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First experimental proof of Proton Boron Capture Therapy (PBCT) to enhance protontherapy effectiveness by Cirrone, G. A. P., Manti, L., Margarone, D., Petringa, G., Giuffrida, L., Minopoli, A., Picciotto, A., Russo, G., Cammarata, F., Pisciotta, P., Perozziello, F. M., Romano, F., Marchese, V., Milluzzo, G., Scuderi, V., Cuttone, G., Korn, G.

“…Protontherapy is hadrontherapy’s fastest-growing modality and a pillar in the battle against cancer. Hadrontherapy’s superiority lies in its inverted…”
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Report on G4‐Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group by Arce, P., Bolst, D., Bordage, M.‐C., Brown, J. M. C., Cirrone, P., Cortés‐Giraldo, M. A., Cutajar, D., Cuttone, G., Desorgher, L., Dondero, P., Dotti, A., Faddegon, B., Fedon, C., Guatelli, S., Incerti, S., Ivanchenko, V., Konstantinov, D., Kyriakou, I., Latyshev, G., Le, A., Mancini‐Terracciano, C., Maire, M., Mantero, A., Novak, M., Omachi, C., Pandola, L., Perales, A., Perrot, Y., Petringa, G., Quesada, J. M., Ramos‐Méndez, J., Romano, F., Rosenfeld, A. B., Sarmiento, L. G., Sakata, D., Sasaki, T., Sechopoulos, I., Simpson, E. C., Toshito, T., Wright, D. H.

“…Background Geant4 is a Monte Carlo code extensively used in medical physics for a wide range of applications, such as dosimetry, micro‐ and nanodosimetry,…”
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Microdosimetry of a therapeutic proton beam with a mini-TEPC and a MicroPlus-Bridge detector for RBE assessment by Conte, V, Agosteo, S, Bianchi, A, Bolst, D, Bortot, D, Catalano, R, Cirrone, G A P, Colautti, P, Cuttone, G, Guatelli, S, James, B, Mazzucconi, D, Rosenfeld, A B, Selva, A, Tran, L, Petringa, G

“…Proton beams are widely used worldwide to treat localized tumours, the lower entrance dose and no exit dose, thus sparing surrounding normal tissues, being the…”
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Monte Carlo implementation of new algorithms for the evaluation of averaged-dose and -track linear energy transfers in 62 MeV clinical proton beams by Petringa, G, Pandola, L, Agosteo, S, Catalano, R, Colautti, P, Conte, V, Cuttone, G, Fan, K, Mei, Z, Rosenfeld, A, Selva, A, Cirrone, Gap

“…We exploited the power of the Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit to study and validate new approaches for the averaged linear energy transfer (LET) calculation in 62…”
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Validation of the Geant4 electromagnetic photon cross-sections for elements and compounds by Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., Di Rosa, F., Pandola, L., Romano, F., Zhang, Q.

“…The Geant4 toolkit provides a wide set of alternative models to describe the electromagnetic interaction of photons with matter. The photon cross-sections that…”
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A Monte Carlo study for the calculation of the average linear energy transfer (LET) distributions for a clinical proton beam line and a radiobiological carbon ion beam line by Romano, F, Cirrone, G A P, Cuttone, G, Rosa, F Di, Mazzaglia, S E, Petrovic, I, Fira, A Ristic, Varisano, A

“…Fluence, depth absorbed dose and linear energy transfer (LET) distributions of proton and carbon ion beams have been investigated using the Monte Carlo code…”
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Carbon fragmentation measurements and validation of the Geant4 nuclear reaction models for hadrontherapy by De Napoli, M, Agodi, C, Battistoni, G, Blancato, A A, Cirrone, G A P, Cuttone, G, Giacoppo, F, Morone, M C, Nicolosi, D, Pandola, L, Patera, V, Raciti, G, Rapisarda, E, Romano, F, Sardina, D, Sarti, A, Sciubba, A, Scuderi, V, Sfienti, C, Tropea, S

“…Nuclear fragmentation measurements are necessary when using heavy-ion beams in hadrontherapy to predict the effects of the ion nuclear interactions within the…”
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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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The ELIMED transport and dosimetry beamline for laser-driven ion beams by Romano, F., Schillaci, F., Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., Scuderi, V., Allegra, L., Amato, A., Amico, A., Candiano, G., De Luca, G., Gallo, G., Giordanengo, S., Guarachi, L. Fanola, Korn, G., Larosa, G., Leanza, R., Manna, R., Marchese, V., Marchetto, F., Margarone, D., Milluzzo, G., Petringa, G., Pipek, J., Pulvirenti, S., Rizzo, D., Sacchi, R., Salamone, S., Sedita, M., Vignati, A.

“…A growing interest of the scientific community towards multidisciplinary applications of laser-driven beams has led to the development of several projects…”
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Continuous monitoring of noise levels in the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea). Study of correlation with ship traffic by Viola, S., Grammauta, R., Sciacca, V., Bellia, G., Beranzoli, L., Buscaino, G., Caruso, F., Chierici, F., Cuttone, G., D’Amico, A., De Luca, V., Embriaco, D., Favali, P., Giovanetti, G., Marinaro, G., Mazzola, S., Filiciotto, F., Pavan, G., Pellegrino, C., Pulvirenti, S., Simeone, F., Speziale, F., Riccobene, G.

“…Acoustic noise levels were measured in the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea) from July 2012 to May 2013 by a low frequency (<1000Hz) hydrophone, installed on board…”
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Perspectives in linear accelerator for FLASH VHEE: Study of a compact C-band system by Faillace, L., Alesini, D., Bisogni, G., Bosco, F., Carillo, M., Cirrone, P., Cuttone, G., De Arcangelis, D., De Gregorio, A., Di Martino, F., Favaudon, V., Ficcadenti, L., Francescone, D., Franciosini, G., Gallo, A., Heinrich, S., Migliorati, M., Mostacci, A., Palumbo, L., Patera, V., Patriarca, A., Pensavalle, J., Perondi, F., Remetti, R., Sarti, A., Spataro, B., Torrisi, G., Vannozzi, A., Giuliano, L.

“…In order to translate the FLASH effect in clinical use and to treat deep tumors, Very High Electron Energy irradiations could represent a valid technique…”
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Prompt gamma ray diagnostics and enhanced hadron-therapy using neutron-free nuclear reactions by Giuffrida, L., Margarone, D., Cirrone, G. A. P., Picciotto, A., Cuttone, G., Korn, G.

“…We propose a series of simulations about the potential use of Boron isotopes to trigger neutron-free (aneutronic) nuclear reactions in cancer cells through the…”
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Development of an energy selector system for laser-driven proton beam applications by Scuderi, V., Bijan Jia, S., Carpinelli, M., Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., Korn, G., Licciardello, T., Maggiore, M., Margarone, D., Pisciotta, P., Romano, F., Schillaci, F., Stancampiano, C., Tramontana, A.

“…Nowadays, laser-driven proton beams generated by the interaction of high power lasers with solid targets represent a fascinating attraction in the field of the…”
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Experimental investigation at CATANA facility of n-10B and p-11B reactions for the enhancement of proton therapy by Mazzucconi, D., Bortot, D., Pola, A., Fazzi, A., Cazzola, L., Conte, V., Cirrone, G.A.P., Petringa, G., Cuttone, G., Manti, L., Agosteo, S.

“…•Study of the p-11B and n-10B reactions for the enhancement of protontherapy.•Irradiation of a double-stage silicon telescope coupled to different boron…”
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Recent results on the development of a proton computed tomography system by Civinini, C., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., Carpinelli, M., Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Scaringella, M., Sipala, V., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., Zani, M.

“…Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a medical imaging technique based on the use of proton beams with energies above 200MeV to directly measure stopping power…”
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The PRIMA (PRoton IMAging) collaboration: Development of a proton Computed Tomography apparatus by Scaringella, M., Brianzi, M., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., Carpinelli, M., Cirrone, G.A.P., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Sipala, V., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Tesi, M., Vanzi, E., Zani, M.

“…This paper describes the development of a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) apparatus able to reconstruct a map of stopping power useful for accurate proton…”
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Charged particle's flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam by Agodi, C, Battistoni, G, Bellini, F, Cirrone, G A P, Collamati, F, Cuttone, G, De Lucia, E, De Napoli, M, Domenico, A Di, Faccini, R, Ferroni, F, Fiore, S, Gauzzi, P, Iarocci, E, Marafini, M, Mattei, I, Muraro, S, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Romano, F, Sarti, A, Sciubba, A, Vitale, E, Voena, C

“…Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the…”
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Radiobiological quantities in proton-therapy: Estimation and validation using Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulations by Petringa, G., Romano, F., Manti, L., Pandola, L., Attili, A., Cammarata, F., Cuttone, G., Forte, G., Manganaro, L., Pipek, J., Pisciotta, P., Russo, G., Cirrone, G.A.P.

“…•Monte Carlo approaches to calculate the Survival Fraction in clinical proton beam.•Computational method based to coupling Geant4 and LEM-III.•Computational…”
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Dosimetric characterization of a synthetic single crystal diamond detector in a clinical 62 MeV ocular therapy proton beam by Marinelli, Marco, Pompili, F., Prestopino, G., Verona, C., Verona-Rinati, G., Cirrone, G.A.P., Cuttone, G., La Rosa, R.M., Raffaele, L., Romano, F., Tuvè, C.

“…A synthetic single crystal diamond based Schottky photodiode was tested at INFN-LNS on the proton beam line (62 MeV) dedicated to the radiation treatment of…”
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Nuclear reaction measurements on tissue-equivalent materials and GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations for hadrontherapy by De Napoli, M, Romano, F, D'Urso, D, Licciardello, T, Agodi, C, Candiano, G, Cappuzzello, F, Cirrone, G A P, Cuttone, G, Musumarra, A, Pandola, L, Scuderi, V

“…When a carbon beam interacts with human tissues, many secondary fragments are produced into the tumor region and the surrounding healthy tissues. Therefore, in…”
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