Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff
Field of work
Keywords
Radiation detection, Radiation transport simulation, Data analysis
About me
I graduated with a PhD in nuclear engineering at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in December 2018, spent two and a half years as a postdoc in the PHITS development team at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, and am presently a postdoctoral fellow/researcher at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Here at HVL, I am working on the development, analysis, and deployment of a prototype radiation detector that seeks to more precisely determine dose depositions delivered in proton radiotherapy treatments to then allow for sparing of more healthy tissue surrounding the sites receiving treatment.
At JAEA I was the lead developer of the DCHAIN-PHITS activation, buildup, burnup, and decay code which is coupled to and distributed with PHITS.
Research group at HVL
Neutron and gamma-ray imaging for real-time range verification and image guidance in particle therapy (NOVO)
More about the NOVO project and group: https://blogg.hvl.no/novo/about-novo/
My personal website: https://hratliff.com/
Publications
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Characterization of organic glass scintillator bars and their potential for a hybrid neutron/gamma ray imaging system for proton radiotherapy range verification
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Recent improvements of the particle and heavy ion transport code system – PHITS version 3.33
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Backscatter Gating methodology development for scintillator bar characterization
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Development of scalable deconvolution methods for determining secondary target neutron yields from dual-thick-target cosmic-ray ion accelerator experiments
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Double-differential primary target neutron yields from dual-thick-target proton and heavy ion accelerator experiments
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A hybrid multi-particle approach to range assessment-based treatment verification in particle therapy
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Det kan ikke søkes forskingsmidler til kjernekraft: – Et sjansespill med Norges energifremtid?
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Det kan ikke søkes forskingsmidler til kjernekraft: – Et sjansespill med Norges energifremtid?
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NOVO-prosjektet: In-vivo dosimetri for protonterapi gjennom kombinert måling av produserte nøytroner og prompt gamma-stråling
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Proton therapy treatment verification with prompt gamma rays and fast neutrons – a feasibility study
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Characterization of an Organic Glass Scintillators for a Novel Multi-Particle Imaging System
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NOVO - Neutron and Prompt Gamma-Ray Range Verification in Particle Therapy
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A hybrid multi-particle approach to range assessment-based treatment verification in particle therapy
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PHITS-aided design of a scintillator bar array for neutron and gamma-ray imaging in particle therapy
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Modeling the Response of a Hybrid Neutron and Gamma-Ray Imager for Improved Range Verification in Particle Therapy
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Neutron and gamma-ray detection for proton therapy range verification: NOVO prototype detector plans and connections to my past research in space radiation shielding
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Modernization of the DCHAIN-PHITS activation code with new features and updated data libraries
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Secondary neutron yields from thick-target GCR accelerator experiments
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Light charged ion measurements and Monte Carlo calculations from thick targets bombarded by protons and heavy ions
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Thick-target neutron yields for intermediate-energy heavy ion experiments at NSRL
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The radiation environment on the surface of Mars - Summary of model calculations and comparison to RAD data
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Simulation of the GCR spectrum in the Mars curiosity rover’s RAD detector using MCNP6