Search Results - "Vignati, A"
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Environmental fate and ecotoxicity of lanthanides: Are they a uniform group beyond chemistry?
Published in Environment international (01-10-2014)“…Lanthanides are a chemically uniform group of metals (La–Lu) that, together with yttrium (Y) and scandium (Sc), form the group of rare earth elements (REEs)…”
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Review of technologies and procedures of clinical dosimetry for scanned ion beam radiotherapy
Published in Physica medica (01-11-2017)“…•Overview of detectors for dose verification in scanned ion beam radiotherapy.•Review of commissioning and clinical Quality Assurance.•Strategies for patient…”
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Texture features on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: new potential biomarkers for prostate cancer aggressiveness
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-04-2015)“…To explore contrast (C) and homogeneity (H) gray-level co-occurrence matrix texture features on T2-weighted (T2w) Magnetic Resonance (MR) images and apparent…”
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Analysis and numerical design of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors (RSD) for 4D particle tracking
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-04-2020)“…In this paper we present the numerical simulation of silicon detectors with internal gain as the main tool for 4-dimensional (4D) particle trackers design and…”
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Lanthanide ecotoxicity: First attempt to measure environmental risk for aquatic organisms
Published in Environmental pollution (1987) (01-04-2015)“…The geochemical cycles of lanthanides are being disrupted by increasing global production and human use, but their ecotoxicity is not fully characterized. In…”
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Chromium hazard and risk assessment: New insights from a detailed speciation study in a standard test medium
Published in Environmental toxicology and chemistry (01-04-2018)“…Despite the consensus about the importance of chemical speciation in controlling the bioavailability and ecotoxicity of trace elements, detailed speciation…”
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A new detector for the beam energy measurement in proton therapy: a feasibility study
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (06-11-2020)“…The proof of concept of a new device, capable of determining in a few seconds the energy of clinical proton beams by measuring the time of flight (ToF) of…”
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'Survival': a simulation toolkit introducing a modular approach for radiobiological evaluations in ion beam therapy
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (05-04-2018)“…One major rationale for the application of heavy ion beams in tumour therapy is their increased relative biological effectiveness (RBE). The complex…”
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The ELIMED transport and dosimetry beamline for laser-driven ion beams
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-09-2016)“…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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Computer-aided diagnosis for dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI of mass-like lesions using a multiparametric model combining a selection of morphological, kinetic, and spatiotemporal features
Published in Medical physics (Lancaster) (01-04-2012)“…Purpose : Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is a radiological tool for the detection and discrimination of breast lesions. The aim…”
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Genotoxicity Set Up in Artemia franciscana Nauplii and Adults Exposed to Phenanthrene, Naphthalene, Fluoranthene, and Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Published in Water (Basel) (01-05-2022)“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) consist of a group of over 100 different organic compounds mainly generated by anthropogenic activities. Because of…”
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Total and methylmercury partitioning between colloids and true solution: From case studies in sediment overlying and porewaters to a generalized model
Published in Environmental toxicology and chemistry (01-02-2016)“…Tangential flow ultrafiltration was used to determine the partitioning of total mercury (THg) and monomethylmercury (MMHg) between colloids and true solution…”
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Trace element contamination in the arms of the Danube Delta (Romania/Ukraine): Current state of knowledge and future needs
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-08-2013)“…This paper provides the first critical synopsis of contamination by selected trace elements in the whole Danube Delta (Romania/Ukraine) to: identify general…”
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A new algorithm for automatic vascular mapping of DCE-MRI of the breast: Clinical application of a potential new biomarker
Published in Computer methods and programs in biomedicine (01-12-2014)“…Highlights • A validated algorithm quantifies breast vascularity through vascular maps (AVM). • Breast DCE-MR exams are analyzed before and after neoadjuvant…”
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RIDOS: A new system for online computation of the delivered dose distributions in scanning ion beam therapy
Published in Physica medica (01-04-2019)“…•Online dose computation with scanned ion beams.•Sub-second GPU-based ion dose calculation.•Online monitoring of dose delivered accuracy.•Forward dose…”
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EP-1594: On-line analysis of 4D treatment deliveries for scanned proton and carbon ion beams
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Design of an innovative beam monitor for particle therapy for the simultaneous measurement of beam fluence and energy
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Chromium(VI) is more toxic than chromium(III) to freshwater algae: A paradigm to revise?
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-07-2010)“…The behavior and toxicity of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) to the green algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Chlorella kessleri were studied in a standard culture…”
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Quality assurance of carbon ion and proton beams: A feasibility study for using the 2D MatriXX detector
Published in Physica medica (01-06-2016)“…Highlights • The MatriXX detector is proposed for daily quality assurance in scanned ion beam therapy centers. • The detector was tested with proton and carbon…”
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Public health benefits and risks of fish consumption: current scientific evidence v. media coverage
Published in Public health nutrition (01-10-2013)“…To evaluate if and how the current degree of scientific uncertainty about the safety of fish consumption is incorporated at the media level. We used a…”
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