INSIGHTS - Pisa
from
Wednesday 18 October 2023 (09:00)
to
Friday 20 October 2023 (19:00)
Monday 16 October 2023
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Wednesday 18 October 2023
09:30
Welcome speech
Welcome speech
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Sala delle Baleari
10:00
Hadrontherapy at CNAO
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Mario Ciocca
(
Fondazione CNAO
)
Hadrontherapy at CNAO
Mario Ciocca
(
Fondazione CNAO
)
10:00 - 10:20
Room: Sala delle Baleari
10:20
Positron emitting Radioactive ion beams for simultaneous treatment and imaging.
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Daria Boscolo
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
Positron emitting Radioactive ion beams for simultaneous treatment and imaging.
Daria Boscolo
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
10:20 - 10:45
Room: Second floor
10:45
Preclinical studies with radioactive ion beams: the BARB project
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Tamara Vitacchio
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
Preclinical studies with radioactive ion beams: the BARB project
Tamara Vitacchio
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
10:45 - 11:10
Room: Second floor
11:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:10 - 11:50
Room: Second floor
11:50
Towards a combination of heavy ion and immunotherapy: putative mechanisms behind the immunogenicity of carbon ions
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Cristina Totis
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
Towards a combination of heavy ion and immunotherapy: putative mechanisms behind the immunogenicity of carbon ions
Cristina Totis
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
11:50 - 12:15
Room: Second floor
12:15
Complement system: a new role in combination with radiotherapy in tumour treatment.
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Gaia Volpi
(
CNAO (PV), IUSS Pavia (School for Advanced Studies)
)
Complement system: a new role in combination with radiotherapy in tumour treatment.
Gaia Volpi
(
CNAO (PV), IUSS Pavia (School for Advanced Studies)
)
12:15 - 12:40
Room: Second floor
12:40
Real-time RBE-weighted 4D-dose calculation for carbon ion therapy.
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Cosimo Galeone
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
Real-time RBE-weighted 4D-dose calculation for carbon ion therapy.
Cosimo Galeone
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
12:40 - 13:05
Room: Second floor
13:05
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:05 - 14:40
14:40
4D dosimetric study in particle therapy lung cancer
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Maria Chiara Martire
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
4D dosimetric study in particle therapy lung cancer
Maria Chiara Martire
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
)
14:40 - 15:05
Room: Second floor
15:05
New image reconstruction approach for in-vivo range verification of multiple field carbon ion treatments by means of in-beam PET system
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Davide Bersani
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
New image reconstruction approach for in-vivo range verification of multiple field carbon ion treatments by means of in-beam PET system
Davide Bersani
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
15:05 - 15:30
Room: Second floor
15:30
Precision of the positron emission activity range during irradiation with radioactive carbon and oxygen beams
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Peter Dendooven
(
PARTREC, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen
)
Precision of the positron emission activity range during irradiation with radioactive carbon and oxygen beams
Peter Dendooven
(
PARTREC, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen
)
15:30 - 15:55
Room: Second floor
15:55
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:55 - 16:30
Room: Second floor
16:30
Real-time in vivo range verification using N-12 imaging based on the new Monte Carlo framework for proton therapy
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Zahra Ahmadiganjeh
Real-time in vivo range verification using N-12 imaging based on the new Monte Carlo framework for proton therapy
Zahra Ahmadiganjeh
16:30 - 16:55
Room: Second floor
16:55
Estimating the proton stopping power from prompt gamma timing data: algorithms, models, and first experiments
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Julius Werner
(
Institute of Medical Engineering, Universität zu Lübeck
)
Estimating the proton stopping power from prompt gamma timing data: algorithms, models, and first experiments
Julius Werner
(
Institute of Medical Engineering, Universität zu Lübeck
)
16:55 - 17:20
Room: Second floor
17:20
The role of Monte Carlo simulations in the characterization of diamond integrated devices for hadrontherapy
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Lucrezia Bianchi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
The role of Monte Carlo simulations in the characterization of diamond integrated devices for hadrontherapy
Lucrezia Bianchi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
17:20 - 17:45
Room: Second floor
17:45
Aperitif -- Offered by Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics
Aperitif -- Offered by Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics
17:45 - 20:45
Room: Second floor
Thursday 19 October 2023
08:30
Introduction to BNCT research
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Saverio Altieri
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Introduction to BNCT research
Saverio Altieri
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
08:30 - 08:55
Room: Sala Gerace
08:55
BNCT at CNAO
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Mario Ciocca
(
Fondazione CNAO
)
BNCT at CNAO
Mario Ciocca
(
Fondazione CNAO
)
08:55 - 09:10
Room: Sala Gerace
09:10
Theranostic Nanoparticles in BNCT
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Simonetta Geninatti
(
University of Turin
)
Theranostic Nanoparticles in BNCT
Simonetta Geninatti
(
University of Turin
)
09:10 - 09:35
Room: Sala Gerace
09:35
NECTAR project: the study of Capture Enhanced Neutron Irradiation as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease
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Valeria Pascali
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
NECTAR project: the study of Capture Enhanced Neutron Irradiation as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease
Valeria Pascali
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
09:35 - 10:00
Room: Sala Gerace
10:00
Computational dosimetry in BNCT: the ANTHEM project
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Ian Postuma
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Computational dosimetry in BNCT: the ANTHEM project
Ian Postuma
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Sala Gerace
10:25
The ANTHEM BNCT clinical facility in Caserta
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Setareh Fatemi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
The ANTHEM BNCT clinical facility in Caserta
Setareh Fatemi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
10:25 - 10:50
Room: Sala Gerace
10:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:30
Room: Sala Gerace
11:30
Uncertainty quantification in tumor segmentation using Bayesian Neural Networks
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Elisa Scalco
(
Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council
)
Uncertainty quantification in tumor segmentation using Bayesian Neural Networks
Elisa Scalco
(
Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council
)
11:30 - 11:55
Room: Sala Gerace
11:55
AI applications in image-guided radiotherapy: current research at the LMU University Hospital Munich
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Christopher Kurz
(
LMU University Hospital
)
AI applications in image-guided radiotherapy: current research at the LMU University Hospital Munich
Christopher Kurz
(
LMU University Hospital
)
11:55 - 12:20
Room: Sala Gerace
12:20
MR-only radiotherapy: closing the loop by predicting synthetic CT and its accuracy.
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Paolo Zaffino
(
Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
)
MR-only radiotherapy: closing the loop by predicting synthetic CT and its accuracy.
Paolo Zaffino
(
Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
)
12:20 - 12:45
Room: Sala Gerace
12:45
SYNCT: PET driven SYNthetic control CT generation for treatment monitoring in proton therapy.
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Pietro Carra
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
SYNCT: PET driven SYNthetic control CT generation for treatment monitoring in proton therapy.
Pietro Carra
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
12:45 - 13:10
Room: Sala Gerace
13:10
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:10 - 14:25
14:25
Introduction to FLASH therapy.
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Maria Giuseppina Bisogni
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Introduction to FLASH therapy.
Maria Giuseppina Bisogni
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
14:25 - 14:50
Room: Second floor
14:50
IN VITRO SPARING EFFECT OF ULTRA HIGH DOSE RATE RADIOTHERAPY ON HPV-NEGATIVE HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA
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Noemi Giannini
(
University of Pisa
)
IN VITRO SPARING EFFECT OF ULTRA HIGH DOSE RATE RADIOTHERAPY ON HPV-NEGATIVE HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA
Noemi Giannini
(
University of Pisa
)
14:50 - 15:15
Room: Second floor
15:15
Across the radiation biophysical stages: a multiscale radiobiological model (MS-GSM2) for unravelling the FLASH effect
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Marco Battestini
(
University of Trento
)
Across the radiation biophysical stages: a multiscale radiobiological model (MS-GSM2) for unravelling the FLASH effect
Marco Battestini
(
University of Trento
)
15:15 - 15:40
Room: Second floor
15:40
Faster and accurate: probing the biochemical stage of radiation damage with the new TRAX-CHEMxt code
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Gianmarco Camazzola
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
Faster and accurate: probing the biochemical stage of radiation damage with the new TRAX-CHEMxt code
Gianmarco Camazzola
(
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
)
15:40 - 16:05
Room: Second floor
16:05
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:05 - 16:40
Room: Second floor
16:40
UHDP electron LINAC for research in FLASH therapy
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Damiano Del Sarto
(
Unit of Medical Physics, Pisa University Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana"
)
UHDP electron LINAC for research in FLASH therapy
Damiano Del Sarto
(
Unit of Medical Physics, Pisa University Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana"
)
16:40 - 17:05
Room: Second floor
17:05
Optimisation and setup for quantitative in vitro/vivo experiments with low energy UHDP electron in FLASH RT
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Luigi Masturzo
(
University of Pisa
)
Optimisation and setup for quantitative in vitro/vivo experiments with low energy UHDP electron in FLASH RT
Luigi Masturzo
(
University of Pisa
)
17:05 - 17:30
Room: Second floor
17:30
UHDP mini-beam beams with electrons, implementation and dosimetric characterization in FLASH therapy
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Jake Pensavalle
(
Unit of Medical Physics, Pisa University Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana"
)
UHDP mini-beam beams with electrons, implementation and dosimetric characterization in FLASH therapy
Jake Pensavalle
(
Unit of Medical Physics, Pisa University Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana"
)
17:30 - 17:55
Room: Second floor
20:30
Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:30 - 23:30
Friday 20 October 2023
10:00
The challenges of beam monitoring from particle therapy to FLASH therapy.
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Anna Vignati
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
The challenges of beam monitoring from particle therapy to FLASH therapy.
Anna Vignati
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Second floor
10:25
Monitoring Ultra High Dose Rate electron beams with silicon sensors: preliminary results
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Elisabetta Medina
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Monitoring Ultra High Dose Rate electron beams with silicon sensors: preliminary results
Elisabetta Medina
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
10:25 - 10:50
Room: Second floor
10:50
Scintillator-based dosimeters for FLASH radiotherapy
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Esther Ciarrocchi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Scintillator-based dosimeters for FLASH radiotherapy
Esther Ciarrocchi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
10:50 - 11:15
Room: Second floor
11:15
Technological challenges for dosimetry in FLASH radiotherapy
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Giuliana Giuseppina Milluzzo
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
Technological challenges for dosimetry in FLASH radiotherapy
Giuliana Giuseppina Milluzzo
(
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
)
11:15 - 11:40
Room: Second floor
11:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:40
Room: Second floor
16:30
Tour of Pisa
Tour of Pisa
16:30 - 18:30