A better sparing of healthy tissue and critical organs surrounding a tumor volume is reached in ion beam radiotherapy, in comparison with the conventional X-ray radiotherapy. In radiotherapy with carbon ions, that requires the use of synchrotrons, however, the ion beam delivery is more prone to uncertainties due to the fine-tuning of the beam delivery system, compared to radiotherapy with...
Low intensity ion beams (below 10 million ions/sec.) can be provided at HIT for various experiments via manual degrading, but for now without a feedback system. The development of a transverse ion beam profile monitor for low intensity regions is therefore of interest. The principle of operation is based on scintillating fibres, which transform deposited energy of a throughpassing ion in...