Status of LET assessment with active and passive detectors in ion beams

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107252" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107252</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107252" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107252</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Status of LET assessment with active and passive detectors in ion beams

Original language description

This review explores current experimental methods for determining the radiation quality in ion beams. In this context, radiation quality is commonly evaluated using the averaged linear energy transfer (LET), a metric employed to assess the response of both biological and physical systems. Dose and averaged LET can be experimentally determined with passive detectors through various techniques that have seen recent improvements. Another metric related to the LET is the mean lineal energy, which is measurable using microdosimetric detectors. This review focuses on the available possibilities for evaluating the radiation quality using three microdosimeters (mini-TEPC, Silicon Telescope, and SOI Microplus), three passive luminescence detectors (based on optical, thermo-, and radiophoto-luminescence), three track-based detectors (track-etched detector, Timepix, fluorescent nuclear track detector), and a chemical detector based on alanine. A comparison of detector properties is provided along with an overview of the underlying mechanisms enabling LET assessment or measurements of the mean lineal energy with each detector type. Finally, this review summarizes the current possibilities of LET determination with respect to the needs for quality assurance in particle therapy. Areas for future research and development are suggested.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Radiation Measurements

ISSN

1350-4487

e-ISSN

1879-0925

Volume of the periodical

177

Issue of the periodical within the volume

SEP

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

107252

UT code for WoS article

001287807200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85200133684