Search Results - "Franciosini, G."
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GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo simulation of electron and photon interactions for radiotherapy applications
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-02-2023)“… The Monte Carlo simulation software is a valuable tool in radiation therapy, in particular to achieve the needed accuracy in the dose evaluation for the…”
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Inter-fractional monitoring of [Formula: see text]C ions treatments: results from a clinical trial at the CNAO facility
Published in Scientific reports (26-11-2020)“…The high dose conformity and healthy tissue sparing achievable in Particle Therapy when using C ions calls for safety factors in treatment planning, to prevent…”
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Inter-fractional monitoring of 12C ions treatments: results from a clinical trial at the CNAO facility
Published in Scientific reports (26-12-2020)“…The high dose conformity and healthy tissue sparing achievable in Particle Therapy when using C ions calls for safety factors in treatment planning, to prevent…”
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Compact S -band linear accelerator system for ultrafast, ultrahigh dose-rate radiotherapy
Published in Physical review. Accelerators and beams (01-05-2021)“…Radiation therapy is currently the most utilized technique for the treatment of tumors by means of ionizing radiation, such as electrons, protons and x/gamma…”
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Perspectives in linear accelerator for FLASH VHEE: Study of a compact C-band system
Published in Physica medica (01-12-2022)“…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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IOeRT conventional and FLASH treatment planning system implementation exploiting fast GPU Monte Carlo: The case of breast cancer
Published in Physica medica (01-05-2024)“…Partial breast irradiation for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer patients can be performed by means of Intra Operative electron Radiation Therapy…”
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Treatment planning of intracranial lesions with VHEE: comparing conventional and FLASH irradiation potential with state-of-the-art photon and proton radiotherapy
Published in Frontiers in physics (06-07-2023)“…The treatment of deep-seated tumours with electrons of very high energies (VHEE, 70–150 MeV) has already been explored in the past, suggesting that a…”
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Preliminary study on the correlation between accelerated current and dose in water for an electron-based LINAC
Published in Frontiers in physics (23-02-2024)“…Purpose: Intraoperative electron radiotherapy (IOeRT) is considered the first clinical translation of FLASH with electrons. A crucial aspect is represented by…”
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Enhancing the understanding of fragmentation processes in hadrontherapy and radioprotection in space with the FOOT experiment
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Charge identification of fragments produced in 16O beam interactions at 200 MeV/n and 400 MeV/n on C and C2H4 targets
Published in Frontiers in physics (29-01-2024)“…Introduction: Charged Particle Therapy plays a key role in the treatment of deep-seated tumours, because of the advantageous energy deposition culminating in…”
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Elemental fragmentation cross sections for a 16O beam of 400 MeV/u kinetic energy interacting with a graphite target using the FOOT ΔE-TOF detectors
Published in Frontiers in physics (02-11-2022)“…The study of nuclear fragmentation plays a central role in many important applications: from the study of Particle Therapy (PT) up to radiation protection for…”
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PAPRICA: The Pair Production Imaging Chamber—Proof of Principle
Published in Frontiers in physics (16-03-2021)“…In Particle Therapy, safety margins are applied around the tumor to account for the beam range uncertainties and ensure an adequate dose coverage of the tumor…”
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Novel Gamma Tracker for Rapid Radiation Direction Detection for UAV Drone Use
Published in 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) (01-10-2019)“…The localization of radioactivity is an increasing topic of interest, both in the field of nuclear medicine and for environmental monitoring. We developed a…”
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Dose Prescription with Very High Energy Electron (VHEE): The Clinical Dosimetric Approach Applied to Challenging Cases in Conventional and Flash Delivery Scenarios
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (01-10-2024)“…According to the most recent report of the American Cancer Society, the 5-year overall survival for pancreatic and lung cancer is respectively 44% and 63% for…”
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New Advantage in Stereotactic Treatment of Lung and Pancreatic Cancer. Performance of Ultra-High Energy Electron (VHEE) Therapy Adjuvanted to the FLASH Effect: Clinical Implications and Treatment Plans Analysis
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (01-10-2023)“…Very High-Energy Electron (VHEE) beams delivered at ultra-high dose rates and hence profiting from the FLASH effect, may be a viable alternative to…”
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PO-2031 Development of a TPS for Very High Energy Electrons delivered at FLASH rates
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Novel Gamma Tracker for Rapid Radiation Direction Detection for UAV Drone Use
Published in 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) (01-10-2019)“…The localization of radioactivity is an increasing topic of interest, both in the field of nuclear medicine and for environmental monitoring. We developed a…”
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OC-0279 FlashDC project: development of a beam monitor for FLASH therapy
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MO-0477 Potential of Very High Energy Electron (FLASH) beams in pancreatic and head-and-neck treatments
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The fragmentation trigger of the FOOT experiment
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-01-2023)“…FOOT is a fixed target nuclear physics experiment in which O, C and He beams are shot on H enriched targets to study the projectile fragmentations; the…”
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