Comparison of secondary radiation dose between pencil beam scanning and scattered delivery for proton and VHEE radiotherapy
This work describes a method to simulate and compare secondary radiation doses resulting from scattered, scanned VHEE or proton therapy treatments. The results indicate that a conventionally shielded proton therapy room results in acceptable public doses for a preliminary VHEE design and could be of interest for radiation protection purposes and for similar setups. Other facilities with differing layouts may, however, lead to different conclusions, requiring further studies.
Authors
- Ludovic De Marzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-2381)
- Anthony Bonfrate
- G. Créhange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-9323)
- R. Ferrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1520-0614)
- Irène Buvat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7053-6471)
- Maria Grazia Ronga
- Annalisa Patriarca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9142-3027)
- Flavia Gesualdi
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Thales (France) (FR)
- Institut Curie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Physics
- Published
- 2025-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.17700
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Grand Équipement National De Calcul Intensif