Line of research: Instrumentation for Proton Radiobiology
Project abstract:
An experimental setup aiming at proton radiobiology, radiophysiology, and other dosimetric studies is under research and development in a collaboration between LIP and the University of Coimbra. The setup is being installed at one of the exit ports of the Portuguese proton cyclotron in operation at ICNAS. Main design features are being devised by means of high-performance-based Monte Carlo simulations, strongly supported by the high-precision mechanical workshop of LIP.
Some publications/presentations:
S. Ghithan, S.J.C. do Carmo, R. Ferreira Marques, F.A.F. Fraga, P. Rachinhas,
H. Simões, F. Alves, P. Crespo
PET cyclotron based setup for proton radiobiology and radiophysiology,
Jornadas do LIP, Mar. 21-22, 2014, Lisbon
S. Ghithan, S.J.C do Carmo, R. Ferreira Marques, F.A.F Fraga, H. Simões,
F. Alves, P. Crespo,
On-line measurements of proton beam current from a PET cyclotron using a
thin aluminum foil, JINST 8 (2013) P07010
S. Ghithan, S.J.C. do Carmo, F. Alves, R. Ferreira Marques, F. Fraga,
H. Simões, P. Crespo
Fast and precise verification of proton beam position, range, and dose by
using a plastic scintillator at PET-dedicated cyclotrons,
2013 IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. & Med. Imag. Conf. (NSS/MIC), Oct. 27-Nov. 2,
2013, Seoul, South Korea
S. Ghithan, F. Alves, S. Carmo, R. Ferreira Marques, F. Fraga,
H. Simões, P. Crespo,
Towards a high-dynamic dose-range irradiation setup for radiobioloy
and radiophysiology, In Conf. Records 2012 IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. &
Med. Imag. Conf. (NSS/MIC), Anaheim, CA, USA, Oct. 2012,
pp. 1253-1259
S. Ghithan, H. Simões, F. Alves, S. Carmo, M. Cunha,
R. Ferreira Marques, F. Fraga, M. Pinto, P. Crespo,
Beam monitoring system for cyclotron proton beams at ICNAS,
2012 LIP workshop, Feb. 21-23, 2012, Lisbon
S. Ghithan, H. Simões, F. Alves, S. Carmo, M. Cunha, R. Ferreira Marques,
F. Fraga, M. Pinto, P. Crespo,
Preliminary characterization of the external proton beam from a PET
cyclotron for use in neutron and proton radiobiology
and other dosimetric studies,
In Conf. Records IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG),
Coimbra, Feb. 2012
M. Cunha, M. Pinto, F. Alves, P. Crespo, R. Ferreira Marques,
Radiobiology with cyclotron proton beams: a viability study,
Conf. Records 2010 IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. & Med. Imag. Conf. (NSS/MIC),
Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2010, pp.1505-1511
M. Cunha,
Radiobiology with proton cyclotron beams: a viability study,
MSc. thesis, University of Coimbra, 2010