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PM2021 - 15th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors - Edition 2022

22–28 May 2022
La Biodola - Isola d'Elba (Italy)
Europe/Rome timezone
submission of the proceedings for the PM2021 has been postponed to July 31, 2022

Pisa Meeting Organization

Session

Application to life sciences and other societal challenges

S5
24 May 2022, 15:30

Conveners

Application to life sciences and other societal challenges

  • Mara Bruzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  • Nicola D'Ascenzo (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei/Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED I.R.C.C.S.)

Application to life sciences and other societal challenges

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  1. 37. FLASH Radiotherapy: New Paradigm, New Challenges
    Simon Jolly (University College London)
    24/05/2022, 15:30
    Oral

    Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a more advanced form of radiotherapy that allows dose to be delivered more precisely, sparing healthy tissue. In recent years there has been increasing interest in a new high dose rate form of radiotherapy called FLASH. In FLASH radiotherapy, extremely high dose rates above 40 Gy/s and delivery times below 100ms have shown exceptional reduction in damage to healthy...

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  2. 53. A new cylindrical detector for borehole muon radiography.
    Giulio Saracino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
    24/05/2022, 15:50
    Oral

    Muons of cosmic origin have a great capability to penetrate through matter. This property is exploited in muon radiography, a technique which allows to highlight
    the presence of discontinuities in the subsoil of different possible origins, such as the presence of cavities, tunnels or rock masses. More generally, it provides two-dimensional maps of the mass distribution; if multiple...

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  3. 457. Application to life sciences and other societal challanges - Poster review
    Mara Bruzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Nicola D'Ascenzo (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei/Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED I.R.C.C.S.)
    24/05/2022, 16:10
  4. 214. A gamma-ray detection module for BNCT dose measurements
    Carlo Ettore Fiorini (Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Milano, Italy)
    24/05/2022, 17:50
    Oral

    We propose a gamma-ray detection module for the development of a SPECT system for real-time dose monitoring in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). BNCT is a radiotherapy technique where the tumor volume is loaded with boron-10 and irradiated with thermal neutrons. Boron neutron capture reactions occur, and they deposit their energy within the tumor cells, thus sparing normal cells. Moreover,...

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  5. 251. Particle Physics Readout Electronics and Novel Detector Technologies for Neutron Science
    Michael Lupberger (University of Bonn)
    24/05/2022, 18:10
    Oral

    Traditional thermal neutron detectors are based on Helium-3 as conversion and detection material due to its large neutron cross-section.
    In light of the upgrade and construction of several neutron scattering facilities such as the European Spallation Source (ESS) and a simultaneous shortage of Helium-3, new detection technologies have been introduced. The most prominent one is to use solid...

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  6. 362. From J-PET prototype to Total body PET scanner
    Łukasz Kapłon (Jagiellonian University)
    24/05/2022, 18:30
    Oral

    Here we present an overview of Jagiellonian University's PET scanner versions and their performances. Independent J-PET detector variations are barrel J-PET, Modular J-PET, and Total-Body Jagiellonian-PET (TB J-PET) concept. Experimental results from the J-PET barrel and the modular J-PET will be presented, while the project of TB J-PET will be conveyed through GATE simulations [1,2].
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  7. 140. The 100μPET project: a small-animal PET scanner for ultra-high-resolution molecular imaging with monolithic silicon pixel sensors
    Mateus Vicente Barreto Pinto (UNIGe)
    24/05/2022, 18:50
    Oral

    Recent developments in semiconductor pixel detectors allow for a new generation of positron-emission tomography (PET) scanners that, in combination with advanced image reconstruction algorithms, will allow for a few hundred microns spatial resolutions. Such novel scanners will pioneer ultra-high-resolution molecular imaging, a field that is expected to have an enormous impact in several...

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