SINFONIA Research Results

Scientific Publications

We’re making our research findings available free of charge for readers and are providing open access to published papers and reports. The list will be updated as the project progresses.

T I T L E	A U T H O R (s)	J O U R N A L	D A T E	DOI
Deep learning‑based fully automated Z‑axis coverage range definition from scout scans to eliminate overscanning in chest CT imaging	Y. Salimi, I. Shiri, A. Akhavanallaf, Z. Mansouri, A. S. Manesh, A. Sanaat, M. Pakbin, D. Askari, S. Sandoughdaran, E. Sharifipour, H. Arabi and H. Zaidi	Insights into Imaging	6/11/2021	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01105-3
Determining Out-of-Field Doses and Second Cancer Risk From Proton Therapy in Young Patients—An Overview	M. Romero-Expósito, I. Toma-Dasu, A. Dasu	Frontiers in Oncology	31/05/2022	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.892078/full
Peripheral organ equivalent dose estimation procedure in proton therapy	C. Domingo, J.I. Lagares, M. Romero-Expósito, B. Sánchez-Nieto, J.J. Nieto-Camero, J.A. Terrón, L Irazola, A. Dasu, F. Sánchez-Doblado	Frontiers in Oncology	25/05/2022	https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.882476
Range shifter scattering contribution to the stray radiation field in proton therapy measured with a tissue-equivalent proportional counter	L. Eliasson, J. Lillhök, T. Bäck, R. Billnert-Maróti, A. Dasu, M. Liszk	Frontiers in Oncology	2/08/2022	https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.882230
Occupational radiation exposure assessment during the management of [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC	M. Riveira-Martin, L. Struelens, W. Schoonjans, I. Sánchez-Díaz, J. Muñoz Iglesias, Ó. Ferreira Dávila, F. J. Salvador Gómez, M. Salgado Fernández, A. López Medina	EJNMMI Physics	29/10/2022	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40658-022-00505-8
Deep Learning-based calculation of patient size and attenuation surrogates from localizer Image: Toward personalized chest CT protocol optimization	Y. Salimi, I. Shiri, A. Akhavanallaf, Z. Mansouri, A. Sanaat, M. Pakbin, M. Ghasemian, H. Arabi, H. Zaidi	European Journal of Radiology	10/11/2022	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2022.110602

Posters

T I T L E	A U T H O R (s)	C O N F E R E N C E	D A T E, P L A C E
Automatic Deep learning based calculation of water equivalent diameter from 2D CT localizer image	Y. Salimi, A. Akhavanallaf, I. Shiri, A. Sanaat, H. Arabi, H. Zaidi	Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference	16-23 October 2021, online
Comparison of low-distortion methods for calculating diffusion-related metrics in metastatic brain tumors and structures	M. Riveira Martin, A. Lopez Medina, A. Gonzalez Pose, A. Fernandez Gonzalez, F. Salvador Gomez, O. Miguel Vila Nieto, I. Nieto Regueira, V. Ochagavia Galilea, V. Manuel Muñoz Garzon	The European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)	6-10 May 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
Predictive value of dose metrics from 99mTc-MAA compared to 90Y SPECT/CT in Dosimetry-Guided Personalized SIRT of Hepatocellular Carcinoma	M. Riveira, A. Akhavanallaf, N. Bianchetto Wolf, Y. Salimi, I. Mainta, V. Garibotto, A. Lopez Medina, H. Zaidi	Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)	11-14 June 2022, Vancouver, Canada
Neutron dose equivalent increase due to range shifter in active proton therapy	M. Romero Expósito and A. Dasu	4th European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP)	17-20 August 2022, Dublin, Ireland
Validation of FACS-based analysis of γH2AX foci formation anddecay in human peripheral blood lymphocytes and U2OS cells	M. Płódowska, A. Węgierek-Ciuk1, A. Lankoff, P. Wołowiec, A. Wójcik, H. Lisowska	European Radiation Research Society (ERRS)	21-24 September 2022, Catania, Italy
Human and object tracking systems for computational dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine	D. Santiago Rondón, P. Lombardo, M. Abdelrahman, N. Bergans, F. Vanhavere, L. Struelens	European Radiation Protection Week (ERPW)	9-14 October 2022, Estoril, Portugal
SINFONIA field survey of staff dosimetry practice in proton therapy centers	M. De Saint-Hubert, A. Dasu, J. Damilakis, L. Struelens	European Radiation Protection Week (ERPW)	9-14 October 2022, Estoril, Portugal
Advancing continuous education in the radiology department: case example through a novel software that quantifies repeated scans in CT	N. Fitousi, T. Van Herpe, B. Arnaudovski, T. De Waelheyns, H. Bosmans, J. Jacobs	European Radiation Protection Week (ERPW)	9-14 October 2022, Estoril, Portugal
Head and Neck Cancer Overall Survival Prognostication Using Dosiomic Features and Random Survival Forest Algorithm	Z. Mansouri, Y. Salimi, M. Amini, G. Hajianfar, M. Oveisi, I. Shiri, H. Zaidi	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference	05-12 November 2022, Milan, Italy
Fully automated multi-organ segmentation in CT images via deep neural networks	Y. Salimi, I. Shiri, Z. Mansouri, H. Zaidi	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference	05-12 November 2022, Milan, Italy
Real-time Voxel-Wise Patient-specific Monte Carlo dose reconstruction in whole-body CT images using Deep Neural Networks	Y. Salimi, A. Akhavanallaf, Z. Mansouri, I. Shiri, H. Zaidi	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference	05-12 November 2022, Milan, Italy

Factsheets

Title	Author(s)	Date	Link
Factsheet on diagnostic radiology	J. Damilakis, J. Stratakis, M. Myronakis	30/10/2021	Leaflet
Factsheet on radiation therapy	A. Dasu, M. Riveira Martín, A. López Medina	30/10/2021	Leaflet
Factsheet on nuclear medicine	H. Zaidi, M. Riveira Martín, M. Salgado Fernández, K. Bacher	30/10/2021	Leaflet

Public deliverables

	Title	Date
D5.1	Requirements and design of the prototype architecture	31/12/2021
D3.6	Field survey of staff dosimetry practice in proton radiotherapy centres	28/02/2022
D6.1	Report on dosimetry, radiobiology and radiation protection education in the field of medical imaging and radiation oncology	30/04/2022