The European Joint Research Project UHDpulse - Metrology for advanced radiotherapy using particle beams with ultra-high pulse dose rates.

Absorbed dose Dosimetry European metrology project FLASH beams High dose rates Traceability

Journal

Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
ISSN: 1724-191X
Titre abrégé: Phys Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9302888

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Historique:
received: 29 01 2020
revised: 17 08 2020
accepted: 23 09 2020
pubmed: 13 11 2020
medline: 25 6 2021
entrez: 12 11 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

UHDpulse - Metrology for advanced radiotherapy using particle beams with ultra-high pulse dose rates is a recently started European Joint Research Project with the aim to develop and improve dosimetry standards for FLASH radiotherapy, very high energy electron (VHEE) radiotherapy and laser-driven medical accelerators. This paper gives a short overview about the current state of developments of radiotherapy with FLASH electrons and protons, very high energy electrons as well as laser-driven particles and the related challenges in dosimetry due to the ultra-high dose rate during the short radiation pulses. We summarize the objectives and plans of the UHDpulse project and present the 16 participating partners.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33181444
pii: S1120-1797(20)30236-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.09.020
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Protons 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

134-150

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Andreas Schüller (A)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: andreas.schueller@ptb.de.

Sophie Heinrich (S)

Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, Orsay, France.

Charles Fouillade (C)

Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, Orsay, France.

Anna Subiel (A)

National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, United Kingdom.

Ludovic De Marzi (L)

Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, Orsay, France; Institut Curie, Centre de protonthérapie d'Orsay (CPO), Orsay, France.

Francesco Romano (F)

National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, United Kingdom; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy.

Peter Peier (P)

Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie (METAS), Bern-Wabern, Switzerland.

Maria Trachsel (M)

Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie (METAS), Bern-Wabern, Switzerland.

Celeste Fleta (C)

Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (CSIC-CNM), Barcelona, Spain.

Rafael Kranzer (R)

PTW-Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; University Clinic for Medical Radiation Physics, Medical Campus Pius Hospital, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.

Marco Caresana (M)

Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi), Milano, Italy.

Samuel Salvador (S)

Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Caen (LPC-CAEN), Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France.

Simon Busold (S)

Varian Medical Systems, Troisdorf, Germany.

Andreas Schönfeld (A)

Sun Nuclear Corp., Melbourne, USA.

Malcolm McEwen (M)

Ionizing Radiation Standards, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Ottawa, Canada.

Faustino Gomez (F)

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Jaroslav Solc (J)

Czech Metrology Institute (CMI), Brno, Czech Republic.

Claude Bailat (C)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Vladimir Linhart (V)

ADVACAM s.r.o., Praha, Czech Republic.

Jan Jakubek (J)

ADVACAM s.r.o., Praha, Czech Republic.

Jörg Pawelke (J)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (OncoRay), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Marco Borghesi (M)

Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Belfast, United Kingdom.

Ralf-Peter Kapsch (RP)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany.

Adrian Knyziak (A)

Central Office of Measures (GUM), Ionizing Radiation Laboratory, Warszawa, Poland.

Alberto Boso (A)

National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, United Kingdom.

Veronika Olsovcova (V)

ELI Beamlines, Fyzikalni ustav, Praha, Czech Republic.

Christian Kottler (C)

Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie (METAS), Bern-Wabern, Switzerland.

Daniela Poppinga (D)

PTW-Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Iva Ambrozova (I)

Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS (NPI), Prague, Czech Republic.

Claus-Stefan Schmitzer (CS)

EBG MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Severine Rossomme (S)

IBA Dosimetry, Schwarzenbruck, Germany.

Marie-Catherine Vozenin (MC)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.

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