Measurement Profiles of Nanoscale Ion Beam for Optimized Radiation Energy Losses - Atomic Nanoscale Technology in the Nuclear Industry - page 80

0.000008

H+ Pancreas
H+ � yroid

0.000007

0.000006

0.000005

0.000004

0.000003

0.000002

0.000001

0.000000

100 120 140 160 180 200

Energy (MeV)

FIGURE 7.4
Energy.to.recoil.in.organs (H+).(at.600.nm.depth).

0.10

Ne+ Pancreas
Ne+ yroid

0.08

0.06

0.04

0.02

0.00

100 120 140 160 180 200

Energy (MeV)

FIGURE 7.5
Energy.to.recoil.in.organs (Ne+).(at.600.nm.depth).

Dose. calculation. is. a. major. goal. in. radiation. therapy.. The. members. of.
Task. Group. No.. 20. of. the. Radiation. Therapy. Committee. of. the. American.
Association. of. Physicists. in. Medicine. (AAPM. 1986). have. been. performing.
ionimetric. and. calorimetric. intercomparisons. as. well. as. other. dosimet-
ric. measurements. using. heavy. charged. particles. since. 1977.. The. proposed.
protocol. presents. guidelines. for. dosimetry. of. therapeutic. beams. of. heavy.
charged.particles.based.on.the.experience.of.this.task.group..Although.there.