First results developing time-of-flight proton radiography for proton therapy applications
Worstell W, Adams B, Aviles M, Bond J, Cascio E, Cremer T, Fakhri G, Ertley C, Foley M, Grogg K, Hamel C, Lu H, Lyashenko A, Minot M, Paganetti H, Popecki M, Stochaj M. First results developing time-of-flight proton radiography for proton therapy applications. Progress In Biomedical Optics And Imaging 2019, 10948: 109480g-109480g-9. DOI: 10.1117/12.2511804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSub-relativisticMicro-channel plate photomultiplier tubeTime-of-flight telescopeTime resolutionProton therapy applicationsProton therapy treatmentsProton Therapy CenterResidual energy measurementProton beam testsBeam testMillimeter-scale spatial resolutionProton bunchesMonoenergetic protonsPlastic scintillatorPhoton detectorsProton radiographyImaging detectorMCP-PMTPhotomultiplier tubeBunch structureWaveform digitizerIndividual protonsMicrochannel plateHigh energyPhotodetection mode