Conveners
Session 4: Applied Nuclear Physics
- Michele Ballan (INFN-LNL)
Particle accelerator institutes have extensively contributed to biomedical research programs worldwide, which are of particular importance for their societal benefit and impact on human health. Ionizing radiation possesses the ability to directly damage the DNA structure of cells, causing DNA breaks, which can ultimately result in cell death.
This property has been used since many years for...
Radiation damage to the central nervous system (CNS) has become an intriguing health problem of the last decades, largely due to the issues of radiation hazard of human deep-space flights and brain radiation therapy issues. In spite of recent intensive research in this field, the fundamental properties of regulatory pathways associated with radiation-induced CNS impairments remain mostly...
The talk will cover recent initiatives and options be provided by NICA facility for applied research be performed with ion beams. NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAсility) is a new accelerator complex designed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research to study properties of dense baryonic matter. Besides the fundamental physics issues, the NICA team is also working under construction of...
The UCT POLARIS system, a solid-state CZT detector designed for prompt gamma-ray imaging, has shown promise in improving range verification techniques in proton therapy. Nevertheless, limitations in timing resolution and energy range currently restrict its full clinical applicability. In this project, we present a novel approach to address these limitations by integrating the POLARIS detector...
