Speaker
Sean McCallum
(Queen's University Belfast)
Description
The large energy distributions characterizing protons accelerated through laser-driven mechanisms presents a problem for potential clinical applications requiring precise energy selection. A method of radiochromic film (RCF) spectroscopy of polyenergetic proton beams based on a deconvolution procedure is presented. This has been tested through irradiation of several RCF configurations with a clinical proton beamline at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) and assessed through extensive Monte Carlo simulation.
Primary authors
Dr
Anna Subiel
(National Physical Laboratory)
Francesco Romano
(INFN-LNS)
Dr
Giuliana Milluzzo
(Queen's University Belfast)
Dr
Linda Mortimer
(Clatterbridge Cancer Centre)
Marco Borghesi
Sean McCallum
(Queen's University Belfast)
