2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

A direct range visualization method by C-10 3-gamma Compton-PETfor C-ion therapy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17K09076
Research Institution	National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Principal Investigator	Mohammadi Akram 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 放射線医学総合研究所先進核医学基盤研究部, 主任研究員(任常) (10554735)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords	Compton PET / triple gamma-ray imaging / visualization of C-10
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	The first set of experimental data was measured using the WGI prototype in the carbon therapy facility of the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) in April 2021 and the data are being analyzed. Another set of data will be measured by the end of 2021 for evaluation of the accuracy and reproducibility of the measured data.