Enhanced Radiotherapy with HAdron) project funded by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (Italian Ministry of Education and Research) the authors are studying and developing an innovative beam monitor based on Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPDGs) characterized by a high spatial resolution and rate capability. The Monte Carlo simulation of the beam monitor prototype was carried out to optimize the geometrical set up and to predict the behavior of the detector. A first prototype has been constructed and successfully tested using 55 Fe, 90 Sr and also an X-ray tube. Preliminary results on both simulations and tests will be presented.
doi:10.1051/epjconf/201817401011 fatcat:xntmdthmvbcrfewo3iqqwlf6zi