Very-High Energy Electron (VHEE) Studies at CERN's CLEAR User Facility

Here we investigate how inserts of various densities (0.001-2.2 g/cm³) affect the dose distribution properties of VHEE beams at ~150 MeV. A range variation comparison was also made with clinical proton beams using TOPAS/GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, we assess the viability of scatteri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lagzda, Agnese, Aitkenhead, Adam, Corsini, Roberto, Farabolini, Wilfrid, Jones, Roger, Kirkby, Karen, MacKay, Ranald, Van Herk, Marcel
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
Accelerators and Storage Rings
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-MOPML023
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2664975
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Sumario:Here we investigate how inserts of various densities (0.001-2.2 g/cm³) affect the dose distribution properties of VHEE beams at ~150 MeV. A range variation comparison was also made with clinical proton beams using TOPAS/GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, we assess the viability of scattering foils for optimizing the size of VHEE beams for radiotherapy purposes. The experiments were conducted at CERN's CLEAR user facility.

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