Each stage of the radiatoin therapy cancer tratments involves an increasing amount of data that must be available in a fast and simple way. Today, the main difficulties stand in the fact that these information are physically dislocated in different structures and that they are not always easly accessible within the treatment room.

Cyclopx exploits the AR concept for a new experience inside the teatment room. The product is projected to be installed on a mobile device. The user is able to point on some specific objects of interest that trigger the app to pop up the required information in real time.

The product has been designed to be used by doctors, medical physicists and technical engineers. According to the different professional profiles, Cyclopx offers different features that can be grouped into two macro categories, that are: display information and Virtual Patient positioning simulation. The application will improve and speed up the whole work-flow, making access to information easier and centralised in a single device. In this way, data can be provided and related in real time adapting the specific situation.

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Radiation Protection, according to IAEA definition, is "The protection of people from harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the means for achieving this". Dose absorbed can be avoided or reduced in three different ways: reducing exposure times, increasing distances from radiation source and using shielding structures.

One of the most important issues in Radioprotection field linked to the Shielding problem is the continuos monitoring of the activated materials and metals due to diffusion of secondaries in the treatment room. This can be solved with a dedicated custom Monte Carlo simulation that evaluates the dose distribution in the treatment environment.

The main problem dealing with protons or carbon ions beam therapy is the need to deliver a uniform dose with a minimum of energy steps.
I-See designed particular components, called Ripple Filters, that are able to spread around the Bragg peak preserving its gaussian shape.

Ripple filters designed have a triangular section and they are made of PMMA. Their effect on the beam depends on the scattering and the struggling process that affect different particles types.

Protons have higher scattering and struggling effects than carbon ions.
The effect of a single ripple filter on a protons beam is stronger for low kinetic energies (< 100 MeV) and the filter shape is slightly influent. The use of a second filter on the exit window allows to obtain a better approximation of the gaussian profile. For high energies (> 200 MeV) peak broadening and dose uniformity are no more dependent on the filter like for the low energies case.

The scattering effect on carbon ions is very small and the triangular profile is not able to produce a regular gaussian shape. A single ripple filter is not able to give significant while with the use of a double filter, where the second one is located at the exit window, it is possible to well approximate the gaussian shape. This configuration allows to reduce the distance between the last ripple filter and the treated volume.

Monte Carlo calculations are the most accurate method to reproduce the best possible real data. Computer modelling adopting the Monte Carlo technique can provide a good prediction and estimation of the behaviour of a complex system or process. Supported by web interfaces, I-See is specialized in full Monte Carlo simulations for radiation therapy, particle therapy and radiation protection: this method is regarded as the most accurate one in approaching the physics reality of the problem, since it's based upon the principle of stochasticity and randomness in analogy with nature laws. The problem linked to the use of Monte Carlo method is the calculation resources needed that is solved using software simulations fully supported by all computing services

In particle therapy, the high precision of the beam permits the irradiation of the tumors that are very close to critical structures. This kind of tumor can be irradiated with the best sparing of the normal tissues around minimizing the risk of side effects and toxicity.