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[Luciana Bruno]

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Subject: Seminario "BNCT y más allá", Viernes 6/12 a las 14:30 hs, Aula
cero, Edificio Tandar, CAC - CNEA
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Estimados,

los invitamos a todos al seminario de "BNCT y más allá"

“Monte Carlo Approach for  Hadron Therapy Application”

Andrea Mairani
Medical Physics Unit, CNAO Foundation, Pavia, Italy
Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Viernes 6/12 a las 14:30 hs, Aula cero, Edificio Tandar, CAC - CNEA

Esperamos poder verlos a todos!

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RESUMEN:

Monte Carlo (MC) codes are increasingly spreading in the hadrontherapy
community due to their detailed description of radiation transport and
interaction with matter. MC methods are being utilized at several
institutions for a wide range of activities spanning from beam
characterization to quality assurance and dosimetric/radiobiological
studies.
The suitability of a MC code for application to hadrontherapy demands
accurate and reliable physical models for the description of the transport
and the interaction of all components of the expected radiation field
(ions, hadrons, electrons, positrons and photons). This becomes extremely
important for correctly performing not only physical but also
biologically-based dose calculations especially in cases where ions heavier
than protons are involved. In addition, accurate prediction of emerging
secondary radiation is of utmost importance in emerging areas of research
aiming to in-vivo treatment verification.
This contribution will address the specific case of the general-purpose
particle and interaction code FLUKA. Validations and applications at
several experimental sites as well as proton/ion therapy facilities with
active beam delivery systems will be presented:
•       Generation of synchrotron accelerator library of proton/carbon ion
beam energies and foci (i.e., lateral widths at the isocentre of the
treatment unit).
•       Physical database generation: laterally integrated depth-dose
profiles, lateral-dose distributions at different depths, secondary
fragments yields and fragment energy spectra at different depths.
•       Forward MC re-calculations of physical/RBE-weighted dose
distributions of proton and carbon ion treatment plans.
•       MC-based treatment planning in proton therapy.
The satisfactorily agreement of FLUKA against several dosimetric/nuclear
yields data indicates that the code already represents a valuable choice
for supporting a large variety of applications in proton and ion beam
therapy.
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-- 
Sara J. González, Ph.D.
Computational Dosimetry and Treatment Planning Group, BNCT
National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina

Tel: 54 11 6772-7865
Fax: 54 11 6772-7611



-- 
Dra. Luciana Bruno
Departamento de Física e IFIBA-CONICET
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Universidad de Buenos Aires.
(1428) Ciudad Universitaria,
Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
TE +54 11 4576 3390 ext 819
Fax +54 11 4576 3357
email: lbruno en df.uba.ar
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