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Particle beam microstructure reconstruction and coincidence discrimination in PET monitoring for hadron therapy by Kostara, E, Sportelli, G, Belcari, N, Camarlinghi, N, Cerello, P, Del Guerra, A, Ferrero, V, Fiorina, E, Giraudo, G, Morrocchi, M, Pennazio, F, Pullia, M, Rivetti, A, Rolo, M D, Rosso, V, Wheadon, R, Bisogni, M G

“…Positron emission tomography is one of the most mature techniques for monitoring the particles range in hadron therapy, aiming to reduce treatment…”
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First full-beam PET acquisitions in proton therapy with a modular dual-head dedicated system by Sportelli, G, Belcari, N, Camarlinghi, N, Cirrone, G A P, Cuttone, G, Ferretti, S, Kraan, A, Ortuño, J E, Romano, F, Santos, A, Straub, K, Tramontana, A, Guerra, A Del, Rosso, V

“…During particle therapy irradiation, positron emitters with half-lives ranging from 2 to 20 min are generated from nuclear processes. The half-lives are such…”
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An optimization-based method for geometrical calibration in cone-beam CT without dedicated phantoms by Panetta, D, Belcari, N, Del Guerra, A, Moehrs, S

“…In this paper we present a new method for the determination of geometrical misalignments in cone-beam CT scanners, from the analysis of the projection data of…”
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Online monitoring for proton therapy: A real-time procedure using a planar PET system by Kraan, A.C., Battistoni, G., Belcari, N., Camarlinghi, N., Ciocca, M., Ferrari, A., Ferretti, S., Mairani, A., Molinelli, S., Pullia, M., Sala, P., Sportelli, G., Del Guerra, A., Rosso, V.

“…In this study a procedure for range verification in proton therapy by means of a planar in-beam PET system is presented. The procedure consists of two steps:…”
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Low statistics positron activity reconstruction methods for proton therapy by Muraro, S., Camarlinghi, N., Battistoni, G., Belcari, N., Bisogni, M.G., Cristoforetti, L., Del Guerra, A., Ferrari, A., Fracchiolla, F., Kraan, A., Morrocchi, M., Righetto, R., Sala, P., Schwarz, M., Sportelli, G., Topi, A., Rosso, V.

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) is one of the most mature techniques for monitoring in ion beam therapy. PET allows to reconstruct the β+ activity generated…”
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Monitoring Proton Therapy Through in-Beam PET: An Experimental Phantom Study by Topi, A., Kraan, A. C., Krzempek, D., Krzempek, K., Morrocchi, M., Olko, P., Sala, P., Sportelli, G., Rosso, V., Muraro, S., Battistoni, G., Belcari, N., Bisogni, M. G., Camarlinghi, N., Del Guerra, A., Ferrari, A., Kopec, R.

“…In this paper, we investigate the use of a positron emission tomography (PET) system to monitor the proton therapy. The monitoring procedure is based on the…”
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Monte Carlo simulation tool for online treatment monitoring in hadrontherapy with in-beam PET: A patient study by Fiorina, E., Ferrero, V., Pennazio, F., Baroni, G., Battistoni, G., Belcari, N., Cerello, P., Camarlinghi, N., Ciocca, M., Del Guerra, A., Donetti, M., Ferrari, A., Giordanengo, S., Giraudo, G., Mairani, A., Morrocchi, M., Peroni, C., Rivetti, A., Da Rocha Rolo, M.D., Rossi, S., Rosso, V., Sala, P., Sportelli, G., Tampellini, S., Valvo, F., Wheadon, R., Bisogni, M.G.

“…[Display omitted] •Range monitoring is necessary to fully exploit hadrontherapy advantages.•The Monte Carlo (MC) simulation tool for the INSIDE in-beam PET…”
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Enhancing the understanding of fragmentation processes in hadrontherapy and radioprotection in space with the FOOT experiment by Colombi, S, Alexandrov, A, Alpat, B, Ambrosi, G, Argir, S, Arteche Diaz, R, Bartosik, N, Battistoni, G, Belcari, N, Bellinzona, E, Biondi, S, Bisogni, M G, Bruni, G, Carra, P, Cerello, P, Ciarrocchi, E, Clozza, A, De Lellis, G, Del Guerra, A, De Simoni, M, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ruzza, B, Donetti, M, Dong, Y, Durante, M, Faccini, R, Ferrero, V, Fiandri, E, Finck, C, Fiorina, E, Fischetti, M, Francesconi, M, Franchini, M, Franciosini, G, Galati, G, Galli, L, Gentile, V, Giraudo, G, Hetzel, R, Iarocci, E, Ionica, M, Iuliano, A, Kanxheri, K, Kraan, A C, Lante, V, La Tessa, C, Laurenza, M, Lauria, A, Lopez Torres, E, Marafini, M, Massimi, C, Mattei, I, Mengarelli, A, Moggi, A, Montesi, M C, Morone, M C, Morrocchi, M, Muraro, S, Murtas, F, Pastore, A, Pastrone, N, Patera, V, Pennazio, F, Placidi, P, Pullia, M, Raffaelli, F, Ramello, L, Ridolfi, R, Rosso, V, Sanelli, C, Sarti, A, Sartorelli, G, Sato, O, Savazzi, S, Scavarda, L, Schiavi, A, Schuy, C, Scifoni, E, Sciubba, A, Sécher, A, Selvi, M, Servoli, L, Silvestre, G, Sitta, M, Spighi, R, Spiriti, E, Sportelli, G, Stahl, A, Tioukov, V, Tommasini, S, Tommasino, F, Toppi, M, Traini, G, Valle, S M, Vanstalle, M, Villa, M, Weber, U, Zarrella, R, Zoccoli, A

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Auto-Calibrating TDC for an SoC-FPGA Data Acquisition System by Carra, P., Bertazzoni, M., Bisogni, M. G., Cela Ruiz, J. M., Del Guerra, A., Gascon, D., Gomez, S., Morrocchi, M., Pazzi, G., Sanchez, D., Sarasola Martin, I., Sportelli, G., Belcari, N.

“…In this paper, an FPGA-based plain delay line time-to-digital converters (TDC) is presented, together with a theoretical model on its timing properties. The…”
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Proton range monitoring with in-beam PET: Monte Carlo activity predictions and comparison with cyclotron data by Kraan, A.C, Battistoni, G, Belcari, N, Camarlinghi, N, Cirrone, G.A.P, Cuttone, G, Ferretti, S, Ferrari, A, Pirrone, G, Romano, F, Sala, P, Sportelli, G, Straub, K, Tramontana, A, Del Guerra, A, Rosso, V

“…Abstract Goal Proton treatment monitoring with Positron-Emission-Tomography (PET) is based on comparing measured and Monte Carlo (MC) predicted β+ activity…”
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DoPET: an in-treatment monitoring system for particle therapy by Rosso, V, Battistoni, G, Belcari, N, Camarlinghi, N, Cirrone, G.A.P, Collini, F, Cuttone, G, Ciocca, M, Del Guerra, A, Ferrari, A, Ferretti, S, Kraan, A.C, Mairani, A, Pullia, M, Molinelli, S, Romano, F, Sala, P, Sportelli, G, Zaccaro, E

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Analysis of image sharpness reproducibility on a novel engineered micro-CT scanner with variable geometry and embedded recalibration software by Panetta, D, Belcari, N, Del Guerra, A, Bartolomei, A, Salvadori, P.A

“…Abstract This study investigates the reproducibility of the reconstructed image sharpness, after modifications of the geometry setup, for a variable…”
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Full in-beam PET measurements of 62 MeV protons onto a PMMA target by Sportelli, G, Straub, K, Aiello, M, Attanasi, F, Belcari, N, Camarlinghi, N, Cirrone, GAP, Cuttone, G, Ferretti, S, Marino, N, Nicolosi, D, Romano, F, Rosso, V, Guerra, A

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) is a valuable technique to monitor in situ and non-invasively the particle range in ion beam therapy exploiting the beta+…”
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Performance evaluation of the fully engineered YAP-(S)PET scanner for small animal imaging by Del Guerra, A., Bartoli, A., Belcari, N., Herbert, D., Motta, A., Vaiano, A., Di Domenico, G., Sabba, N., Moretti, E., Zavattini, G., Lazzarotti, M., Sensi, L., Larobina, M., Uccelli, L.

“…At the Department of Physics of the University of Pisa, Italy, a new and fully engineered version of the YAP-(S)PET small animal scanner has been recently…”
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The Silicon Photomultiplier for application to high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography by Herbert, D.J., Moehrs, S., D’Ascenzo, N., Belcari, N., Del Guerra, A., Morsani, F., Saveliev, V.

“…Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for small animal studies requires high-resolution gamma cameras with high sensitivity. Traditionally, inorganic…”
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First results of scintillator readout with silicon photomultiplier by Herbert, D.J., Saveliev, V., Belcari, N., D'Ascenzo, N., Del Guerra, A., Golovin, A.

“…A new type of silicon device has been realized that has many properties comparable to, or better than, a conventional PMT (Photomultiplier Tube). This paper…”
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Comparison of two dedicated 'in beam' PET systems via simultaneous imaging of (12)C-induced beta(+)-activity by Attanasi, F, Belcari, N, Del Guerra, A, Enghardt, W, Moehrs, S, Parodi, K, Rosso, V, Vecchio, S

“…The selective energy deposition of hadrontherapy has led to a growing interest in quality assurance techniques such as 'in-beam' PET. Due to the current lack…”
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Energy, Timing and Position Resolution Studies With 16-Pixel Silicon Photomultiplier Matrices for Small Animal PET by Llosa, G., Belcari, N., Bisogni, M.G., Collazuol, G., Marcatili, S., Barrillon, P., de la Taille, C., Bondil-Blin, S., Dinu, N., Melchiorri, M., Tarolli, A., Piemonte, C., Del Guerra, A.

“…A high resolution small animal PET scanner that employs Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) matrices as photodetectors is under development at the University of…”
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A PET Prototype for "In-Beam" Monitoring of Proton Therapy by Vecchio, S., Attanasi, F., Belcari, N., Camarda, M., Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., Di Rosa, F., Lanconelli, N., Moehrs, S., Rosso, V., Russo, G., Del Guerra, A.

“…The in-beam PET is a novel PET application to image the beta + activity induced in biological tissues by hadronic therapeutic beams. Thanks to the correlation…”
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Energy and Timing Resolution Studies With Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) and 4-Pixel SiPM Matrices for PET by Llosa, G., Belcari, N., Bisogni, M.G., Collazuol, G., Marcatili, S., Moehrs, S., Morsani, F., Piemonte, C., Del Guerra, A.

“…A high performance detector head with matrices of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) as photodetectors is under development at the University of Pisa and INFN…”
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