Ilker Meric

Publications

• Range Verification in Proton Therapy with Computational Prompt Gamma-ray Spectroscopy

  Kyrre Skjerdal, Toni Kögler, William R. B. Lionheart, Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Ilker Meric (2024)

• Investigating the roles of detector layout and detector resolution in sensitivity to range shifts in proton therapy using fast neutrons

  Lena Marie Setterdahl, Ilker Meric, William R. B. Lionheart, Danny Lathouwers, Kyrre Skjerdal, Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff (2024)

• An updated variable RBE model for proton therapy

  Erlend Lyngholm, Camilla Hanquist Stokkevåg, Armin Lühr, Liheng Tian, Ilker Meric, Johannes Tjelta (2024)
  Physics in Medicine and Biology 2024 ;Volum 69.

• Image Reconstruction for Proton Therapy Range Verification via U-NETs

  Lena Marie Setterdahl, William R. B. Lionheart, Sean F. Holman, Kyrre Skjerdal, Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge (2024)
  Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 2024 ;Volum 14859. s. 232-244

• The Backscatter Gating method for time, energy, and position resolution characterization of long form factor organic scintillators

  Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Toni Kögler, Guntram Pausch, Lena Marie Setterdahl, Kyrre Skjerdal, Joseph A. Turko (2024)
  Journal of Instrumentation (JINST) 2024 ;Volum 19.

• Characterization of organic glass scintillator bars and their potential for a hybrid neutron/gamma ray imaging system for proton radiotherapy range verification

  J. Turko, R. Beyer, A. Junghans, Ilker Meric, S. Mueller, G. Pausch (2024)
  Journal of Instrumentation (JINST) 2024 ;Volum 19.

• In vitro Data Selection Strongly impact RBE model predictions

  Erlend Lyngholm, Camilla Hanquist Stokkevåg, Armin Lühr, Liheng Tian, Ilker Meric, Johannes Tjelta (2023)

• Hybrid treatment verification based on prompt gamma rays and fast neutrons: Multivariate modelling for proton range determination

  Sonja M. Schellhammer, Ilker Meric, Steffen Löck, Toni Kögler (2023)
  Frontiers in Physics 2023 ;Volum 11.

• The NOVO project - hybrid neutron/gamma-ray imaging for range verification in particle therapy

  Joseph A. Turko, Toni Kögler, Ilker Meric (2023)

• Hybrid neutron and gamma-ray detection and imaging for range monitoring in proton therapy – The NOVO project

  Ilker Meric (2023)

• Backscatter Gating methodology development for scintillator bar characterization

  Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Ilker Meric (2023)

• Prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy in conjunction with the Monte Carlo Library Least Squares approach: applications to range verification in proton therapy

  Kyrre Skjerdal, Toni Kögler, William Lionheart, Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Ilker Meric (2023)
  The European Physical Journal Conferences 2023 ;Volum 288.

• On-line determination of the water cut and chlorine impurities in crude oil using a pulsed beam of fast neutrons

  D. Sudac, V. Valkovic, K. Nad, Z. Orlic, M. Uroic, J. Batur (2023)
  Applied Radiation and Isotopes 2023 ;Volum 200.

• Prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy in conjunction with the Monte Carlo Library Least Squares approach: applications to range verification in proton therapy

  Kyrre Skjerdal, Ilker Meric, Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Toni Kögler, William Lionheart (2023)

• A hybrid multi-particle approach to range assessment-based treatment verification in particle therapy

  Ilker Meric, Enver Alagoz, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Toni Kögler, Danny Lathouwers, William R. B. Lionheart (2023)
  Scientific Reports 2023 ;Volum 13.

• Det kan ikke søkes forskingsmidler til kjernekraft: – Et sjansespill med Norges energifremtid?

  Jan Emblemsvåg, Arne Krokan, Vilmar Æsøy, Ivar Farup, Karl Henning Halse, Øivind Kåre Kjerstad (2023)
  Khrono.no 2023

• Det kan ikke søkes forskingsmidler til kjernekraft: – Et sjansespill med Norges energifremtid?

  Jan Emblemsvåg, Arne Krokan, Vilmar Æsøy, Ivar Farup, Karl Henning Halse, Øivind Kåre Kjerstad (2023)
  Universitetsavisa 2023

• NOVO-prosjektet: In-vivo dosimetri for protonterapi gjennom kombinert måling av produserte nøytroner og prompt gamma-stråling

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Enver Alagoz, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Toni Kögler, Danny Lathouwers, William Lionheart (2022)

• Proton therapy treatment verification with prompt gamma rays and fast neutrons – a feasibility study

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Enver Alagoz, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Toni Kögler, Danny Lathouwers, William Lionheart (2022)

• Characterization of an Organic Glass Scintillators for a Novel Multi-Particle Imaging System

  Joseph Turko, Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Roland Beyer, Arnd Junghans, Krystsina Makarevich, Ilker Meric (2022)

• Hybrid in-vivo treatment verification for particle therapy: Multivariate modelling of fast neutron and prompt gamma-ray detection

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Sonja Schellhammer, Steffen Löck, Toni Kögler, Ilker Meric (2022)

• NOVO - Neutron and Prompt Gamma-Ray Range Verification in Particle Therapy

  Toni Kögler, Enver Alagoz, Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Danny Lathouwers, William Lionheart (2022)

• A hybrid multi-particle approach to range assessment-based treatment verification in particle therapy

  Ilker Meric, Enver Alagoz, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Toni Kögler, Danny Lathouwers, William Lionheart (2022)
  Research Square 2022

• PHITS-aided design of a scintillator bar array for neutron and gamma-ray imaging in particle therapy

  Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Toni Kögler, Ilker Meric (2022)

• Modeling the Response of a Hybrid Neutron and Gamma-Ray Imager for Improved Range Verification in Particle Therapy

  Ilker Meric, Hunter Nathaniel Ratliff, Lena Marie Setterdahl, Kyrre Skjerdal (2022)

• Temporal and spatial resolution of the neutron probe for C/O nuclear well logging

  J. Batur, D. Sudac, V. Valkovic, Ilker Meric, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, K. Nad (2022)
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2022

• C/O Logging by Using the Associated Alpha Particle Method: Proof of Principle

  D. Sudac, V. Valkovic, Josip Batur, Ilker Meric, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, K. Nad (2022)
  IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 2022 ;Volum 69. s. 738-744

• Development of a neutron probe for Carbon-to-Oxygen (C/O) oil logging equipped with a high-temperature alpha particle detector

  D. Sudac, V. Valkovic, K. Nad, Z. Orlic, M. Uroic, J. Batur (2021)
  Fuel 2021

• Multi-Feature Treatment Verification in Particle Therapy

  Toni Kögler, Enver Alagoz, Roland Beyer, Sebastian Hammer, Benjamin Lutz, Ilker Meric (2021)

• MCNP6.2 simulations of the NOVO range verification system for particle therapy

  Ilker Meric (2021)

• Neutron-based in-vivo range verification in proton therapy

  Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Sara Margareta Cecilia Pilskog, Kyrre Skjerdal, Janne Syltøy, Ilker Meric (2021)

• Helium radiography with a digital tracking calorimeter—a Monte Carlo study for secondary track rejection

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Lennart Volz, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Johan Alme, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi, Rene Barthel (2021)
  Physics in Medicine and Biology 2021 ;Volum 66:035004. s. 1-20

• A Monte Carlo simulation framework for performance evaluation of a proton imaging system without front trackers

  Jarle Rambo Sølie, Ilker Meric, Dieter Rudolf Christian Röhrich (2020)
  Universitetet i Bergen

• A high-granularity digital tracking calorimeter optimized for proton CT

  Johan Alme, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi, Rene Barthel, Vyacheslav Borshchov, Tea Bodova, Anthony van den Brink (2020)
  Frontiers in Physics 2020 ;Volum 8:568243. s. 1-20

• Multi-Feature Reichweiteverifikation in der Partikeltherapie

  Toni Kögler, Enver Alagoz, Roland Beyer, Sebastian Hammer, Benjamin Lutz, Ilker Meric (2020)

• Image quality of list-mode proton imaging without front trackers

  Jarle Rambo Sølie, Lennart Volz, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Pierluigi Piersimoni, Odd Harald Odland, Dieter Røhrich (2020)
  Physics in Medicine and Biology 2020 ;Volum 65:135012. s. 1-19

• Detection of Chemical Warfare (CW) agents and the other hazardous substances by using fast 14 MeV neutrons

  Davorin Sudac, Marius Pavlovic, Jasmina Obhodas, Karlo Nad, Zeljko Orlic, Milivoj Uroić (2020)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2020 ;Volum 971.

• Author Correction: A Monte Carlo feasibility study for neutron based real-time range verification in proton therapy (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (2011), 10.1038/s41598-019-38611-w)

  Kristian Smeland Ytre-Hauge, Kyrre Skjerdal, John Mattingly, Ilker Meric (2019)
  Scientific Reports 2019 ;Volum 9.

• Characterization of monolithic CMOS pixel sensor chip with ion beams for application in particle computed tomography

  Ganesh Jagannath Tambave, Johan Alme, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi, Rene Barthel, Anthony van den Brink, Stephan Brons (2019)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2019 ;Volum 00:162626. s. 1-4

• Design optimization of a pixel-based range telescope for proton computed tomography

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Johan Alme, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi, Rene Barthel, Anthony van den Brink, Mamdouh Chaar (2019)
  Physica Medica 2019 ;Volum 63. s. 87-97

• A Monte Carlo feasibility study for neutron based real-time range verification in proton therapy

  Kristian Ytre-Hauge, Kyrre Skjerdal, John Mattingly, Ilker Meric (2019)
  Scientific Reports 2019 ;Volum 9. s. 1-9

• Performance of pillar shaped plastic scintillators for neutron based range verification in proton therapy

  Kyrre Skjerdal, Kristian Ytre-Hauge, John Mattingly, Ilker Meric (2018)

• The NOVO project: NeutrOn detection for real-time range VerificatiOn in proton therapy – A Monte Carlo feasibility study

  Ilker Meric, Kristian Ytre-Hauge (2018)

• Mechanical Integration of a Digital Tracking Calorimeter for the Purposes of Proton Computed Tomography

  Hesam Shafiee, Ilker Meric, Georgi Genov, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Dieter Røhrich (2018)

• Proton Track Reconstruction in a Digital Tracking Calorimeter for Proton Computed Tomography

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Ilker Meric, Odd Harald Odland, Shafiee Hesam, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Dieter Røhrich (2018)

• Implementation of the Monte Carlo Library Least-Squares (MCLLS) approach for quantification of the chlorine impurity in an on-line crude oil monitoring system

  Hao-Ping Chang, Ilker Meric, Davorin Sudac, Karlo Nađ, Jasmina Obhođaš, Guojing Hou (2018)
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2018

• In-situ measurements of rare earth elements in deep sea sediments using nuclear methods

  Jasmina Obhođaš, Davorin Sudac, Ilker Meric, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Milivoj Uroić, Karlo Nađ (2018)
  Scientific Reports 2018 ;Volum 8:4925. s. 1-7

• Accuracy of parameterized proton range models; a comparison

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Mamdouh Chaar, Ilker Meric, Odd Harald Odland, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Dieter Røhrich (2018)
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2018 ;Volum 144. s. 295-297

• Implementation of the Monte Carlo Library Least-Squares (MCLLS) approach for quantification of the chlorine impurity in an on-line crude oil monitoring system

  Hao-Ping Chang, Ilker Meric, Davorin Sudac, Karlo Nad, Jasmina Obhodas, Guojing Hou (2017)

• A Geometric Approach to Spectral Analysis

  Silvio Melo, Ilker Meric, Fabiano Silva, Carlos Dantas, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Geir Anton Johansen (2017)

• Development of nuclear methods for exploration of rare earth elements in deep sea deposits

  Jasmina Obhodas, Davorin Sudac, Ilker Meric, Karlo Nad, Vladivoj Valkovic (2017)

• Deep sea sediments as a resource of Methane Hydrates and Rare Earth Elements

  Jasmina Obhodas, Davorin Sudac, Ilker Meric, Karlo Nad, Vladivoj Valkovic (2017)

• Development of a method for on-line determination of chlorine impurity in crude oil by using fast neutrons

  Hao-Ping Chang, Ilker Meric, Davorin Sudac, Karlo Nad, Jasmina Obhodas, Robin Pierce Gardner (2017)
  Fuel 2017 ;Volum 209. s. 643-649

• A Comparison of Longitudinal and Lateral Range for Protons Traversing Complex Media Using GATE, MCNP6 and FLUKA Monte Carlo Simulations.

  Ilker Meric, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Håvard Helstrup, Odd Harald Odland, Dieter Røhrich (2017)

• A comparison of proton ranges in complex media using GATE, MCNP6 and FLUKA

  Jarle Rambo Sølie, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Ilker Meric, Odd Harald Odland, Dieter Røhrich, Håvard Helstrup (2017)

• Design Optimization of a Digital Tracking Calorimeter for Proton CT

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Ilker Meric, Odd Harald Odland, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Dieter Røhrich (2017)

• On the accuracy of proton range models

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Ilker Meric, Odd Harald Odland, Jarle Rambo Sølie, Dieter Røhrich (2017)

• Proton tracking in a high-granularity Digital Tracking Calorimeter for proton CT purposes

  Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Johan Alme, Aleksandra K. Biegun, A. Maassen van den Brink, Mamdouh Chaar, Dominik Fehlker (2017)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2017 ;Volum 860. s. 51-61

• Development of method for on-line monitoring of salt and water-cut in crude oil by using 14 MeV neutron generator

  Hao-Ping Chang, Ilker Meric, Davorin Sudac, Jasmina Obhodas, Karlo Nad, Vladivoj Valkovic (2016)

• Monte Carlo assisted design, development and characterization of an industrial gamma-ray tomograph

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Ketil Røed, Silvio Melo, Icaro Moreira (2014)

• Non-destructive monitoring of multiphase hydrocarbon flow by high-speed gamma-ray tomography

  Geir Anton Johansen, Ilker Meric, Rachid Maad, Erik Magnus Bruvik, Bjørn Tore Hjertaker, Camilla Sætre (2014)

• A library least-squares approach for scatter correction in gamma-ray tomography

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Icaro Valgueiro Malta Moreira (2014)
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2014 ;Volum 108. s. 39-47

• On the ill-conditioning of the multiphase flow measurement by prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, John Mattingly, Robin Pierce Gardner (2014)
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2014 ;Volum 95. s. 401-404

• Monitoring of scale deposition in petroleum pipelines by means of photon scattering – a preliminary study

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Silvio Melo, Emerson Lima, Juana Jimenez, Carlos Dantas (2013)

• Status of Geiger-Müller counters for tomographic multiphase flow measurements

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Oddbjørn Vagle, Øystein Olsen, Robin Pierce Gardner (2013)

• On the ill-conditioning of the multiphase flow measurement by prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, John Mattingly, Robin Pierce Gardner (2012)

• Enhancement of the intrinsic gamma-ray stopping efficiency of Geiger–Muller counters

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Adan F. Calderon, Robin Pierce Gardner (2012)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2012 ;Volum 696. s. 46-54

• Nuclear Methods for Subsea Fluid Characterization

  Ilker Meric (2012)
  Universitetet i Bergen

• On the treatment of ill-conditioned cases in the Monte Carlo library least-squares approach for inverse radiation analyzers

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, John Mattingly, Robin Pierce Gardner (2012)
  Measurement Science and Technology 2012 ;Volum 23.

• A Single Scatter Electron Monte Carlo Approach for Simulating Gamma-Ray Stopping Efficiencies of Geiger-Muller Counters

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Robin Pierce Gardner, Marie Bueie Holstad (2011)

• Produced water characterization by prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Jiaxin Wang, Robin Pierce Gardner (2011)
  Measurement Science and Technology 2011 ;Volum 22.

• A single scatter electron Monte Carlo approach for simulating gamma-ray stopping efficiencies of Geiger-Müller counters

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Kyoung O. Lee, Adan F. Calderon, Jiaxin Wang (2011)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2011 ;Volum 654. s. 279-287

• Monte Carlo modelling of gamma-ray stopping efficiencies of Geiger-Muller counters

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Robin Pierce Gardner (2011)
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A : Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2011 ;Volum 636. s. 61-66

• Fluid Characterization by Prompt Gamma-ray Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA)

  Ilker Meric, Geir Anton Johansen, Marie Bueie Holstad, Jiaxin Wang, Robin Pierce Gardner (2010)