Design of a new tracking device for on-line beam range monitor in carbon therapy
Charged particle therapy is a technique for cancer treatment that exploits hadron beams, mostly protons
and carbon ions. A critical issue is the monitoring of the beam range so to check the correct dose deposition
to the tumor and surrounding tissues. The design of a new tracking device for beam range real-time
monitoring in pencil beam carbon ion therapy is presented. The proposed device tracks secondary
charged particles produced by beam interactions in the patient tissue and exploits the correlation of