Measuring the Impact of Nuclear Interaction in Particle Therapy and in Radio Protection in Space: the FOOT Experiment
- Battistoni G.
- Toppi M.
- Patera V.
- Alexandrov A.
- De Lellis G.
- Di Crescenzo A.
- Galati G.
- Gentile V.
- Iuliano A.
- Lauria A.
- Montesi M. C.
- Tioukov V.
- Alpat B.
- Ambrosi G.
- Fiandrini E.
- Kanxheri K.
- Placidi P.
- Servoli L.
- Silvestre G.
- Argiro S.
- Bartosik N.
- Cerello P.
- Donetti M.
- Ferrero V.
- Fiorina E.
- Giraudo G.
- Lopez Torres E.
- Pastrone N.
- Ramello L.
- Scavarda L.
- Sitta M.
- Lante V.
- Pullia M.
- Savazzi S.
- Arteche Diaz R.
- Battistoni G.
- Dong Y.
- Mattei I.
- Muraro S.
- Valle S. M.
- Belcari N.
- Bisogni M. G.
- Carra P.
- Ciarrocchi E.
- Del Guerra A.
- Francesconi M.
- Galli L.
- Kraan A. C.
- Moggi A.
- Morrocchi M.
- Raffaelli F.
- Rosso V.
- Sportelli G.
- Zarrella R.
- Bellinzona E.
- Biondi S.
- Bruni G.
- Franchini M.
- Mengarelli A.
- Sartorelli G.
- Selvi M.
- Spighi R.
- Villa M.
- Zoccoli A.
- Massimi C.
- Ridolfi R.
- Clozza A.
- Iarocci E.
- Laurenza M.
- Sanelli C.
- Sciubba A.
- Spiriti E.
- Tomassini S.
- Toppi M.
- Fischetti M.
- Patera V.
- Sarti A.
- Schiavi A.
- De Simoni M.
- Faccini R.
- Franciosini G.
- Marafini M.
- Traini G.
- Murtas F.
- Colombi S.
- Di Ruzza B.
- La Tessa C.
- Schuy C.
- Scifoni E.
- Durante M.
- Weber U.
- Finck C.
- Hetzel R.
- Stahl A.
- Ionica M.
- Morone M. C.
- Narici L.
- Pastore A.
- Pennazio F.
- Sato O.
- Secher A.
- Vanstalle M.
- Tommasino F.
DOIAbstract
In Charged Particle Therapy (PT) proton or 12C beams are used to treat deep-seated solid tumors exploiting the advantageous characteristics of charged particles energy deposition in matter. For such projectiles, the maximum of the dose is released at the end of the beam range, in the Bragg peak region, where the tumour is located. However, the nuclear interactions of the beam nuclei with the patient tissues can induce the fragmentation of projectiles and/or target nuclei and needs to be carefully taken into account when planning the treatment. In proton treatments, the target fragmentation produces low energy, short range fragments along all the beam path, that deposit a non-negligible dose especially in the first crossed tissues. On the ot...
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