Measurement of microdosimetric spectra of high‐LET particle beams using the ENCORE detector
This study demonstrated that ENCORE can resolve microdosimetric spectra with high spatial and LET resolution across a range of ion energies. Measured <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msub><mml:mover><mml:mi>y</mml:mi> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo></mml:mover> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:annotation>${\bar y_{\mathrm{D}}}$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> values reasonably agreed with Monte Carlo simulations, validating the potential of ENCORE for position-resolved microdosimetry and model benchmarking in particle therapy.
Authors
- Shannon Hartzell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-7057)
- Chris Beltran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-0815)
- S. Almaraz-Calderon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-400X)
- E. López-Saavedra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9187-0404)
- Keith M. Furutani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6794-2540)
- I. Wiedenhöver
- L. T. Baby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-1829)
Institutions
- Florida State University (US)
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- Jacksonville College (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Physics
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70150
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00