Herramientas de cálculo de dosis para experimentos de protonterapia flash
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2020
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09/2020
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Este Trabajo de Fin de Master tiene como objetivo estudiar la terapia flash, una nueva técnica radioterapéutica con aplicaciones clínicas prometedoras que muestra una reducción impresionante de las toxicidades en el tejido normal. El trabajo introduce, en primer lugar, una investigación bibliográfica sobre la terapia con protones y artículos publicados recientemente sobre terapia flash. La investigación se centra en el desarrollo de herramientas de cálculo de dosis para protones de baja energía del Centro de Micro-análisis de Materiales (CMAM) de Madrid. Para reconstruir la distribución de dosis a partir de los logs de irradiación se ha implementado un algoritmo analítico de cálculo de dosis. Además, se han realizado simulaciones de Monte Carlo para la modelización del haz de protones del CMAM.
The Master Thesis aims at studying flash therapy, a new radiotherapeutical technique with promising clinical applications showing an impressive reduction of toxicities in normal tissue. The work introduces, in the first place, a bibliographical research on proton therapy and recently published papers on flash therapy. The core of the research focuses on the development of dose calculation tools for low-energy protons at the Centro de Micro-analisis de Materiales (CMAM) of Madrid. In order to reconstruct the dose distribution from the irradiation logs, an analytical dose calculation algorithm has been implemented. Furthermore, Monte Carlo simulations have been performed for the commissioning of the CMAM proton beam.
The Master Thesis aims at studying flash therapy, a new radiotherapeutical technique with promising clinical applications showing an impressive reduction of toxicities in normal tissue. The work introduces, in the first place, a bibliographical research on proton therapy and recently published papers on flash therapy. The core of the research focuses on the development of dose calculation tools for low-energy protons at the Centro de Micro-analisis de Materiales (CMAM) of Madrid. In order to reconstruct the dose distribution from the irradiation logs, an analytical dose calculation algorithm has been implemented. Furthermore, Monte Carlo simulations have been performed for the commissioning of the CMAM proton beam.
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Master Interuniversitario en Física Nuclear. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas. Curso 2019-2020.