An Intraoperative Beta−Probe for Cancer Surgery

Francesco Collamati is a particle physicist, who, since his Bachelor’s degree, has studied medical applications of particle physics. In particular, he focusses on Hadron therapy and the development of possible dosimetric techniques for application during the treatments. In his PhD at the Physics Department of Rome University Sapienza, he studied the development of an innovative Radio Guided Surgery Technique exploiting beta minus decays. He now holds a fellowship at Frascati INFN National Laboratories working on “Optimization of Interaction Regions for the Future Circular Collider @Cern”.

Introduction.- Radioguided Surgery.- The FLUKA Monte Carlo Code.- Design and Tests of the Probe.- Medical Applications.- Evaluation of Probe Performances.- Conclusion. 

"The book can be interesting for all the people interested in radio-guided surgery, including not only physicians but also physicists, mathematicians, and technologists." (Giuseppe Danilo Di Stasio and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 45, 2018)

“The book can be interesting for all the people interested in radio-guided surgery, including not only physicians but also physicists, mathematicians, and technologists.” (Giuseppe Danilo Di Stasio and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 45, 2018)