Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

Signal and Background for 160 MeV protons Spectrum measured for 100MeV protons w/o collimator – high energy!

High count rates and large background (gammas and neutrons)

Signal and Background for 160 MeV protons

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Prompt  -emission: commercial design

I. Perali et al, PMB 59, 2014

Slit camera (4cm tungsten) approach: 1D projection of prompt gammas along beam path on a segmented scintillator (no TOF)

Oliver Jäkel

Medical Physics

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