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| author | Kwon, Na Hye Choi, Sung Woon Han, Soo Rim Yun, Yongdo Han, Min Cheol Hong, Chae-Seon Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Ho Kim, Changhwan Kim, Do Won Koom, Woong Sub Kim, Jin Sung Carolino, N. Lopes, L. Kim, Dong Wook Fonte, Paulo J. R. |
| author_facet | Kwon, Na Hye Choi, Sung Woon Han, Soo Rim Yun, Yongdo Han, Min Cheol Hong, Chae-Seon Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Ho Kim, Changhwan Kim, Do Won Koom, Woong Sub Kim, Jin Sung Carolino, N. Lopes, L. Kim, Dong Wook Fonte, Paulo J. R. |
| contents | Accurate range verification of carbon ion beams is critical for the precision and safety of charged particle radiotherapy. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using a parallel-plate ionization chamber for real-time, time-based diagnostic monitoring of carbon ion beams. The chamber featured a 0.4 mm gas gap defined by metallic electrodes and was filled with carbon dioxide (CO$_2$), a non-polymerizing gas suitable for high-rate applications. Timing precision was assessed via self-correlation analysis, yielding a precision approaching one picosecond for one-second acquisitions under clinically relevant beam conditions. This level of timing accuracy translates to a water-equivalent range uncertainty of approximately 1 mm, which meets the recommended clinical tolerance for carbon ion therapy. Furthermore, the kinetic energy of the beam at the synchrotron extraction point was determined from the measured orbital period, with results consistently within 1 MeV/nucleon of the nominal energy. These findings demonstrate the potential of parallel-plate chambers for precise, real-time energy and range verification in clinical carbon ion beam quality assurance. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Parallel-plate chambers as radiation-hard detectors for time-based beam diagnostics in carbon-ion radiotherapy Kwon, Na Hye Choi, Sung Woon Han, Soo Rim Yun, Yongdo Han, Min Cheol Hong, Chae-Seon Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Ho Kim, Changhwan Kim, Do Won Koom, Woong Sub Kim, Jin Sung Carolino, N. Lopes, L. Kim, Dong Wook Fonte, Paulo J. R. Medical Physics Accurate range verification of carbon ion beams is critical for the precision and safety of charged particle radiotherapy. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using a parallel-plate ionization chamber for real-time, time-based diagnostic monitoring of carbon ion beams. The chamber featured a 0.4 mm gas gap defined by metallic electrodes and was filled with carbon dioxide (CO$_2$), a non-polymerizing gas suitable for high-rate applications. Timing precision was assessed via self-correlation analysis, yielding a precision approaching one picosecond for one-second acquisitions under clinically relevant beam conditions. This level of timing accuracy translates to a water-equivalent range uncertainty of approximately 1 mm, which meets the recommended clinical tolerance for carbon ion therapy. Furthermore, the kinetic energy of the beam at the synchrotron extraction point was determined from the measured orbital period, with results consistently within 1 MeV/nucleon of the nominal energy. These findings demonstrate the potential of parallel-plate chambers for precise, real-time energy and range verification in clinical carbon ion beam quality assurance. |
| title | Parallel-plate chambers as radiation-hard detectors for time-based beam diagnostics in carbon-ion radiotherapy |
| topic | Medical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11963 |