The new bern PET cyclotron, its research beam line, and the development of an innovative beam monitor detector

Braccini, Saverio (2013). The new bern PET cyclotron, its research beam line, and the development of an innovative beam monitor detector. In: McDaniel, Floyd D.; Doyle, Barney L.; Glass, Gary A.; Wang, Yongqiang (eds.) APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY: Twenty-Second International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings: Vol. 1525 (pp. 144-150). AIP Publishing LLC 10.1063/1.4802308

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The new Bern cyclotron laboratory aims at industrial radioisotope production for PET diagnostics and multidisciplinary research by means of a specifically conceived beam transfer line, terminated in a separate bunker. In this framework, an innovative beam monitor detector based on doped silica and optical fibres has been designed, constructed, and tested. Scintillation light produced by Ce and Sb doped silica fibres moving across the beam is measured, giving information on beam position, shape, and intensity. The doped fibres are coupled to commercial optical fibres, allowing the read-out of the signal far away from the radiation source. This general-purpose device can be easily adapted for any accelerator used in medical applications and is suitable either for low currents used in hadrontherapy or for currents up to a few μA for radioisotope production, as well as for both pulsed and continuous beams.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)

UniBE Contributor:

Braccini, Saverio

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISBN:

978-0-7354-1148-7

Series:

AIP Conference Proceedings

Publisher:

AIP Publishing LLC

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Stettler

Date Deposited:

26 Sep 2014 07:59

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:37

Publisher DOI:

10.1063/1.4802308

Web of Science ID:

000319997900029

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/58917

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