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US 8,080,801 B2Granted
Inorganic scintillating mixture and a sensor assembly for charged particle dosimetry
AssigneePaul Scherrer Institut
InventorSairos Safai
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Abstract
An inorganic scintillating mixture includes at least a first and a second component, each having a characteristic behavior in response to the irradiation with charged particles, such as protons and heavy ions, showing a typical Bragg peak with respect to a relative depth dose. The first component has a quenching characteristic in the Bragg peak region and the second component shows an increased efficiency in the Bragg peak region both related to a reference curve for the relative dose.
Claims9
A sensor head including:
- a proton beam detecting sensor head for measuring a penetration depth of a proton beam in tissue;
- the sensor head including an inorganic scintillating mixture comprising at least a first and a second component each having a characteristic behavior in response to an irradiation with protons, showing a typical Bragg peak with respect to a relative depth dose;
- said first component having a quenching characteristic in a Bragg peak region and said second component showing an increased efficiency in the Bragg peak region, both being related to a reference curve for a relative dose.
A sensor head including:
- a proton beam detecting sensor head for measuring a penetration depth of a proton beam in tissue;
- the sensor head including an inorganic scintillating mixture comprising at least a first, and a second component;
- the first and the second components having a characteristic behavior in response to an irradiation with protons showing a typical Bragg peak with respect to a relative depth dose;
- the first component having a quenching characteristic in a Bragg peak region and the second component showing an increased efficiency in the Bragg peak region in comparison to a reference curve for a relative dose;
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- the first and the second components being held together.
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