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MOPB54 Development of the New Type MLIC with PMMA Plates and Graphite Electrodes ion, heavy-ion, high-voltage, detector 194
 
  • S. Iwata, C. Kobayashi, N.S. Shinozaki, A. Takubo
    AEC, Chiba, Japan
  • S. Fukuda
    NIRS, Chiba-shi, Japan
  • T. Kanai
    Gunma University, Heavy-Ion Medical Research Center, Maebashi-Gunma, Japan
 
  The MLIC (Multi-Layer Ionization Chamber) that has a lot of ionization chambers stacked in the depth direction is a useful detector for measuring the depth dose distribution (DDD). By using the MLIC, the measurement time and the amount of beam for dosimetry are drastically decreased. In HIMAC (Heavy-Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba), the MLIC has been effectively used for QA (Quality Assurance) measurement of heavy-ion therapeutic beam since 2002. We are developing a new type MLIC that has electrodes made of graphite on the surface of the polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) plates for particle therapy. The purpose is to obtain the same results as the DDD in water. We will report on the progress of the development.