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Journal papers

2015

• "Differences in 3D dose distributions due to calculation method of voxel S-values and the influence of image blurring in SPECT", Massimiliano Pacilio, Ernesto Amato, Nico Lanconelli, Chiara Basile, Leonel Alberto Torres, Francesca Botta, Mahila Ferrari, Nestor Cornejo Diaz, Marco Coca Perez, Maria Fernandez, Michael Lassmann, Alex Vergara Gil and Marta Cremonesi, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 60, (2015) 1945-1964.
• "Quantitative comparison between the commercial software STRATOS by Philips and a homemade software for voxel-dosimetry in radiopeptide therapy", E. Grassi, F. Fioroni, V. Ferri, E. Mezzenga, M.A. Sarti, T. Paulus, N. Lanconelli, A. Filice, A. Versari, M. Iori, Physica Medica, Vol. 31, (2015) 72-79.
• "Semi-automated scar detection in delayed enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance images", Rita Morisi, Bruno Donini, Nico Lanconelli, James Rosengarden, John Morgan, Stephen Harden, Nick Curzen, International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computing and Physics, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1550011 (2015).

2014

• "Free software for performing physical analysis of systems for digital radiography and mammography", Bruno Donini, Stefano Rivetti, Nico Lanconelli and Marco Bertolini , Med. Phys., Vol. 41(5), 051903 (2014).
• "Intrafraction Prostate Translations and Rotations During Hypofractionated Robotic Radiation Surgery: Dosimetric Impact of Correction Strategies and Margins", Steven van de Water, Lorella Valli, Shafak Aluwini, Nico Lanconelli, Ben Heijmen, Mischa Hoogeman, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., Vol. 88(5), (2014) 1154-1160.

2013

• "Characterization of a clinical unit for digital radiography based on irradiation side sampling technology", S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, M. Bertolini, A. Nitrosi, A. Burani, Med. Phys., Vol. 40(10), (2013) 101902.
• "Investigation of the dose distribution for a cone beam CT system dedicated to breast imaging", N. Lanconelli, G. Mettivier, S. Lo Meo, P. Russo, Physica Medica, Vol. 29, (2013) 379-387.

2012

• "Scatter Correction in Cone-Beam Breast Computed Tomography: Simulations and Experiments", G. Mettivier, N. Lanconelli, S. Lo Meo, P. Russo, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 59, (2012) 2008-2019.
• "On the beam direction search space in computerized non-coplanar beam angle optimization for IMRT-prostate SBRT", L. Rossi, S. Breedveld, B. J. M. Heijmen, P. W. J. Voet, N. Lanconelli, S. Aluwini, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 57, (2012) 5441-5458.
• "Cone-beam breast computed tomography with a displaced flat panel detector array", G. Mettivier, P. Russo, N. Lanconelli, S. Lo Meo, Med. Phys., Vol. 39, (2012) 2805-2819.
• "A comparison of digital radiography systems in terms of effective detective quantum efficiency", M. Bertolini, A. Nitrosi, S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, P. Pattacini, V. Ginocchi, M. Iori, Med. Phys., Vol. 39, (2012) 2617-2627.
• "A free database of radionuclide voxel S values for the dosimetry of nonuniform activity distributions", N. Lanconelli, M. Pacilio, S. Lo Meo, F. Botta, A. Di Dia, L. A. Torres Aroche, M. A. Coca Perez, M. Cremonesi, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 57, (2012) 517-533.

2011

• "A new clinical unit for digital radiography based on a thick amorphous Selenium plate: Physical and psychophysical characterization", S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, M. Bertolini, D. Acchiappati, Med. Phys., Vol. 38, (2011) 4480-4488.
• "Comparison of different reconstruction methods for planar images in small gamma cameras", A. Cornelio, F. Gasperini, S. Lo Meo, N. Lanconelli, S. Moehrs, S. Marcatili, M.G. Bisogni, and A. Del Guerra, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 6, (2011) C01030.

2010

• "Evaluation of Scattering in Cone-Beam Breast Computed Tomography: A Monte Carlo and Experimental Phantom Study", G. Mettivier, P. Russo, N. Lanconelli, S. Lo Meo, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 57, (2010) 2510-2517.
• "Characterization of an In-Beam PET Prototype for Proton Therapy With Different Target Compositions", F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, S. Moehrs, V. Rosso, S. Vecchio, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, P. Lojacono, F. Romano, N. Lanconelli, A. Del Guerra, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 57, (2010) 1563-1569.
• "The importance of Monte Carlo simulations in modeling detectors for Nuclear Medicine", N. Lanconelli, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 80, (2010) 2109-2114.
• "Comparison of different computed radiography systems: Physical characterization and contrast detail analysis", S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, M. Bertolini, A. Nitrosi, A. Burani, D. Acchiappati, Med. Phys., Vol. 37, (2010) 440-448.

2009

• "Physical and Clinical Comparison between a Screen-Film System and a Dual-Side Reading Mammography-Dedicated Computed Radiography System", S. Rivetti, B. Canossi, R. Battista, N. Lanconelli, E. Vetruccio, C. Danielli, G. Borasi, P. Torricelli, Acta Radiologica, Vol. 10, (2009) 1109-1118.
• "SPEMT imaging with a dedicated VAoR dual-head camera: preliminary results", M Camarda, N Belcari, A Del Guerra, S Vecchio, P Bennati, M N Cinti, R Pani, R Campanini, E Iampieri and N Lanconelli, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 4, (2009) P10012.
• "A method to remove the projection error in triple-energy radiography with contrast medium", G. Baldazzi, N. Lanconelli, S. Masetti, M. Fiaschetti, M. Maccagnani, L. Roma, P.L. Rossi, G. Levi, C. Sbarra, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 610, (2009) 222-224.
• "Thermoregulation of silicon photomultipliers for space", G. Baldazzi, E. Foschi, G. Laurenti, G. Levi, C. Guandalini, N. Lanconelli, L. Quadrani, P. Rossi, C. Sbarra, M. Zuffa, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 610, (2009) 384-386.
• "Physical and psychophysical characterization of a novel clinical system for digital mammography", S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, M. Bertolini, G. Borasi, P. Golinelli, D. Acchiappati, and E. Gallo, Med. Phys., Vol. 36, (2009) 5139-5148.
• "Optical physics of scintillation imagers by GEANT4 simulations", S. Lo Meo, G. Baldazzi, P. Bennati, D. Bollini, V. O. Cencelli, M. N. Cinti, G. Moschini, N. Lanconelli, F. L. Navarria, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, A. Perrotta, F. Vittorini, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 607, (2009) 259-260.
• "A dual-modality ultrasound-gamma system: Monte Carlo simulations of the scintillation imager", S. Lo Meo, N. Lanconelli, F.L. Navarria, A. Perrotta, G. Baldazzi, D. Bollini, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, M.N. Cinti, P. Bennati, G. Moschini, P. Boccaccio, V. Orsolini-Cencelli, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 607, (2009) 256-258.
• "Differences among Monte Carlo codes in the calculations of voxel S values for radionuclide targeted therapy and analysis of their impact on absorbed dose evaluations", M. Pacilio, N. Lanconelli, S. Lo Meo, M. Betti, L. Montani, L. A. Torres Aroche, and M. A. Coca Perez, Med. Phys., Vol. 36, (2009) 1543-1552.
• "Development of a Multi-Energy CT for Small Animals: Characterization of the Quasi-Monochromatic X-Ray Source", S. Masetti, M. Fiaschetti, A. Turco, L. Roma, P.L. Rossi, M. Mariselli, N. Lanconelli, G. Baldazzi, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 56, (2009) 29-35.
• "A PET Prototype for "In-Beam" Monitoring of Proton Therapy", S. Vecchio, F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, M. Camarda, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, F. Di Rosa, N. Lanconelli, S. Moehrs, V. Rosso, G. Russo, A. Del Guerra, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 56, (2009) 51-56.
• "Computer-aided mass detection in mammography: False positive reduction via gray-scale invariant ranklet texture features", M. Masotti, N. Lanconelli, R. Campanini, Med. Phys., Vol. 36, (2009) 311-316.

2008

• "Preliminary results of an in-beam PET prototype for proton therapy", F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, M. Camarda, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, A. Del Guerra, F. Di Rosa, N. Lanconelli, V. Rosso, G. Russo, S. Vecchio, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 591, (2008) 296-299.
• "Experimental validation of the filtering approach for dose monitoring in proton therapy at low energy", F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, M. Camarda, A. Del Guerra, S. Moehrs, V. Rosso, S. Vecchio, N. Lanconelli, G.A.P. Cirrone, F. Di Rosa, G. Russo, Physica Medica, Vol. 581, (2008) 94-98.

2007

• "Experimental study of beam hardening artifacts in photon counting breast computed tomography", M.G. Bisogni, A. Del Guerra, N. Lanconelli, A. Lauria, G. Mettivier, M.C. Montesi, D. Panetta, R. Pani, M.G. Quattrocchi, P. Randaccio, V. Rosso, P. Russo, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 581, (2007) 94-98.
• "A single photon emission computer tomograph for breast cancer imaging", S. Vecchio, N. Belcari, P. Bennati, M. Camarda, R. Campanini, M.N. Cinti, A. Del Guerra, E. Iampieri, N. Lanconelli, R. Pani, L. Spontoni, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 581, (2007) 84-87.
• "Monte Carlo optimization of an industrial tomography system", A. Berdondini, M. Bettuzzi, D. Bianconi, R. Brancaccio, F. Casali, S. Cornacchia, A. Flisch, J. Hofmann, N. Lanconelli, M.P. Morigi, A. Pasini, A. Rossi, C. Sauerwein, M. Simon, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 580, (2007) 771-773.
• "CsI(Tl) Micro-Pixel Scintillation Array for Ultra-high Resolution Gamma-ray Imaging", M.N. Cinti, R. Scafe', R. Pellegrini, C. Trotta, P. Bennati, S. Ridolfi, N. Lanconelli, L. Montani, F. Cusanno, F. Garibaldi, J. Telfer, R. Pani, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 54, (2007) 469-474.
• "Optical link based readout system for Medipix2 quad X-ray detector", V. Fanti, R. Marzeddu, P. Randaccio, A. Aloisio, A. Del Guerra, N. Lanconelli, G. Mettivier, M.C. Montesi, R. Pani, P. Russo, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 576, (2007) 137-141.

2006

• "Comparison of different commercial FFDM units by means of physical characterization and contrast-detail analysis", S. Rivetti, N. Lanconelli, R. Campanini, M. Bertolini, G. Borasi, A. Nitrosi, C. Danielli, L. Angelini, S. Maggi, Med. Phys., Vol. 33, No 11 (2006) 4198-4209.
• "Principal component analysis of scintimammographic images", C. Bonifazzi, M.N. Cinti, G. De Vincentis, L. Finos, V. Muzzioli, M. Betti, N. Lanconelli, A. Tartari, R. Pani, Physica Medica, Vol. XXI, (2006) 91-93.
• "An Innovative CCD-Based High-Resolution CT System for Analysis of Trabecular Bone Tissue", F. Baruffaldi, M. Bettuzzi, D. Bianconi, R. Brancaccio, S. Cornacchia, N. Lanconelli, L. Mancini, M.P. Morigi, A. Pasini, E. Perilli, D. Romani, A. Rossi, F. Casali, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,, Vol. 53, No 5 (2006) 2584-2590.
• "A ranklet-based CAD for digital mammography", E. Angelini, R. Campanini, E. Iampieri, N. Lanconelli, M. Masotti, T. Petkov, M. Roffilli, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 4046, (2006) 340-346.
• "Testing the performances of different image representations for mass classification in digital mammograms", E. Angelini, R. Campanini, E. Iampieri, N. Lanconelli, M. Masotti, M. Roffilli, International Journal of Modern Physics C ,, Vol. 17, No 1 (2006) 113-131.

2004

• "A full Monte Carlo simulation of the YAP-PEM prototype for breast tumor detection", A. Motta, S. Righi, A. Del Guerra, N. Belcari, A. Vaiano, G. Di Domenico, G. Zavattini, R. Campanini, N. Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A,, Vol. 527, No 1-2 (2004) 201-205.
• "Custom Breast Phantom for an Accurate Tumor SNR Analysis", M.N. Cinti, R. Pani, F. Garibaldi, R. Pellegrini, M. Betti, N. Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, R. Campanini, G. Zavattini, G. DiDomenico, A. DelGuerra, N. Belcari, W. Bencivelli, A. Motta, A. Vaiano, I.N. Weinberg, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 51, No 1 (2004) 198-204.
• "A novel featureless approach to mass detection in digital mammograms based on support vector machines", R. Campanini, D. Dongiovanni, E. Iampieri, N. Lanconelli, M. Masotti, G. Palermo, A. Riccardi, M. Roffilli, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 49,No 6 (2004) 961-976.

2003

• "Tumor SNR Analysis in Scintimammography by Dedicated High Contrast Imager", M.N. Cinti, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, C. Bonifazzi, R. Scafe, G. De Vincentis, F. Garibaldi, F. Cusanno, R. Campanini, N. Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, A. Del Guerra, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 50, No 5 (2003) 1618-1623.
• "The role of compact PSPMT's for image quality enhancement in nuclear medicine", M.N. Cinti, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, F. Garibaldi, F. Cusanno, R. Campanini, N. Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, G. Zavattini, G. di Domenico, N. Belcari, W. Bencivelli, A. Motta, A. Vaiano, A. del Guerra, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 505, (2003) 599-603.
• "A dedicated system for breast cancer study with combined CT-SPECT modalities," A.Del Guerra, G.Di Domenico, A.Fantini, M.Gambaccini, L.Milano, N.Sabba, A.Taibi, A. Tartari, A.Tuffanelli, G.Zavattini, R.Pani, R.Pellegrini, A.Soluri, M.N.Cinti, A.Bevilacqua, D.Bollini, M.Gombia, N.Lanconelli, F.Arfelli, R.Longo, A.Olivo, S.Pani, P.Poropat, L.Rigon, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 497(1), (2003) 129-134.
• "Factors affecting cancer detectability in 99Tc MIBI scintimammography", R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, G. De Vincentis, M.N. Cinti, I.N. Weinberg, A. Soluri, A.M. Betti, F. Scopinaro, M. Marini, R. Massa, N. Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, F. Garibaldi, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, Vol. 497, (2003) 90-97.

2002

• "A Modular Description of the Geometry in Monte Carlo Modeling Studies for Nuclear Medicine", D.Bollini, R.Campanini, N.Lanconelli, A.Riccardi, M.Gombia, International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computing and Physics, Vol.13, No. 4 (2002) 465-476.

2001

• "Combined CT-SPECT tomography for breast cancer study," M.Gambaccini, G.Di Domenico, A.Fantini, N.Sabba, A.Tartari, A.Taibi, A.Tuffanelli, G.Zavattini, C.Baraldi, E.Casnati, R.Pani, R.Pellegrini, A.Soluri, M.N.Cinti A.Bevilacqua, D.Bollini, M.Gombia, N.Lanconelli, S.Pani, A.Olivo, L.Rigon, F.Arfelli, R.Longo, P.Poropat, A.Del Guerra, Physica Medica, Vol. XVII (4), (2001) 249-252.
• "A Distributed Genetic Algorithm for parameters optimization to detect microcalcifications in digital mammograms", A.Bevilacqua, R.Campanini, N.Lanconelli, Lect. Notes. Comput. Sci., Vol. 2037 (2001), p.278-287.
• "An SVM classifier to separate false signals from microcalcifications in digital mammograms", A.Bazzani, A.Bevilacqua , D.Bollini, R.Brancaccio, R .Campanini, N.Lanconelli, A. Riccardi, D.Romani, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 46 (6), (2001) 1651-1663. "(Awarded as one of the best six articles of "Physics in Medicine and Biology" for the year 2001.)"
• "Optimization of a detection method for microcalcifications in digital mammograms based on a distributed genetic algorithm on a cluster of workstation", A.Bevilacqua , R.Campanini, N.Lanconelli, International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computing and Physics, Vol.12, No. 1 (2001) 55-70.

2000

• "System for automatic detection of clustered microcalcifications in digital mammograms", A.Bazzani, A.Bevilacqua, D.Bollini, R.Brancaccio, R.Campanini, N.Lanconelli, D.Romani, International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computing and Physics, Vol.11, No. 5 (2000) 901-912.

1998

• "A new approach to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) image reconstruction using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)", A.Bevilacqua, D. Bollini,R. Campanini, N. Lanconelli, M. Galli, International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computing and Physics, Vol.9, No 1 (1998), 71-85.