We are using proton-induced acoustic waves to tracking proton therapy and has the potential for radiographic imaging as well.
Selected papers:
- Joseph Caron, Gilberto Gonzalez, Prabodh Kumar Pandey, Siqi Wang, Kiana Yang Prather, Salahuddin Ahmad, Liangzhong Xiang, Yong Chen. Single pulse protoacoustic range verification using a clinical synchrocyclotron, Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023/1/12. DOI: 1088/1361-6560/acb2ae
- Zhuoran Jiang, Leshan Sun, Weiguang Yao, Q Jackie Wu, Liangzhong Xiang, Lei Ren. 3D in vivo dose verification in prostate proton therapy with deep learning-based proton-acoustic imaging. Physics in Medicine & Biology, (2022). doi: 1088/1361-6560/ac9881
- Pratik Samant, Yong Chen, Yue Zhao, Salahuddin Ahmad, Terence S Herman, and Liangzhong Xiang. 3D Protoacoustic Imaging through a Planar Ultrasound Array: A Simulation Workflow. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, TRPMS-2021-0098 (2022). DOI: 1109/TRPMS.2022.3177236
- Moiz Ahmad, Liangzhong Xiang, Siavash Yousefi and Lei Xing. Theoretical detection threshold of the proton-acoustic range verification technique. Medical Physics, 42, 5735 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4929939