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Tumor Therapy with Ion Beams

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From 1954 when the first patient was treated at Berkeley to now, tumor therapy using ion beams has developed to high-technology application. In order to achieve an extreme tumor conform irradiation, a fine pencil beam is guided over a three-dimensional grid of pixels that fills the target volume. A main problem is the quality assurance before, during, and after patient irradiation where different types of detectors and monitors are used. In this chapter, the basic principles of ion beam therapy are given and the monitor systems are described more in their functionality rather than in the individual specifications that differ between the various therapy units.

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  1. Biophysik, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

    Gerhard Kraft

  2. Partikel Therapie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen/Marburg, Darmstadt, Germany

    Uli Weber

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  1. Center for Particle Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Ivor Fleck

  2. IRFU, CEA Saclay IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Maxim Titov

  3. Universität Siegen FB Physik, Siegen, Germany

    Claus Grupen

  4. Labo. Imagerie et Modélisation en Neurobiologie et Cancérologie (IMNC), Université Paris-Sud XI CNRS UMR 8165, Orsay CX, France

    Irène Buvat

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Kraft, G., Weber, U. (2020). Tumor Therapy with Ion Beams. In: Fleck, I., Titov, M., Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47999-6_47-2

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