title: Spectrometry of linear energy transfer with track-etched detectors in carbon ion beams, MONO and SOBP.
abstract: Five various materials employed as track-etched detectors (TEDs) were exposed in beams of carbon ions with energy 290 MeV. u(-1) in the HIMAC-BIO facility in Japan. The exposures were performed behind various types of polymethyl methacrylate shielding. The beam had two possible set-ups--monoenergetic set-up and modulated spread-out Bragg peak set-up. All used TEDs are polyallyl diglycol carbonates (PADCs): Page from Mouldings (Pershore) Ltd, Tastrak from Track Analysis Systems Ltd, both from the UK; USF4 from American Technical Plastics from the USA and two products of Japan Fukuvi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd--TD1 and Baryotrak. Spectra of linear energy transfer and depth-dose distributions were obtained. Besides, differences among PADCs are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute, AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic. brabcova@ujf.cas.cz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pachnerová Brabcová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ambrožová
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spurný
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D020450:Heavy Ions; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon