Search Results - "Mancini Terracciano, C"
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Report on G4‐Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-01-2021)“…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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MR-based artificial intelligence model to assess response to therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer
Published in European journal of radiology (01-09-2019)“…•Artificial intelligence is used for assessing response to therapy in rectal cancer.•Textural features extraction from high resolution 3 T MR…”
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Feasibility study on the use of CMOS sensors as detectors in radioguided surgery with β−- emitters
Published in Applied radiation and isotopes (01-11-2020)“…Radioguided surgery (RGS) is a medical practice which thanks to a radiopharmaceutical tracer and a probe allows the surgeon to identify tumor residuals up to a…”
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Preliminary results in using Deep Learning to emulate BLOB, a nuclear interaction model
Published in Physica medica (01-05-2020)“…•Nuclear reactions are fundamental for Ion-therapy simulations.•Theoretical models running time are too long for medical applications.•We are proposing the…”
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The β- radio-guided surgery: Method to estimate the minimum injectable activity from ex-vivo test
Published in Physica medica (01-02-2019)“…•Test on radiomarked ex-vivo meningioma specimens confirmed feasibility of β-RGS.•Personalized minimal activity to be injected can be evaluated from PET…”
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First ex vivo validation of a radioguided surgery technique with β -radiation
Published in Physica medica (01-09-2016)“…Highlights • A novel radio-guided-surgery technique using beta- radiation is under development. • Simulations and lab tests demonstrated its potential compared…”
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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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Calculation of electron interaction models in N2 and O2
Published in Physica medica (01-10-2023)“…Cosmic rays have the potential to significantly affect the atmospheric composition by increasing the rate and changing the types of chemical reactions through…”
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Intraoperative probe detecting β− decays in brain tumour radio-guided surgery
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-02-2017)“…Radio-guided surgery (RGS) is a technique to intraoperatively detect tumour remnants, favouring a radical resection. Exploiting β− emitting tracers provides a…”
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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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Review and performance of the Dose Profiler, a particle therapy treatments online monitor
Published in Physica medica (01-09-2019)“…•The Dose Profiler is a charged fragment tracker designed for range monitoring in particle therapy.•The detector design, carefully optimized to operate in…”
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Preliminary results coupling “Stochastic Mean Field” and “Boltzmann-Langevin One Body” models with Geant4
Published in Physica medica (01-11-2019)“…•Geant4 is widely used for developing Monte Carlo simulations in medical physics.•It has severe limitations in reproducing nuclear interactions below…”
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Tumor-non-tumor discrimination by a β- detector for Radio Guided Surgery on ex-vivo neuroendocrine tumors samples
Published in Physica medica (01-04-2020)“…•Radio Guided Surgery can be performed in the abdomen with beta- emission.•In such complex environment electrons outperform gammas.•Electrons locality allows…”
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Characterisation of a β detector on positron emitters for medical applications
Published in Physica medica (01-11-2019)“…•Radio Guided Surgery (RGS) based on βradiation extends its range of application.•PET radiotracers can be exploited as tumor marker enabling complete…”
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Scintillating Fiber Devices for Particle Therapy Applications
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2018)“…Particle therapy (PT) is a radiation therapy technique in which solid tumors are treated with charged ions and exploits the achievable highly localized dose…”
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SU-G-JeP1-13: Innovative Tracking Detector for Dose Monitoring in Hadron Therapy: Realization and Monte Carlo Simulations
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-06-2016)“…Purpose: Development of strategies to monitor range uncertainties is necessary to improve treatment planning in Charged Particle Therapy (CPT) and fully…”
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SU-F-J-202: Secondary Radiation Measurements for Charged Particle Therapy Monitoring: Fragmentation of Therapeutic He, C and O Ion Beams Impinging On a PMMA Target
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-06-2016)“…Purpose: In Charged Particle Therapy (CPT), besides protons, there has been recently a growing interest in 4He, 12C and 16O beams. The secondary radiation…”
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Development of a radioguided surgery technique with beta- decays in brain tumor resection
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Secondary radiation measurements for particle therapy applications: Charged secondaries produced by 16O ion beams in a PMMA target at large angles
Published in Physica medica (01-08-2019)“…•Therapeutic 16O beams interacting with a target produce abundant secondary radiation.•Production emission profiles, yields, and energy spectra were…”
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Extended calibration range for prompt photon emission in ion beam irradiation
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-05-2014)“…Monitoring the dose delivered during proton and carbon ion therapy is still a matter of research. Among the possible solutions, several exploit the measurement…”
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