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SUMMARY:Investigations on physical and biological range uncertainties in K
 rakow proton beam therapy centre
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190624T092000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190624T094500Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260804T034616Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Antoni Ruciński (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)\
 nThe physical and biological range uncertainties are limiting the clinical
  potential of proton beam therapy (PBT). Our research activities aim at de
 veloping software tools and detector instrumentation to tackle the problem
  of beam range uncertainties in the clinic. We will present research activ
 ities performed by our group within national and international collaborati
 ons in the perspective of recent advances in the field of proton therapy m
 edical physics. \n\nWe will report on our development and pre-clinical app
 lication of a GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo (MC) simulation toolkit FRED. Th
 e MC based recalculation of patient treatment plans with variable radiobio
 logical effectiveness is an essential input for medical doctors and physic
 ists and can support PBT treatment planning. Taking advantage from the FRE
 D time performance we aim to improve quality assurance efficiency in Krako
 w PBT facility. The software tools and procedures developed are currently 
 integrated into the cancer patient treatment procedures to fully exploit t
 he advantages of proton beams in the clinic.\n\nWe will report on our inve
 stigations of plastic scintillator based PET detectors for monitoring of p
 article therapy delivery. We study the feasibility of Jagiellonian-PET det
 ector technology for proton beam therapy range monitoring by means of MC s
 imulations of the β+ activity induced in a phantom using proton beams. Th
 e experimental validation and image reconstruction activities are ongoing.
 \n\nUsing a GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo simulation toolkit FRED and plasti
 c scintillator based PET detectors we aim to improve patient treatment qua
 lity with protons.\n\nhttps://indico.koza.if.uj.edu.pl/event/1/contributio
 ns/174/
LOCATION:Collegium Maius
URL:https://indico.koza.if.uj.edu.pl/event/1/contributions/174/
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