Search Results - "Parodi, Katia"
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Latest developments in in-vivo imaging for proton therapy
Published in British journal of radiology (01-03-2020)“…Owing to the favorable physical and biological properties of swift ions in matter, their application to radiation therapy for highly selective cancer treatment…”
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Vision 20/20: Positron emission tomography in radiation therapy planning, delivery, and monitoring
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-12-2015)“…Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly considered as an effective imaging method to support several stages of radiation therapy. The combined usage…”
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On- and off-line monitoring of ion beam treatment
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-02-2016)“…Ion beam therapy is an emerging modality for high precision radiation treatment of cancer. In comparison to conventional radiation sources (photons,…”
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In vivo range verification in particle therapy
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-11-2018)“…Exploitation of the full potential offered by ion beams in clinical practice is still hampered by several sources of treatment uncertainties, particularly…”
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ScatterNet: A convolutional neural network for cone‐beam CT intensity correction
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-11-2018)“…Purpose To demonstrate a proof‐of‐concept for fast cone‐beam CT (CBCT) intensity correction in projection space by the use of deep learning. Methods The CBCT…”
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Roadmap toward the 10 ps time-of-flight PET challenge
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (22-10-2020)“…Since the seventies, positron emission tomography (PET) has become an invaluable medical molecular imaging modality with an unprecedented sensitivity at the…”
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Experience and new prospects of PET imaging for ion beam therapy monitoring
Published in Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik (01-02-2023)“…Pioneering investigations on the usage of positron-emission-tomography (PET) for the monitoring of ion beam therapy with light (protons, helium) and heavier…”
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Radioactive Beams in Particle Therapy: Past, Present, and Future
Published in Frontiers in physics (28-08-2020)“…Heavy ion therapy can deliver high doses with high precision. However, image guidance is needed to reduce range uncertainty. Radioactive ions are potentially…”
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MR-guided proton therapy: a review and a preview
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (29-05-2020)“…The targeting accuracy of proton therapy (PT) for moving soft-tissue tumours is expected to greatly improve by real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…”
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Ionizing radiation‐induced acoustics for radiotherapy and diagnostic radiology applications
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-07-2018)“…Acoustic waves are induced via the thermoacoustic effect in objects exposed to a pulsed beam of ionizing radiation. This phenomenon has interesting potential…”
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Development of the open‐source dose calculation and optimization toolkit matRad
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-06-2017)“…Purpose We report on the development of the open‐source cross‐platform radiation treatment planning toolkit matRad and its comparison against validated…”
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CBCT correction using a cycle-consistent generative adversarial network and unpaired training to enable photon and proton dose calculation
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (15-11-2019)“…In presence of inter-fractional anatomical changes, clinical benefits are anticipated from image-guided adaptive radiotherapy. Nowadays, cone-beam CT (CBCT)…”
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Roadmap: proton therapy physics and biology
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (26-02-2021)“…The treatment of cancer with proton radiation therapy was first suggested in 1946 followed by the first treatments in the 1950s. As of 2020, almost 200 000…”
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Dual‐energy CT quantitative imaging: a comparison study between twin‐beam and dual‐source CT scanners
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-01-2017)“…Purpose To assess image quality and to quantify the accuracy of relative electron densities (ρe) and effective atomic numbers (Zeff) for three dual‐energy…”
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Experimental comparison of proton CT and dual energy x-ray CT for relative stopping power estimation in proton therapy
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (14-08-2019)“…Proton computed tomography (pCT) has been proposed as an alternative to x-ray computed tomography (CT) for acquiring relative to water stopping power (RSP)…”
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Distant metastasis time to event analysis with CNNs in independent head and neck cancer cohorts
Published in Scientific reports (19-03-2021)“…Deep learning models based on medical images play an increasingly important role for cancer outcome prediction. The standard approach involves usage of…”
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Clinical implementation of full Monte Carlo dose calculation in proton beam therapy
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-09-2008)“…The goal of this work was to facilitate the clinical use of Monte Carlo proton dose calculation to support routine treatment planning and delivery. The Monte…”
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Patient Study of In Vivo Verification of Beam Delivery and Range, Using Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Imaging After Proton Therapy
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (01-07-2007)“…Purpose: To investigate the feasibility and value of positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) for treatment verification after proton…”
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Investigating the accuracy of co-registered ionoacoustic and ultrasound images in pulsed proton beams
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (09-09-2021)“…The sharp spatial and temporal dose gradients of pulsed ion beams result in an acoustic emission (ionoacoustics), which can be used to reconstruct the dose…”
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Investigating CT to CBCT image registration for head and neck proton therapy as a tool for daily dose recalculation
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-03-2015)“…Purpose: Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) of head and neck (H&N) cancer patients may be improved by plan adaptation. The decision to adapt the…”
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