First Study of a HEXITEC Detector for Secondary Particle Characterisation during Proton Beam Therapy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Experimental Scenario
2.2. Simulation Scenario
2.3. Equivalence between Scenarios
3. Results
3.1. Comparison between Simulation and Experiment
3.2. Secondary Particle Characterisation
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Perez-Lara, M.L.; Khong, J.C.; Wilson, M.D.; Cline, B.D.; Moss, R.M. First Study of a HEXITEC Detector for Secondary Particle Characterisation during Proton Beam Therapy. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 7735. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137735
Perez-Lara ML, Khong JC, Wilson MD, Cline BD, Moss RM. First Study of a HEXITEC Detector for Secondary Particle Characterisation during Proton Beam Therapy. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(13):7735. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137735
Chicago/Turabian StylePerez-Lara, Maria L., Jia C. Khong, Matthew D. Wilson, Ben D. Cline, and Robert M. Moss. 2023. "First Study of a HEXITEC Detector for Secondary Particle Characterisation during Proton Beam Therapy" Applied Sciences 13, no. 13: 7735. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137735