Simulation study for the energy and position reconstruction performances of the beam monitoring system of Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy using GEANT4
Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy is operated in several countries because of its advantage to have high dose concentration and/or high linear energy transfer (LET). To estimate the beam performance of Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy, we target the 1% energy and 1 mm2 position resolutions of the beam monitoring system. The beam monitoring system consists of a scintillation crystal and fiber hodoscope. The scintillation crystal is 20 × 20 × 120mm3 and its candidates are LYSO, CsI and BGO. The fiber hodoscope is composed of 1 mm thickness scintillation fibers and the fibers are arranged vertically for 2D reconstruction. With GEANT4 simulation, we verify the performance of our beam monitoring system. The energy response of the LYSO and BGO scintillators is linear within ± 2%. The energy resolution of each crystal candidate achieves the goal; LYSO (0.061%), CsI (0.20%) and BGO (0.10%). The position is reconstructed via fiber hodoscope within 5% uncertainty.
Authors
- Heejin Do (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7320-415X)
- Yangsoo Jang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-3112)
- B. G. Cheon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-4429)
- S. Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-9969)
- Sanghoon Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6335-7427)
- J. Ryu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8783-0807)
- S. Ha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-1551)
- Jae Yeon Jeong
- J. S. H. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-1519)
- Na Hye Kwon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-3951)
- H.Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-1706)
- M. S. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-8691)
- Sungwon Kim
- Hyesung Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-8706)
- W. W. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8287-5895)
- Hyungjun Lee
- C. Huh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8513-2824)
- S. W. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1028-3468)
- Joonsuk Bae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4806-8019)
- Yun Eo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2847-6081)
- Dong Wook Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5819-9783)
- Jin Sung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-6471)
- Dongwoon Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2349-5037)
- Jung Hyun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-9826)
- Min Sang Ryu
- Bobae Kim
- S. Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-9876)
- Beomkyu Kim
- H. D. Yoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-3500)
- Kyuyeong Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3828-3032)
- Guk Cho
- Haeun Jang
- Seoyun Jang
- Yunjae Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0483-9476)
Institutions
- University of Seoul (KR)
- Gangneung–Wonju National University (KR)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Korea University (KR)
- Kyungpook National University (KR)
- Hanyang University (KR)
- Pusan National University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313862
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Kyungpook National University
- Yonsei University
- University of Seoul
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Gangneung-Wonju National University
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Yonsei University College of Medicine