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Author Barrientos, L.; Borja-Lloret, M.; Casana, J.V.; Hueso-Gonzalez, F.; Ros, A.; Roser, J.; Senra, C.; Solaz, C.; Viegas, R.; Llosa, G.
Title System characterization and performance studies with MACACO III Compton camera Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Radiation Physics and Chemistry Abbreviated Journal Radiat. Phys. Chem.
Volume 208 Issue Pages 110922 - 13pp
Keywords Compton camera; Scintillator crystals; Silicon photomultipliers
Abstract The IRIS group of IFIC-Valencia has developed a Compton camera prototype. The system detectors are made of Lanthanum (III) bromide scintillator crystals coupled to silicon photomultipliers. Two models of silicon photomultipliers arrays with different micro pixel pitch (25 and 50 μm) have been chosen as possible candidates to improve the response of the new system. Characterization studies with a 22Na point-like source have indicated that the 25 μm photodetector provided better performance in terms of energy resolution (5.2% FWHM at 511 keV) and angular resolution (6.9 degrees FWHM at 1275 keV), and more stability with temperature variations. In addition, MACACO III imaging capabilities have been assessed using a structure composed of thirty-seven 22Na point-like sources. Furthermore, in order to evaluate possible ways of improving the system performance, several studies have been carried out by means of simulations both in realistic and performance improved conditions. In this work, the system performance is evaluated for its future application in different areas.
Address [Barrientos, L.; Borja-Lloret, M.; Casana, J. V.; Hueso-Gonzalez, F.; Ros, A.; Roser, J.; Senra, C.; Solaz, C.; Viegas, R.; Llosa, G.] CSIC UV, Inst Fis Corpuscular IF, Valencia, Spain, Email: Luis.Barrientos@ific.uv.es;
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Publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0969-806x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000962800400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5511
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Author 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 Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Radiation Physics and Chemistry Abbreviated Journal Radiat. Phys. Chem.
Volume 202 Issue Pages 110507 - 11pp
Keywords Compton camera; Hadron therapy; LaBr3; PETsys TOFPET2; Silicon photomultipliers
Abstract 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.
Address [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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Publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0969-806x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000870840600006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5392
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Author Perez-Calatayud, J.; Ballester, F.; Tedgren, C.; DeWerd, L.A.; Papagiannis, P.; Rivard, M.J.; Siebert, F.A.; Vijande, J.
Title GEC-ESTRO ACROP recommendations on calibration and traceability of HE HDR-PDR photon-emitting brachytherapy sources at the hospital level Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Radiotherapy and Oncology Abbreviated Journal Radiother. Oncol.
Volume 176 Issue Pages 108-117
Keywords Brachytherapy; High energy; Calibration; Dosimetry; HDR-PDR
Abstract The vast majority of radiotherapy departments in Europe using brachytherapy (BT) perform temporary implants of high-or pulsed-dose rate (HDR-PDR) sources with photon energies higher than 50 keV. Such techniques are successfully applied to diverse pathologies and clinical scenarios. These recommen-dations are the result of Working Package 21 (WP-21) initiated within the BRAchytherapy PHYsics Quality Assurance System (BRAPHYQS) GEC-ESTRO working group with a focus on HDR-PDR source cal-ibration. They provide guidance on the calibration of such sources, including practical aspects and issues not specifically accounted for in well-accepted societal recommendations, complementing the BRAPHYQS WP-18 Report dedicated to low energy BT photon emitting sources (seeds). The aim of this report is to provide a European-wide standard in HDR-PDR BT source calibration at the hospital level to maintain high quality patient treatments.
Address [Perez-Calatayud, Jose] La Fe Hosp, Radiotherapy Dept, Valencia, Spain, Email: javier.vijande@uv.es
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Publisher Elsevier Ireland Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0167-8140 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000880438000006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5466
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Author Bottoni, S. et al; Gadea, A.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.
Title Search for the γ decay of the narrow near-threshold proton resonance in 11B Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 855 Issue Pages 138851 - 4pp
Keywords 11B; Near-threshold resonance; gamma-ray decay; Continuum shell model
Abstract The y decay of the elusive narrow, near-threshold proton resonance in 11 B was investigated at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (INFN) in a particle-y coincidence experiment, using the 6 Li( 6 Li,py) fusion-evaporation reaction and the GALILEO-GALTRACE setup. No clear signature was found for a possible E1 decay to the 1/2-1, – 1 , first-excited state of 11 B, predicted by the Shell Model Embedded in the Continuum (SMEC) with a branching of 0.98+167 +167 -69 x 10-3 -3 with respect to the dominant particle-decaying modes. The statistical analysis of the y-ray spectrum provided an average upper limit of 2.37 x 10-3 -3 for this y-ray branching, with a global significance of 5 sigma. On the other hand, by imposing a global confidence level of 3 sigma, a significant excess of counts was observed for Ey y = 9300(20) keV, corresponding to a resonance energy of 11429(20) keV (namely 200(20) keV above the proton separation energy of 11 B) and a y-ray branching of 1.12(35) x10-3. -3 . This result is compatible with the SMEC calculations, potentially supporting the existence of a near-threshold proton resonance in 11 B.
Address [Bottoni, S.; Corbari, G.; Leoni, S.; Capra, S.; Albanese, E.; Ziliani, S.; Bracco, A.; Camera, F.; Crespi, F. C. L.; Gamba, E.; Polettini, M.; Porzio, C.] Univ Milano 1, Dipartimento Fis, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milan, Italy, Email: simone.bottoni@mi.infn.it
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Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001272132000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6205
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Author Jungclaus, A.; Doornenbal, P.; Acosta, J.; Vaquero, V.; Browne, F.; Cortes, M.L.; Gargano, A.; Koiwai, T.; Naidja, H.; Taniuchi, R.; Tostevin, J.A.; Wimmer, K.; Algora, A.; Baba, H.; Fernandez, A.; Lalovic, N.; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Sakurai, H.
Title Position of the single-particle 3/2- state in 135Sn and the N = 90 subshell closure Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 851 Issue Pages 138561 - 5pp
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Abstract The decay of excited states of the nucleus Sn-135, with three neutrons outside the doubly-magic Sn-132 core, was studied in an experiment performed at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN. Several gamma rays emitted from excited Sn-135 ions were observed following one-neutron and one-neutron-one-proton removal from Sn-136 and Sb-137 beams, respectively, on a beryllium target at relativistic energies. Based on the analogy to 133Sn populated via one-neutron removal from Sn-134, an excitation energy of 695(15) keV is assigned to the 3/2(-) state with strongest single-particle character in 135Sn. This result provides the first direct information about the evolution of the neutron shell structure beyond N = 82 and thus allows for a crucial test of shellmodel calculations in this region. The experimental findings are in full agreement with calculations performed employing microscopic effective two-body interactions derived from CD-Bonn and N3LO nucleon-nucleon potentials, which do not predict a pronounced subshell gap at neutron number N=90. The occurrence of such a gap in Sn-140, i.e., when the 1f(7/2) orbital is completely filled, had been proposed in the past, in analogy to the magicity of Ca-48, featuring a completely filled 0f(7/2) orbital one harmonic oscillator shell below.
Address [Jungclaus, A.; Acosta, J.; Vaquero, V.; Fernandez, A.] CSIC, Inst Estruct Mat, E-28006 Madrid, Spain, Email: andrea.jungclaus@csic.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001208129000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6114
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