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Vijande, J.; Tedgren, A.C.; Ballester, F.; Baltas, D.; Papagiannis, P.; Rivard, M.J.; Siebert, F.A.; De Werd, L.; Perez-Calatayud, J. |
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Source strength determination in iridium-192 and cobalt-60 brachytherapy: A European survey on the level of agreement between clinical measurements and manufacturer certificates |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Imag. Radiat. Oncol. |
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19 |
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108-111 |
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RAKR; Calibration; HDR; PDR; Brachytherapy |
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Background and purpose: Brachytherapy treatment outcomes depend on the accuracy of the delivered dose distribution, which is proportional to the reference air-kerma rate (RAKR). Current societal recommendations require the medical physicist to compare the measured RAKR values to the manufacturer source calibration certificate. The purpose of this work was to report agreement observed in current clinical practice in the European Union. Materials and methods: A European survey was performed for high- and pulsed-dose-rate (HDR and PDR) highenergy sources (Ir-192 and Co-60), to quantify observed RAKR differences. Medical physicists at eighteen hospitals from eight European countries were contacted, providing 1,032 data points from 2001 to 2020. Results: Over the survey period, 77% of the Ir-192 measurements used a well chamber instead of the older Krieger phantom method. Mean differences with the manufacturer calibration certificate were 0.01% +/- 1.15% for Ir-192 and -0.1% +/- 1.3% for Co-60. Over 95% of RAKR measurements in the clinic were within 3% of the manufacturer calibration certificate. Conclusions: This study showed that the agreement level was generally better than that reflected in prior societal recommendations positing 5%. Future recommendations on high-energy HDR and PDR source calibrations in the clinic may consider tightened agreements levels. |
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[Vijande, Javier; Ballester, Facundo] Univ Valencia UV, Dept Fis Atom Mol & Nucl, Burjassot, Spain, Email: Javier.vijande@uv.es |
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Elsevier |
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WOS:000694711800017 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4969 |
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Viegas, R.; Roser, J.; Barrientos, L.; Borja-Lloret, M.; Casaña, J.V.; Lopez, J.G.; Jimenez-Ramos, M.C.; Hueso-Gonzalez, F.; Ros, A.; Llosa, G. |
Title |
Characterization of a Compton camera based on the TOFPET2 ASIC |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Radiation Physics and Chemistry |
Abbreviated Journal |
Radiat. Phys. Chem. |
Volume |
202 |
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Pages |
110507 - 11pp |
Keywords |
Compton camera; Hadron therapy; LaBr3; PETsys TOFPET2; Silicon photomultipliers |
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The use of Compton cameras for medical imaging and its interest as a hadron therapy treatment monitoring has increased in the last decade with the development of silicon photomultipliers. MACACOp is a Compton camera prototype designed and assembled at the IRIS group of IFIC-Valencia. This Compton camera is based on monolithic Lanthanum (III) Bromide crystals and silicon photomultipliers, and employs the novel TOFPET2 ASIC as readout electronics. This system emerged as an alternative to MACACO II prototype, with the aim of improving its limited time resolution. To test the performance of the ASIC in a Compton camera setup, the prototype was characterized, both in laboratory and in-beam. A time resolution of 1.5 ns was obtained after time corrections, which improves greatly the performance of the MACACO II. Moreover, the results obtained at high photon energies demonstrate the ability of the system to obtain 1 mm displacements of the reconstructed spots. The results reinforce the potential of the system as a monitoring device for hadron therapy. |
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[Viegas, R.; Roser, J.; Barrientos, L.; Borja-Lloret, M.; Casana, J., V; Hueso-Gonzalez, F.; Ros, A.; Llosa, G.] CSIC UV, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Valencia, Spain, Email: Rita.Viegas@ific.uv.es |
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Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
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0969-806x |
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WOS:000870840600006 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5392 |
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Vidaña, I.; Feijoo, A.; Albaladejo, M.; Nieves, J.; Oset, E. |
Title |
Femtoscopic correlation function for the Tcc(3875)+ state |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
Volume |
846 |
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138201 - 9pp |
Keywords |
Femtoscopy; Tcc |
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We have conducted a study of the femtoscopic correlation functions for the D0D*+ and D+D*0 channels that build the Tcc state. We develop a formalism that allows us to factorize the scattering amplitudes outside the integrals in the formulas, and the integrals involve the range of the strong interaction explicitly. For a source of size of 1 fm, we find values for the correlation functions of the D0D*+ and D+D*0 channels at the origin around 30 and 2.5, respectively, and we see these observables converging to unity already for relative momenta of the order of 200 MeV. We conduct tests to see the relevance of the different contributions to the correlation function and find that it mostly provides information on the scattering length, but should the correlation functions be measured with the precision of the latest experiments, the effective range of the D0D*+ could also be obtained. |
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[Vidana, I.] Univ Catania, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Dipartimento Fis Ettore Majorana, Sez Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, I-95123 Catania, Italy, Email: isaac.vidana@ct.infn.it |
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Elsevier |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:001092697200001 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5777 |
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Author |
Vicente, A. |
Title |
Higgs Lepton Flavor Violating Decays in Two Higgs Doublet Models |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Frontiers in Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Front. Physics |
Volume |
7 |
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174 - 13pp |
Keywords |
Higgs boson; lepton flavor violating decays; beyond the standard model; two Higgs doublet models; effective field theory |
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The discovery of a non-zero rate for a lepton flavor violating decay mode of the Higgs boson would definitely be an indication of New Physics. We review the prospects for such signal in Two Higgs Doublet Models, in particular for Higgs boson decays into tau μfinal states. We will show that this scenario contains all the necessary ingredients to provide large flavor violating rates and still be compatible with the stringent limits from direct searches and low-energy flavor experiments. |
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[Vicente, Avelino] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: avelino.vicente@ific.uv.es |
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Frontiers Media Sa |
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2296-424x |
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WOS:000498568200001 |
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no |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4206 |
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Vento, V.; Traini, M. |
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Scattering of charged particles off monopole-anti-monopole pairs |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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80 |
Issue |
1 |
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62 - 10pp |
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The Large Hadron Collider is reaching energies never achieved before allowing the search for exotic particles in the TeV mass range. In a continuing effort to find monopoles we discuss the effect of the magnetic dipole field created by a pair of monopole-anti-monopole or monopolium on the successive bunches of charged particles in the beam at LHC. |
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[Vento, Vicente] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, IFIC, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: vicente.vento@uv.es |
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Springer |
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English |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000521222100001 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4340 |
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