Medical Physics School Students

Roberta Ricciardi, M. Sc.,

Position	Medical Physics School
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Antonio Varallo, M. Sc.,

Position	Medical Physics School
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PhD Students

Laura Antonia Cerbone

Position	PhD Student
MCs Thesis Title	MediPROBE4: Timepix4 compact gamma camera for 3D coded aperture imaging
PhD Thesis Topic	Spectral Quantitative CT based on the use of Timepix4 to perform bone densitometry on astronauts. SPACE PhD program - Scuola Superiore Meridionale
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Master's Students

Antonio Zarrillo

Position	MSc Student
Thesis:	Studio di features radiomiche per l'identificazione di masse tumorali in immagini di tomosintesi digitale.
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Clemente Nocera

Position	MSc Student
Thesis:	Armonizzazione dei dati radiomici di immagini di DBT tramite l'utilizzo di un software di Deep Learning
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Rita Camilla Buono

Position	MScStudent
Thesis:	Minibeam radiation therapy for preclinical research: MC simulations and experimental validation
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Francesca Cesarano

Position	MSc Student
Thesis:
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Roberta Castriconi

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Article

Title	Authors	Journal	Year
Energy dependent calibration of XR-QA2 radiochromic film with monochromatic and polychromatic x-ray beams	F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, G. Tromba, N. Tomic, S. Devic and P. Russo	Medical Physics	2016
Combined SPECT/CT and PET/CT for breast imaging	P. Russo, M. Larobina, F. Di Lillo, S. Del Vecchio and G. Mettivier	Nuclear Instrument and Methods in in Physics Reserch Section A	2016
Glandilar dose in breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation	G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, F. Di Lillo, R. Longo, A. Sarno, G. Tromba and P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2016
Energy response of GR-200A thermoluminescence dosemeters to 60Co and to monoenergetic synchrotron radiation in the energy range 28-40 keV	F. Emiro, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Tromba and P. Russo	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2015
Use of XR-QA2 radiochromic films for quantitative imaging of a synchrotron radiation beam	F. Di Lillo, D. Dreossi, F. Emiro, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Mettivier, L. Rigon, P. Russo and G. Tromba	Journal of Instrumentation	2015

Conference Proceeding

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Presentations/Poster

Title	Authors	Conference	Year

Alumni

Francesca di Lillo, M. Sc., PhD

Now at:	ESRF, Grenoble, France
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Marica Masi, M. Sc.

Now at:	Post-graduate grant
Master Thesis:	Synchrotron radiation rotational radiotherapy: a new technique for breast cancer treatment
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Giuseppina Esposito, M. Sc.

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Master Thesis:	Evaluation of 3D printing materials for breast phantoms for phase contrast imaging
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Francesca di Franco, M. Sc.

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Master Thesis:	Propagation based phase contrast tomography with a microfocus X-ray tube for breast cancer diagnosis
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Federica Guida, M. Sc.

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Master Thesis:	Dose intercomparison at Italian hadrontherapy centers
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Francesca Buonanno, M. Sc.

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Master Thesis:	Rotational radiotherapy of breast cancer with orthovoltage X-ray beams
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Valentina Pirozzi Palmese, M. Sc.

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Master Thesis:	Synchrotron radiation rotational radiotherapy on the breast with microbeams
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Roberta Castriconi, M. Sc.

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Pasqualina Gallo, M. Sc.

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Chiara Feoli, M. Sc.

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Raffaele Tucciariello, M. Sc.

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Giovanni Mettivier, PhD

Position:	Associate Professor 02D1 - FIS07
Phone number:	+39 081 676137
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Giovanni Mettivier graduated in Physics (1998) at the University of Naples "Federico II". Since 1998 his scientific activity is entirely in the field of Medical Physics. In 2004 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medical Physics at the Faculty of Science, University of Naples, where since 2008 he is Aggregate Professor. Since 1998 he collaborates, also as principal investigator, to national projects in the field of digital mammography with photon counting detectors, digital autoradiography, SPECT small animal imaging, cone-beam phase-contrast CT dedicated to the breast. He is author of about 70 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals with 748 citations.

h-index:	Documents by author:	Total citations:
23	167	2073 by 989 documents

Article

Title	Authors	Journal	Year
Synchrotron radiation external beam rotational radiotherapy of breast cancer: proof of principle	F.Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, R. Castriconi, A. Sarno, A.W. Stevenson, C.J. Hall, D. Häusermann, P. Russo	Journal of Synchrotron Radiation	2018
Homogeneous vs. patient specific breast models for Monte Carlo evaluation of mean glandular dose in mammography	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier , F. Di Lillo, K. Bliznakova, I. Sechopoulos, P. Russo	Physica Medica	2018
Towards breast cancer rotational radiotherapy with synchrotron radiation	F. Di Lillo. G. Mettivier , A. Sarno, R. Castriconi , P. Russo	Physica Medica	2017
1st European Congress of Medical Physics September 14, 2016; Medical Physics innovation and vision within Europe and beyond	V. Tsapaki, G.C. Kagadis, M. Brambilla, M. Ciocca, C.H. Clark, H. Delis, G. Mettivier	Physica Medica	2017
Evaluation of a breast software model for 2D and 3D X-ray imaging studies of the breast	Y. Baneva, K. Bliznakova, L. Cockmartin, S. Marinov, I. Buliev, G. Mettivier, H. Bosmans, P. Russo, N. Marshall, Z. Bliznakov	Physica Medica	2017
Evaluation of dose homogeneity in cone-beam breast computed tomography	G. Mettivier, M. Costa, N. Lanconelli, A. Ianiro, M. Pugliese, M. Quarto, P. Russo	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2017
Evaluation of the BreastSimulator software platform for breast tomography	G. Mettivier, K. Bliznakova, I. Sechopoulos, J.M. Boone, F. Di Lillo, A. Sarno, R. Castriconi, P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2017
A Monte Carlo model for mean glandular dose evaluation in spot compression mammography	A. Sarno, D.R. Dance, R.E. Van Engen, K.C. Young, P. Russo, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, K. Bliznakova, B. Fei, I. Sechopoulos	Medical Physics	2017
Air kerma calculation in Monte Carlo simulations for deriving normalized glandular dose coefficients in mammography	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2017
Dose-response of EBT3 radiochromic films to proton and carbon ion clinical beams	R. Castriconi, M. Ciocca, A. Mirandola, C. Sini, S. Broggi, M. Schwarz, F. Fracchiolla, M. Martišíková, G. Aricò, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2017
A Monte Carlo study of monoenergetic and polyenergetic normalized glandular dose (DgN) coefficients in mammography	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, F. Di Lillo, P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2017
Imaging study of a phase-sensitive breast-CT system in continuous acquisition mode	P. Delogu, B. Golosio, C. Fedon, F. Arfelli, R. Bellazzini, A. Brez, F. Brun, F.D. Lillo, D. Dreossi, G. Mettivier, M. Minuti, P. Oliva, M. Pichera, L. Rigon, P. Russo, A. Sarno, G. Spandre, G. Tromba, R. Longo	Journal of Instrumentation	2017
Cone-beam micro computed tomography dedicated to the breast	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, F. Di Lillo, M. Cesarelli, P. Bifulco, P. Russo	Medical Engineering and Physics	2016
Survival fraction and phenotype alterations of Xenopus laevis embryos at 3Â Gy, 150Â kV X-ray irradiation	R. Carotenuto, M. Tussellino, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	2016
In-line phase-contrast breast tomosynthesis: A phantom feasibility study at a synchrotron radiation facility	K. Bliznakova, P. Russo, Z. Kamarianakis, G. Mettivier, H. Requardt, A. Bravin, I. Buliev	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2016
Imaging performance of phase-contrast breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation and a CdTe photon-counting detector	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, B. Golosio, P. Oliva, G. Spandre, F. Di Lillo, C. Fedon, R. Longo, P. Russo	Physica Medica	2016
Erratum: Glandular dose in breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation (Physics in Medicine and Biology (2016) 61 (2970-2971))	G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, F. Di Lillo, R. Longo, A. Sarno, G. Tromba, P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2016
Combined SPECT/CT and PET/CT for breast imaging	P. Russo, M. Larobina, F. Di Lillo, S. Del Vecchio, G. Mettivier	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment	2016
Towards breast tomography with synchrotron radiation at Elettra: first images	R. Longo, F. Arfelli, R. Bellazzini, U. Bottogli, A. Brez, F. Brun, A. Brunetti, P. Delogu, F. Di Lillo, D. Dreossi, V. Fanti, C Fedon, B. Golosio, N. Lanconelli, G. Mettivier, M. Minuti, P. Oliva, M. Pinchera, L. Rigon, P. Russo, A. Sarno, G. Spandre, G. Tromba and F. Zanconati	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2016
Energy dependent calibration of XR-QA2 radiochromic film with monochromatic and polychromatic x-ray beams	F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, G. Tromba, N. Tomic, S. Devic and P. Russo	Medical Physics	2016
Glandular dose in breast computed tomography with synchrotron radiation	G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, F. Di Lillo, R. Longo, A. Sarno, G. Tromba and P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2016
A software platform for phase contrast x-ray breast imaging research	K. Bliznakova, P. Russo, G. Mettivier, H. Requardt, P. Popov, A. Bravin and I. Buliev	Computer in Biology and Medicine	2015
GEANT4 for breast dosimetry: parameters optimization study	C. Fedon, F. Longo, G. Mettivier and R. Longo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2015
Energy response of GR-200A thermoluminescence dosemeters to 60Co and to monoenergetic synchrotron radiation in the energy range 28-40 keV	F. Emiro, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Tromba and P. Russo	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2015
Dedicated breast computed tomography: Basics aspects	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier and P. Russo	Medical Physics	2015
Use of XR-QA2 radiochromic films for quantitative imaging of a synchrotron radiation beam	F. Di Lillo, D. Dreossi, F. Emiro, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Mettivier, L. Rigon, P. Russo and G. Tromba	Journal of Instrumentation	2015
Energy response of GR-200A thermoluminescence dosemeters to ⁶⁰ Co and to monoenergetic synchrotron radiation in the energy range 28-40 keV	F. Emiro, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Tromba, P. Russo	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2014
Investigation of the dose distribution for a cone beam CT system dedicated to brest imaging	N. Lanconelli, G. Mettivier, S. Lo Meo and P. Russo	Physica Medica	2013
Cone-beam breast computed tomography with a displaced flat panel detector array	G. Mettivier, P. Russo, N. Lanconelli and S. Lo Meo	Medical Physics	2012
Scatter correction in cone-beam breast computed tomography: Simulation and experiments	G. Mettivier, N. lanconelli, S. Lo Meo and P. Russo	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science	2012
Signal-to-noise gain at variable randoms ratio in TOF PET	G. Mettivier, V. Tabacchini, M.Conti and P. Russo	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science	2012
Dedicated scanner for laboratory investigation on cone-beam CT/SPECT imaging of the breast	G. Mettivier, P. Russo, M. Cesarelli, R. Ospizio, G. Passeggio, L. Roscilli, G. Pontoriere, R. Rocco	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A	2011
Measurement of the MTF of a Cone-beam breast computed tomography laboratory scanner	G. Mettivier and P. Russo	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science	2011
Evaluation of a CdTe semiconductor based compact gamma camera for sentinel lynph node imaging	P. Russo, A.S. Curion, G. Mettivier, M. Esposito, M. Aurilio, C. Caracò, L. Aloj and S. Lastoria	Medical Physics	2011
¹⁴C autoradiography with an energy-sensitive silicon pixel detector	M. Esposito, G. Mettivier and P. Russo	Physics in Medicine and Biology	2011
Energy sensitive Timepix silicon detector for electron imaging	M. Esposito, J. Jakubek, G. Mettivier, S. Pospisil, P. Russo and J. Solc	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A	2011
Method for measuring the focal spot size of an x-ray tube using a coded aperture mask and a digital detector	P. Russo and G. Mettivier	Medical Physics	2011

Conference Proceeding

Title	Authors	Journal	Year
Performance of the MediPROBE compact gamma camera for coded aperture imaging	F. Di Lillo, V. Corvino, G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, P. Russo	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2016	2017
Volume dose distribution in digital breast tomosynthesis: A phantom study	M. Masi, F. Di Lillo, A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, R. Castriconi, P. Russo	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2016	2017
In-line phase contrast tomography of the breast with a dedicated micro-ct scanner	G. Mettivier, K. Bliznakova, A. Sarno, F.D. Lillo, R. Castriconi, P. Russo	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2016	2017
A framework for iterative reconstruction in phase-contrast computed tomography dedicated to the breast	A. Sarno, B. Golosio, P. Russo, F. Arfelli, R. Bellazzini, A. Brez, F. Brun, P. Delogu, F. Di Lillo, D. Dreossi, C. Fedon, R. Longo, G. Mettivier, P. Oliva, L. Rigon, G. Spandre, G. Tromba	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2016	2017
The effect of count statistics on the convergence value in OSEM reconstruction in PET and TOF PET	G. Mettivier, R. Salvati, M. Conti and P. Russo	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011	2012
Improvement in signal-to-noise ratio at variable random fraction in TOF PET	V. Tabacchini, G. Mettivier, M. Conti, P. Russo	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record	2010

Presentations/Poster

Title	Authors	Conference	Year
Development of a software tool for analysis of x-ray images: a case study in breast imaging	S. Marinov, I. Buliev, L. Cockmartin, H. Bosmans, Z. Bliznakov, G. Mettivier, P. Russo, K. Bliznakova	World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering 3-8 June 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.	2018
Evaluation of 3D printing materials for breast phantoms for phase contrast imaging	G. Esposito, G. Mettivier, K. Blisnakova, P. Russo, F. Di Lillo, A. Sarno, A. Bravin, I. Buliev, P. Ppopov, D. Ivanov	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy.	2018
Dose monitoring in synchrotron radiation breast computed tomography with radiochromic films	M. Masi, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, F. Arfelli, L. Brombal, S. Donato, C. Fedon, L. Rigon, P. Russo	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy.	2018
Radioterapia rotazionale del cancro al seno al kilovoltaggio con luce di sincrotrone: studio dosimetrico su fantoccio a 100 keV e 6 MeV	M. Masi, G. Mettivier, P. Russo, F. Di Lillo, A. Sarno, R. Calandrino, M. Cattaneo, F. Fiorino, L. Perna, R. Castriconi	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy.	2018
Normalized glandular dose coefficients in mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis and breast CT	A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, F. Di Lillo, P. Russo	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy.	2018
Dose intercomparison at European hadrotherapy centers	F. Guida, A. Barbato, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, M. Ciocca, E. Mastella, M. Liotta, P. Tarabelli De Fatis, M. Schwarts, S. Lorenzini, P. Cirrone, G. Petrigna, P. Russo	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy.	201 8
Synchrotron radiation microbeam rotational radiotherapy pf breast cancer: a Monte Carlo study	V. Pirozzi Palmese, A. Sarno, F. Di Lillo, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy	2018
Orthovoltage rotational breast radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo and experimental study	F. Buonanno, D. Di Lillo, A. Sarno, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	X National Meeting Associazione Italiana di Fisa Medica, 12-15 April 2018, Bari, Italy	2018
Development of a software tool for analysis of X-ray images: A case study in breast imaging	S. Marinov, I. Buliev, L. Cockmartin, H. Bosmans, Z. Bliznakov, G. Mettivier, P. Russo, K. Blisnakova	World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Enginering, 3-8 Giugno 2018, Prague, Czech Republic	2018
New dosimetric mode for XRMC: comparison of macroscopic quantity for reliability evaluation	G. Hoff, B. Golosio, V. Fanti, A. Brunetti, P. Oliva, G. Mettivier, E. Pilloni	World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Enginering, 3-8 Giugno 2018, Prague, Czech Republic	2018
Toward 4D micro-CT and radiotherapy of small animals using all-optical, ultrashort X-ray sources: feasibility stusy and preliminary experimental results	F. Baffigi, L. Fulgentini, L.A.Gizzi, P. Koester, L. Labate, D. Palla, D. Panetta, P.A. Salvadori, L. Pandola, P. Pisciotta, G. Russo, G. Mettivier, P. Russo	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
Breast cancer radiosurgery with a synchrotron radiation beam	G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, F. Di Lilo, M. Masi, P. Russo, R. Calandrino, Cattaneo, Fiorino, R. Castriconi, B. Golosio, A. Brunetti, V. Fanti, G. Hoff, G. Nicolini, C. Ceresa, G.A. Cavaletti	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
3D dose distribution in two clinical digital breast tomosynthesis units: a phantom study	G. Mettivier, A. Sarno, F. Di Lillo, H. Bosmans, L. Cockmartin, K. Bliznakova, P. Russo	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
Kilovoltage rotational radiotherapy with the Marix/BriXS source for partial breast irradiation	G. Mettivier, I Debrot, A. Bacci, V. Petrillo, M. Rosetti, A. Rossi, L. Serafini, R. Calandrino, C. Fiorino, G.M. Cattaneo, A. Sarno, F. Di Lillo, M. Masi, R. Castriconi, P. Russo	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
Computed-based platform for phase contrast breast imaging	K. Bliznakova, G. Mettivier, I. Buliev, P. Russo, Z. Bliznakov	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
Development of breast tumor models databse	K. Bliznakova, I. Buliev, G. Mettivier, P. Russo, H. Bosmann	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018
Measurements of the linear attenuation coefficients of breast tissues by synchrotron radiation computed tomography	L. Brombal, S. Donato, F. Arfelli, D. Bonazza, A. Contillo, P. Delogu, B. Golosio, G. Mettivier, P. Oliva, L. Rigon, A. Taibi, G. Tromba, F. Zanconati, R. Longo	European Congress of Medical Physics, 25-28 August 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark	2018


Image quality and radiation dose in propagation-based phase contrast mammography: a phantom study	G. Mettivier and P. Russo	20th International Conference of Medical Physics (1-4 September) Brighton, United Kingdom	2013

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