Position-sensitive silicon detectors for real-time dosimetry in medical applications

✍ Scribed by W. Kucewicz; M. Alemi; M. Amati; L. Badano; V. Bartsch; D. Berst; C. Bianchi; W. de Boer; H. Bol; A. Bulgheroni; M. Caccia; C. Cappellini; F. Cannillo; G. Claus; C. Colledani; L. Conte; A. Czermak; G. Deptuch; A. Dierlamm; K. Domanski; W. Dulinski; B. Dulny; O. Ferrando; P. Grabiec; E. Grigoriev; B. Jaroszewicz; L. Jungermann; K. Kucharski; S. Kuta; G. Leo; R. Lorusso; J. Marczewski; G. Mondry; W. Machowski; H. Niemiec; R. Novario; M. Pezzetta; Y. Poposki; M. Prest; J-L. Riester; C. Sampietro; M. Sapor; H. Schweickert; D. Tomaszewski; A. Zalewska

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 249 KB
• Volume: 518
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.039

✦ Synopsis

Real-time dosimetry is a critical issue in most radiotherapy applications. Silicon Ultra fast Cameras for electron and gamma sources In Medical Applications (SUCIMA) is a project addressing the development of an imaging system of extended radioactive sources based on monolithic and hybrid position-sensitive silicon sensors, where ''imaging'' has to be intended as the record of a dose map. The detector characteristics are constrained by the main applications, namely brachytherapy and real-time monitoring of a hadron beam for oncology. The key issues in the sensor and DAQ development are described together with the most relevant medical applications. SUCIMA 1 is a project approved by the EC within the V Framework Program.