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Background: Scintillation dosimetry has promising qualities for ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) radiotherapy (RT), but no system has shown compatibility with mean dose rates ($\bar{DR}$) above 100 Gy/s and doses per pulse ($D_p$) exceeding 1.5…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-03-06 Alexander Baikalov , Daline Tho , Kevin Liu , Stefan Bartzsch , Sam Beddar , Emil Schüler

We have developed a position-sensitive scintillation camera with a large area absorber for use as an advanced Compton gamma-ray camera. At first we tested GSO(Ce) crystals. We compared light output from the GSO(Ce) crystals under various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Nishimura , K. Hattori , H. Kubo , T. Tanimori

One contribution to the time resolution of a scintillation detector is the signal time spread due to path length variations of the detected photons from a point source. In an experimental study a rectangular scintillator was excited by…

The Plastic Scintillator Detector (PSD) of the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is designed to measure cosmic ray charge (Z) and to act as a veto detector for gamma-ray identification. In order to fully exploit the charge…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Peng-Xiong Ma , Yong-Jie Zhang , Ya-Peng Zhang , Yao Li , Jing-Jing Zang , Xiang Li , Tie-Kuang Dong , Yi-Zhong Fan , Shi-Jun Lei , Jian Wu , Yu-Hong Yu , Qiang Yuan , Chuan Yue , Zhi-Yu Sun

Plastic scintillators detectors (PSDs) have been studied as dosimeters, since they provide a cost-effective alternative to conventional ionization chambers. Measurement and analysis of energy dependency were performed on a Siemens Mammomat…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-06 J. Antunes , J. Machado , L. Peralta , N. Matela

This study introduces a novel hybrid Cerenkov-scintillation dosimeter which is intended to be used for irradiation angle measurements based on the Cerenkov angular dependency. First measurements aimed at validating the ability to account…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-01-27 Emilie Jean , Simon Lambert-Girard , Francois Therriault-Proulx , Luc Beaulieu

Purpose: Deformable image registration (DIR) is critical in adaptive radiation therapy (ART) to account for anatomical changes. Conventional intensity-based DIR methods often fail when image intensities differ. This study evaluates a hybrid…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Keyur D. Shah , James A. Shackleford , Nagarajan Kandasamy , Gregory C. Sharp

Refractive scintillation effects are powerful techniques for discriminating between different models proposed for the electron density fluctuation spectrum in the ISM. Data from our long-term scintillation study of 18 pulsars in the DM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. D. Ramesh Bhat , Yashwant Gupta , A. Pramesh Rao

A novel design for an inexpensive depth of interaction capable detector for gamma rays, suitable for nuclear medical applications, especially Positron Emission Tomography, has been developed. The design takes advantage of the strong…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Christoph W. Lerche

Nuclear radiation detectors play a key role in applications spanning nuclear and particle physics, nuclear engineering, security, and medicine. With the expanded global interest in nuclear power, discreet, inconspicuous, and readily…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-08 Nikhil Gupta , Hang Qi , Julian Kahlbow , Igor Korover , Areg Danagoulian , Or Hen , Yoel Fink

Scintillators convert X-ray energy into visible or near-visible photons, enabling applications in high-energy particle detection and X-ray imaging. Increasing scintillator thickness improves X-ray absorption but degrades spatial resolution…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-19 Seou Choi , Sachin Vaidya , Charles Roques-Carmes , Marin Soljačić

For a long time, scintillator detectors have suffered from relatively weak spatial resolution due to various influencing factors. Additionally, the high cost of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) has limited the widespread adoption of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-29 S. K. Lv , C. S. Dai , D. D. Hu , T. C. Zhong , W. F. Wu , X. J. Wang

The performance of a scintillating fiber detector prototype for tracking under high rate conditions is investigated. A spatial resolution of about100 micron is aimed for the detector. Further demands are low occupancy and radiation hardness…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 E. C. Aschenauer , J. Baehr , V. Gapienko , B. Hoffmann , A. Kharchilava , H. Luedecke , R. Nahnhauer , R. Shanidze

High energy radiations are nowadays cornerstone in scientific, medical and industrial imaging and cancer therapy. However, their detection and dosimetry are restricted to systems of modest compactness that are not compatible with endoscopy.…

Density fluctuations in the ionised interstellar medium have a profound effect on radio pulsar observations, through angular scattering, intensity scintillations, and small changes in time delays from dispersion. Here we show that it is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Daniel J. Reardon , William A. Coles

The use of differential phase contrast (DPC) in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has shown much promise for directly investigating the functional properties of a material system, leveraging the natural coupling between the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-04 Rafael V. Ferreira , Sebastian Calderon V. , Paulo J. Ferreira

Stereo optical measurement techniques, such as digital image correlation (DIC), are widely used in 3D deformation measurement as non-contact, full-field measurement methods, in which stereo calibration is a crucial step. However, current…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Dongcai Tan , Shunkun Liang , Bin Li , Banglei Guan , Ang Su , Yuan Lin , Dapeng Zhang , Minggang Wan , Zibin Liu , Chenglong Wang , Jiajian Zhu , Zhang Li , Yang Shang , Qifeng Yu

A prototype plastic scintillating fibre based beam profile monitor was tested at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre / \textit{Heidelberg Ionenstrahl Therapiezentrum} (HIT) in 2016 to determine its beam property reconstruction performance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-27 B. D. Leverington , M. Dziewiecki , L. Renner , R. Runze

Plastic scintillator detectors with three-dimensional granularity and sub-nanosecond time resolution offer simultaneous particle tracking, identification, and calorimetry. However, scaling to larger volumes and finer segmentation poses…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-31 Umut Kose

This study introduces the HYPERSCINT research platform, the first commercially available scintillation dosimetry platform capable of multi-point dosimetry through the hyperspectral approach. Optic and dosimetric performances of the system…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-19 Emilie Jean , Francois Therriault-Proulx , Luc Beaulieu