Title :
The PRIMA (Proton Imaging) collaboration: Status of the development of a proton Computed Tomography Scanner
Author :
Bruzzi, Mara ; Brianzi, M. ; Bucciolini, M. ; Carpinelli, M. ; Cirrone, G.A.P. ; Civinini, C. ; Cuttone, G. ; Presti, D. Lo ; Pallotta, S. ; Pugliatti, C. ; Randazzo, N. ; Romano, Francesco ; Sipala, V. ; Scaringella, Monica ; Stancampiano, C. ; Talamonti
Author_Institution :
Florence Div., INFN, Florence, Italy
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
Abstract :
The PRIMA (Proton IMAging) experiment is aimed at developing a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) prototype based on tracking single protons. Approaches to the pCT consist in the use of silicon microstrip detectors to measure the position and direction of individual protons before and after they traverse the phantom, in view to reconstruct the trajectory of each proton, and a calorimeter for measuring particle residual energy. A small prototype was tested, under 62 MeV proton beam at Laboratory Nazionali del Sud, (Catania Italy) and under 180 MeV proton beam at Svedberg Laboratories, Uppsala Universitet, (Uppsala Sweden). Several experiments concerning proton imaging, tomography and radiography, were carried out during these beam tests. Radiographies have been reconstructed with different methods: results show the good performances of the device, with spatial resolution fulfilling the stringent requirements of a pCT device.
Keywords :
computerised tomography; silicon radiation detectors; Catania; Italy; Laboratory Nazionali del Sud; PRIMA collaboration; PRIMA experiment; Svedberg Laboratories; Uppsala Sweden; Uppsala Universitet; particle residual energy; proton Computed Tomography prototype; proton beam; proton computed tomography scanner; proton imaging; silicon microstrip detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551983
