• Diamond-based detection systems for tomorrow’s precision dosimetry

    S. Salvatori1,2; S. Pettinato1,2; G. Sinisi3; L. Galluzzo4; G. Felici4; M. Girolami2 and M.C. Rossi3

    1. Department of Engineering, University “Niccolò Cusano”, 00166 Rome, Italy
    2. Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISM-CNR), 00016 Rome, Italy
    3. Department of Industrial, Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, 00146 Rome, Italy
    4. SIT – Sordina IORT Technologies S.p.A., Aprilia, 04011 Latina, Italy

    S. Salvatori1,2 and S. Pettinato1,2 Radiation therapy is now widely applied for cancer care. For an effective and safe treatment, accurate dosimetry is mandatory. The evolution and widespread adoption of modern dynamic and conformal radiotherapy techniques have imposed several challenges from a dosimetric perspective. Commonly employed radiation beams include high-energy (6–18 MeV) photons or electron beams for external treatments, as well as low-energy (tens of…

  • Toward Single-Pulse Monitoring for FLASH Radiotherapy

    S. Salvatori1,2; S. Pettinato1,2; G. Sinisi3; L. Galluzzo4; G. Felici4; M. Girolami2 and M.C. Rossi3

    1. Department of Engineering, University “Niccolò Cusano”, 00166 Rome, Italy
    2. Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISM-CNR), 00016 Rome, Italy
    3. Department of Industrial, Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, 00146 Rome, Italy
    4. SIT – Sordina IORT Technologies S.p.A., Aprilia, 04011 Latina, Italy

    S. Pettinato1,2; M. Girolami2; S. Salvatori1,2; M. C. Rossi3 and D. Barettin1 FLASH radiotherapy is an emerging technique that uses high dose rates (~40 Gy/s) and high dose-per-pulse values (~1 Gy/pulse) by delivering the total dose in a single session, resulting in significantly shorter treatment times and safeguarding healthy tissues. In this field, single-pulse dose measurements appear…