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A. Basili

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High performance 3D CZT spectro-imager for BNCT-SPECT: preliminary characterization

2018

The National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) is supporting the 3CaTS project with the aim of developing a new Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) system for real time 10 B therapeutic dose monitoring in the binary experimental hadron therapy called Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). BNCT is a highly selective tumour treatment based on the neutron capture reaction 10 B(n,α) 7 Li. The secondary particles have a high LET with ranges in tissues of the order of 10 μm (thus less than the mean cell diameter of few tens μm). Targeting the 10 B delivery towards cancer, the released energy lethally damages only the malignant cells sparing the normal tissues, thus enabling a cell…

Physicsmedicine.diagnostic_test010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industrySettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleDetectorResolution (electron density)Single-photon emission computed tomography01 natural sciencesSettore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin)030218 nuclear medicine & medical imagingCharacterization (materials science)Hadron therapyBoron neutron capture therapy03 medical and health sciencesNeutron captureFull width at half maximum0302 clinical medicineOpticsSingle photon emission computed tomography.0103 physical sciencesmedicineNeutron irradiationbusinessX ray detector2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings (NSS/MIC)
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