Search Results - "Weber, Uli"
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Ground-based passive generation of Solar Particle Event spectra: Planning and manufacturing of a 3D-printed modulator
Published in Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik (01-02-2024)“…The generation of space radiation on Earth is essential to study and predict the effects of radiation on space travelers, electronics, or materials during…”
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Hybrid Active-Passive Space Radiation Simulation Concept for GSI and the Future FAIR Facility
Published in Frontiers in physics (31-08-2020)“…Space radiation is acknowledged as one of the main health risks for human exploration of the Solar system. Solar particle events (SPE) and the galactic cosmic…”
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Measurement of PET isotope production cross sections for protons and carbon ions on carbon and oxygen targets for applications in particle therapy range verification
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (16-10-2019)“…Measured cross sections for the production of the PET isotopes [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] from carbon and oxygen targets…”
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An efficient method to predict and include Bragg curve degradation due to lung-equivalent materials in Monte Carlo codes by applying a density modulation
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-05-2017)“…Sub-millimetre-sized heterogeneities such as lung parenchyma cause Bragg peak degradation which can lead to an underdose of the tumor and an overdose of…”
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Modulation power of porous materials and usage as ripple filter in particle therapy
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-04-2017)“…Porous materials with microscopic structures like foam, sponges, lung tissues and lung substitute materials have particular characteristics, which differ from…”
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Ionizing radiation responses appear incidental to desiccation responses in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga
Published in BMC biology (25-01-2024)“…The remarkable resistance to ionizing radiation found in anhydrobiotic organisms, such as some bacteria, tardigrades, and bdelloid rotifers has been…”
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Accelerator-Based Tests of Shielding Effectiveness of Different Materials and Multilayers using High-Energy Light and Heavy Ions
Published in Radiation research (01-11-2018)“…The roadmap for space exploration foresees longer journeys and further excursions outside low-Earth orbit as well as the establishment of permanent outposts on…”
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Bonner sphere measurements of high-energy neutron spectra from a 1 GeV/u 56Fe ion beam on an aluminum target and comparison to spectra obtained by Monte Carlo simulations
Published in Frontiers in physics (18-09-2024)“…The goal of this work is to characterize the secondary neutron spectra produced by 1 GeV/u 56 Fe beam colliding with a thick cylindric aluminum target and to…”
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Effects of the Bragg peak degradation due to lung tissue in proton therapy of lung cancer patients
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (25-10-2019)“…To quantify the effects of the Bragg peak degradation due to lung tissue on treatment plans of lung cancer patients with spot scanning proton therapy and to…”
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Spread-out Bragg peak FLASH: quantifying normal tissue toxicity in a murine model
Published in Frontiers in oncology (03-07-2024)“…A favorable effect of ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiation on normal tissue-sparing has been indicated in several preclinical studies. In these studies, the…”
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Experimental Comparison of Fiducial Markers Used in Proton Therapy: Study of Different Imaging Modalities and Proton Fluence Perturbations Measured With CMOS Pixel Sensors
Published in Frontiers in oncology (25-03-2022)“…Fiducial markers are used for image guidance to verify the correct positioning of the target for the case of tumors that can suffer interfractional motion…”
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Beam Monitor Calibration for Radiobiological Experiments With Scanned High Energy Heavy Ion Beams at FAIR
Published in Frontiers in physics (29-09-2020)“…Precise and reliable monitoring of the particle rate is of great importance at accelerator facilities worldwide. In this article we describe the standard beam…”
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Radioactive Beams for Image-Guided Particle Therapy: The BARB Experiment at GSI
Published in Frontiers in oncology (19-08-2021)“…Several techniques are under development for image-guidance in particle therapy. Positron (β + ) emission tomography (PET) is in use since many years, because…”
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Investigating Slit-Collimator-Produced Carbon Ion Minibeams with High-Resolution CMOS Sensors
Published in Instruments (Basel) (01-06-2023)“…Particle minibeam therapy has demonstrated the potential for better healthy tissue sparing due to spatial fractionation of the delivered dose. Especially for…”
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Passive SOBP generation from a static proton pencil beam using 3D-printed range modulators for FLASH experiments
Published in Frontiers in physics (04-07-2023)“…The University Proton Therapy facility in Dresden (UPTD), Germany, is equipped with an experimental room with a beamline providing a static pencil beam. High…”
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Correction to: Effects of the Bragg peak degradation due to lung tissue in proton therapy of lung cancer patients
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (03-02-2020)“…Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the below text parts of the Discussion chapter should be changed…”
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The Effects of Combined Exposure to Simulated Microgravity, Ionizing Radiation, and Cortisol on the In Vitro Wound Healing Process
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (07-01-2023)“…Human spaceflight is associated with several health-related issues as a result of long-term exposure to microgravity, ionizing radiation, and higher levels of…”
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Are Further Cross Section Measurements Necessary for Space Radiation Protection or Ion Therapy Applications? Helium Projectiles
Published in Frontiers in physics (30-11-2020)“…The helium ( 4 He) component of the primary particles in the galactic cosmic ray spectrum makes significant contributions to the total astronaut radiation…”
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A multi-detector experimental setup for the study of space radiation shielding materials: Measurement of secondary radiation behind thick shielding and assessment of its radiobiological effect
Published in EPJ Web of conferences (2022)“…Space agencies have recognized the risks of astronauts’ exposure to space radiation and are developing complex model-based risk mitigation strategies. In the…”
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Monte Carlo simulations of new 2D ripple filters for particle therapy facilities
Published in Acta oncologica (01-01-2014)“…At particle therapy facilities with pencil beam scanning, the implementation of a ripple filter (RiFi) broadens the Bragg peak (BP), which leads to fewer…”
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