Novel Detection Techniques for Ion Beams - Completed Scientific Theses
PhD Theses
2021
Renato Félix Bautista @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Monitoring of lateral positions of therapeutic carbon-ion pencil beams using secondary ion tracking
Laura Ghesquière-Diérickx @ Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty
Title: Carbon-ion radiotherapy monitoring in depth using secondary-ion tracking
2018
Tim Gehrke @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Helium-beam radiography with a fully pixelated silicon detection system
2016
Giulia Aricò @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Ion Spectroscopy for improvement of the Physical Beam Model for Therapy Planning in Ion Beam Therapy
2013
Bernadette Hartmann @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Ion spectroscopy for ion beam therapy using a pixelized semiconductor detector
2012
Julia Telsemeyer @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Investigation of an amorphous silicon detector for ion radiography
Master and Diploma Theses
2024
Annika Schlechter @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: 2.5D imaging: accessing 3D information of a 2D ion-beam radiograph
2023
Daria Zhevachevska @ Mannheim University, Medical Faculty
Title: A low-intensity pencil beam scanning approach for helium-beam radiography: image quality assessment and implementation of an imaging system without a front tracker
Luisa Schweins @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Implementation and Evaluation of Monte Carlo Simulations for Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy Monitoring
Rebekka Kirchgässner @ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
Title: Detection of anatomical changes in an anthropomorphic phantom during carbon-ion radiotherapy by tracking of charged nuclear fragments
Yanting Xu @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Feasibility study for patient positioning based on helium-beam radiographs
Stefan Schmidt @ Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Faculty of Science
Title: Characterisation of seven novel Timepix3-based mini-trackers for treatment monitoring in carbon-ion radiotherapy
2022
Meera Subramanian @ Magdeburg University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Title: Characterization and optimization of a mini-tracker module for treatment monitoring with secondary ions
Margareta Metzner @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Helium-beam radiography using thin silicon pixel detectors: Establishment of calibration curves and quantitative imaging of an anthropomorphic head phantom
2020
Nelly Abbani @ Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty of Manheim
Title: Simulation analysis for the monitoring of carbon-ion beam radiotherapy inside patient models
Sonja Surla @ University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Title: Quantitative helium-beam radiography of an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom
2018
Marcos Vásquez Reyes @ Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty
Title: A method for ion phase space validation for below therapeutic ion fluences (by single ion tracking)
Karen Romero Sanchéz @ Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty
Title: Measurement of energy deposition of therapeutic ion beams using a 100 μm thick pixelated semiconductor detector Timepix
Carlo Amato @ Universita di Pisa, Faculty of Physics
Title: Helium-Beam Radiography and Spatial Resolution Improvement.
Marvin Reimold @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Monitoring of carbon ion pencil beams in a homogeneous PMMA phantom using Timepix3 detectors
2017
Renato Felix Bautista @ Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty
Title: Monitoring of a clinical-like 12C treatmeny by means of secondary ion: first study
2016
Raya Gallas @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Experimental determination of helium ion fragmentation at therapeutic energies
Simon Berke @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Investigation of the Detector Response of a Timepix Detector
2014
Juan Carlos Leal @ Heidelberg University, Medical faculty
Title: First Investigations on a New Method for Monitoring of Basic Parameters of Therapeutic Carbon Ion Beams Using a Flat Panel EPID
Merle Reinhart @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Secondary Particle Track Yield Measurements and 3D Reconstruction Techniques
Tanja Gaa @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Visualization of inhomogeneities in a phantom irradiated by carbon ion beams using prompt secondary ions
Kathrin Spindeldreier @ Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Title: Enhanced Studies Of Energy Loss, Fragmentation And Beam Monitoring In Therapeutic Ion Beams
2012
Klaus Gwosch @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Non-Invasive Monitoring of Carbon Ion Beam Therapy by Tracking of Secondary Ions – An Initial Study
2011
Lucas Huber @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Patient Position Verification in Ion Beam Therapy Using Silicon Detectors And Ion Beams
2010
Bernadette Hartmann @ Institut für Physik, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II - Chemie und Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität at Halle-Wittenberg
Title: Quality Assurance in Ion Beam Therapy: Investigations towards New Detectors
Bachelor Theses
2021
Annika Schlechter @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Monitoring of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy using track distributions of secondary ions at different detection angles
Florian Kehrein @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Investigation of the reproducibility of water-equivalent thickness calibration for helium-beam radiography
2020
Catherine Knobloch @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Water-Equivalent Thickness Calibration for Helium-Beam Radiography
Tomas Yanez @ Hochschule Mannheim, Fakultät Informationstechnik - Studiengang Medizintechnik
Title: Ion detection with nanosecond time resolution using a silicon pixel detector at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center: Investigation and correction of time-delay effects
Lukáš Marek @ Technical University of Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering
Title: Directional and spectrometric mapping of secondary radiation induced during hadron radiotherapy with miniaturized particle trackers
2013
Sonja Schellhammer @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Single Particle Detection in a Therapeutical Proton Beam
2011
Jan-Eric Meissner @ Heidelberg University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Title: Untersuchung zur Auswertung von EBT2-Filmen nach Photonen- und Ionenbestrahlung
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