Physics Athens 2016

In vivo PET dosimetry Range evaluation in Particle Therapy

Proton and Carbon-ion beams induced b + activities

most relevant b + active isotopes of rather long half-lives 15 O (t½ = 2.03 min), 11 C (t½ = 20.38 min), 13 N (t½ = 9.96 min), 38 K (t½ = 7.6 min), 30 P (t½ = 2.5 min) and 34 Cl (t½ = 32.0 min)

sacrum chordoma patient

Frey K. et al. Phys. Med. Biol. 59 (2014)

expected activity

measured activity