EuNPC2015

Due to the large dose deposit in the Bragg peak, proton beam radiotherapy is sensitive to a variety of possible differences between the actual and planned treatment situation. Therefore, a technique for in-vivo dose delivery verification is needed. The only such technique in clinical use today is positron emission tomography (PET) of the positron emitters produced in the patient during...

The quality of the cancer treatment with protons critically depends on accurate predictions of proton stopping powers of traversed tissues. Today, proton treatment planning is based on stopping power information derived from X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) images. The conversion of the CT image to proton stopping powers has systematic uncertainties in the calculated proton range in a patient of...

An accurate procedure for obtaining full energy peak efficiency for high purity germanium detectors using measurements for experimentally calibrated samples geometries is time consuming and often expensive. That is why methods such as Monte Carlo simulations have been proposed and examined by means of results intercomparison. In the case proposed, the geometries used are vials of 45 mm height...

Muon Tomography (MT) is a burgeoning field of applied nuclear physics research. This technique makes use of the penetrating and Coulomb-scattering properties of cosmic-ray muons to image the internal composition of large and/or sealed containers that cannot be interrogated via conventional means e.g. X-rays. The Nuclear Physics group at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the UK...

“Horia Hulubei” Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele, has been involved in activities regarding the study and preservation of national cultural heritage for decades. Initially starting with simple individual initiatives, today, the institute has solid connections with dozens of musea, universities, other research institutes involved in the study the...

The electric conductivity of the aluminium alloy SAV-1 irradiated with fast neutrons was investigated in the fluences range 10^16 - 10^19 n cm^-2 and a temperature range 290-480 K. It is revealed on the basis of the X-ray structure analysis that the average static displacement of atoms in the alloy in order of magnitude comparable to their dynamic thermal displacements. It is shown that the...

Experiment Gamma-CCB at Cyclotron Centre Bronowice focuses on investigation of gamma emission in experimental modelling of hadron therapy, searching for manifestation of the Bragg peak in gamma spectra. Experimental program comprises a series of measurements for different energies of the proton beam, as well as for several phantom materials. The talk reports on the results of the measurements...