Prompt Gamma Imaging in Particle Therapy

Session

Keynote Presentation II

6 Jul 2023, 15:45

Conveners

Keynote Presentation II

• Reimund Bayerlein (UC Davis Health)

10. The role of Monte Carlo tools in prompt-gamma radiation monitoring research

Dr Marco Pinto (LMU Munich)

06/07/2023, 15:45

Keynote

We are three months from the 20th anniversary of the pioneering proposal to use prompt-gamma (PG) radiation for particle therapy monitoring by Jongen and Stichelbaut at the 39th PTCOG conference. Considerable developments ensued, covering all aspects pertaining exploitation of prompt gammas, from fundamental research to clinical usage of prompt-gamma cameras. Monte Carlo (MC) tools are...