Performance Evaluation of a Multiple-Scattering Compton Imager for Distribution of Prompt Gamma-Rays in Proton Therapy
- Authors
- Lee, Taewoong; Lee, Hyounggun; Kim, Younghak; Lee, Wonho
- Issue Date
- 1월-2017
- Publisher
- KOREAN PHYSICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Multiple-scattering Compton imager (MSCI); Falloff position of the Bragg peak; MCNPX
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, v.70, no.2, pp.184 - 191
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
- Volume
- 70
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 184
- End Page
- 191
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/85081
- DOI
- 10.3938/jkps.70.184
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the performance of a multiple-scattering Compton imager (MSCI) to measure prompt gamma-rays emitted during proton therapy. Because prompt gamma-rays are generated simultaneously during the proton beam delivery, the falloff position of the Bragg peak of the proton beam can be determined from the distribution of prompt gamma-rays. The detection system was designed using three CdZnTe detector layers that can track radiation of unknown energy on the basis of effective Compton scattering events. The simple back-projection, filtered back-projection, and maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) algorithms were applied for the reconstructed Compton images. The falloff positions of the Bragg peaks determined from individual MSCIs were compared with the theoretical values calculated using the Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended code. Moreover, the performance of the MSCI was compared with that of a previously developed system based on a slit collimator gamma camera. In summary, the MSCI with the MLEM reconstruction algorithm was better than the other reconstruction methods in terms of the falloff position of the Bragg peak, the angular resolution, and the signal-to-noise ratio.
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