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- Richard Hall-Wilton (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IT))
Radiotherapy, a cornerstone of cancer treatment, relies on the controlled delivery of ionizing radiation to selectively target and destroy tumor cells. Dosimetry, the measurement and calculation of absorbed radiation dose, plays a crucial role in maximizing therapeutic efficacy while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. This abstract focuses on the importance of research and development of...
The rapid advancement of Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology for charged particle detection has reached an impressive level demonstrating exceptional performance in applications such as reaction time measurement, beam monitoring, and ion computed tomography (ion CT). Recent measurements conducted at MedAustron with helium (He) and carbon (C) ions have delivered promising results,...
The dual-radiator RICH (dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will make use of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) sensors for the detection of the Cherenkov light emitted by particles crossing its radiators. The photodetector will cover $\sim$ 3 m$^{2}$ with 3$\times$3 mm$^{2}$ pixels, for a total of more than 300k readout channels. This will be the first...
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is one of the leading methodologies in medical imaging for cancer diagnosis, but PET scanners present some limitations in terms of cost and performance. In recent years, Time-of-Flight PET (ToF-PET) significantly improved image reconstruction by adding to the energy used in standard PET machines, the time of arrival information of the two $511\:keV$...
