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Francesca Gallivanone

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Study of reliability of TLDs for the photon dose mapping in reactor neutron fields for BNCT

2008

Abstract Photon dose measurements in radiation fields having the proper characteristics for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) present several troubles. The thermal neutron flux is very high and produces a significant contribution to the response of most dosimeters. The consistency of photon dose measurements with CaF 2 :Tm and LiF:Mg, Ti thermoluminescent dosimeters has been studied. A method is described for obtaining the gamma dose with TLD-700 and some results are presented to test its reliability.

PhysicsNeutron captureRadiationDosimeterRadiochemistryGamma rayDose profileNeutronThermoluminescent dosimeterRadiationInstrumentationNeutron temperatureRadiation Measurements
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A Graph-Based Method for PET Image Segmentation in Radiotherapy Planning: A Pilot Study

2013

Target volume delineation of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images in radiation treatment planning is challenging because of the low spatial resolution and high noise level in PET data. The aim of this work is the devel- opment of an accurate and fast method for semi-automatic segmentation of me- tabolic regions on PET images. For this purpose, an algorithm for the biological tumor volume delineation based on random walks on graphs has been used. Va- lidation was first performed on phantoms containing spheres and irregular in- serts of different and known volumes, then tumors from a patient with head and neck cancer were segmented to discuss the clinical applicability of this algo- rith…

Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle Informazionimedicine.diagnostic_testRadiotherapybusiness.industryComputer sciencemedicine.medical_treatmentGraph basedHead and Neck cancerImage segmentationGraphGraphRadiation therapySegmentationPETPositron emission tomographymedicineSegmentationComputer visionSegmentation Graph PET Head and Neck cancer RadiotherapyArtificial intelligenceRadiation treatment planningbusinessImage resolution
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