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1. A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications

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Grimani, Catia, Fabi, Michele, Sabbatini, Federico, Villani, Mattia, Calcagnile, Lucio, Caricato, Anna Paola, Catalano, Roberto, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, Croci, Tommaso, Cuttone, Giacomo, Dunand, Sylvain, Frontini, Luca, Ionica, Maria, Kanxheri, Keida, Large, Matthew, Liberali, Valentino, Martino, Maurizio, Maruccio, Giuseppe, Mazza, Giovanni, Menichelli, Mauro, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, Morozzi, Arianna, Moscatelli, Francesco, Pallotta, Stefania, Passeri, Daniele, Pedio, Maddalena, Petasecca, Marco, Petringa, Giada, Peverini, Francesca, Piccolo, Lorenzo, Placidi, Pisana, Quarta, Gianluca, Rizzato, Silvia, Stabile, Alberto, Talamonti, Cinzia, Wheadon, Richard James, Wyrsch, Nicolas, and Servoli, Leonello

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics
Abstract

The characteristics of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detector are presented here for monitoring in space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events up to hundreds of MeV. The a-Si:H presents an excellent radiation hardness and finds application in harsh radiation environments for medical purposes, for particle beam characterization and in space weather science and applications. The critical flux detection threshold for solar X rays, soft gamma rays, electrons and protons is discussed in detail., Comment: 32 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Experimental Astronomy

Published
2023

2. Timespot1: A 28nm CMOS Pixel Read-Out ASIC for 4D Tracking at High Rates

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Cadeddu, Sandro, Frontini, Luca, Lai, Adriano, Liberali, Valentino, Piccolo, Lorenzo, Rivetti, Angelo, Shojaii, Jafar, and Stabile, Alberto

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We present the first characterization results of Timespot1, an ASIC designed in CMOS 28 nm technology, featuring a $32 \times 32$ pixel matrix with a pitch of $55 ~ \mu m$. Timespot1 is the first small-size prototype, conceived to readout fine-pitch pixels with single-hit time resolution below $50 ~ ps_\text{rms}$ and input rates of several hundreds of kilohertz per pixel. Such experimental conditions will be typical of the next generation of high-luminosity collider experiments, from the LHC run5 and beyond. Each pixel of the ASIC includes a charge amplifier, a discriminator, and a Time-to-Digital Converter with time resolution indicatively of $22.6 ~ ps_\text{rms}$ and maximum readout rates (per pixel) of $3 ~ MHz$. To respect system-level constraints, the timing performance has been obtained keeping the power budget per pixel below $40 ~ \mu W$. The ASIC has been tested and characterised in the laboratory concerning its performance in terms of time resolution, power budget and sustainable rates. The ASIC will be hybridized on a matched $32 \times 32$ pixel sensor matrix and will be tested under laser beam and Minimum Ionizing Particles in the laboratory and at test beams. In this paper we present a description of the ASIC operation and the first results obtained from characterization tests concerning its performance.

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2022
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4. First Measurements on the Timespot1 ASIC: a Fast-Timing, High-Rate Pixel-Matrix Front-End

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Piccolo, Lorenzo, Cadeddu, Sandro, Frontini, Luca, Lai, Adriano, Liberali, Valentino, Rivetti, Angelo, and Stabile, Alberto

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This work presents the first measurements performed on the Timespot1 ASIC. As the second prototype developed for the TimeSPOT project, the ASIC features a 32x32 channels hybrid-pixel matrix. Targeted to space-time tracking applications in High Energy Physics experiments, the system aims to achieve a time resolution of 30 ps or better at a maximum event rate of 3 MHz per channel with a Data Driven interface. Power consumption can be programmed to range between $1.2W/cm^{2}$ and $2.6W/cm^{2}$. The presented results include a description of the ASIC operation and a first characterization of its performance in terms of time resolution.

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2022
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5. A 4D-tracker demonstrator based on the Timespot1, a CMOS 28-nm ASIC

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Addison, Matthew, Anderlini, Lucio, Cadeddu, Sandro, Cardini, Alessandro, Cossu, Gian Matteo, Da Via, Cinzia, Frontini, Luca, Garau, Michela, Lampis, Andrea, La Delfa, Luigi, Lai, Adriano, Loi, Angelo, Liberali, Valentino, Passaleva, Giovanni, Piccolo, Lorenzo, Stabile, Alberto, and Veltri, Michele

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2024
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6. TCAD modelling of a-Si:H devices for particle detection applications

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Passeri, Daniele, Morozzi, Arianna, Fabi, Michele, Grimani, Catia, Pallotta, Stefania, Sabbatini, Federico, Talamonti, Cinzia, Villani, Mattia, Calcagnile, Lucio, Caricato, Anna Paola, Martino, Maurizio, Maruccio, Giuseppe, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, Quarta, Gianluca, Rizzato, Silvia, Catalano, Roberto, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Petringa, Giada, Frontini, Luca, Liberali, Valentino, Stabile, Alberto, Croci, Tommaso, Ionica, Maria, Kanxheri, Keida, Menichelli, Mauro, Moscatelli, Francesco, Pedio, Maddalena, Peverini, Francesca, Placidi, Pisana, Tosti, Luca, Rossi, Giulia, Servoli, Leonello, Zema, Nicola, Mazza, Giovanni, Piccolo, Lorenzo, Wheadon, Richard, Antognini, Luca, Dunand, Sylvain, Wyrsch, Nicolas, Bashiri, Aishah, Large, Matthew, and Petasecca, Marco

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2024
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7. Characterization of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Sensors on Polyimide Flexible Substrate

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Menichelli, Mauro, primary, Antognini, Luca, additional, Aziz, Saba, additional, Bashiri, Aishah, additional, Bizzarri, Marco, additional, Calcagnile, Lucio, additional, Caprai, Mirco, additional, Caputo, Domenico, additional, Caricato, Anna Paola, additional, Catalano, Roberto, additional, Chilà, Deborah, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, additional, Croci, Tommaso, additional, Cuttone, Giacomo, additional, Cesare, Giampiero De, additional, Dunand, Sylvain, additional, Fabi, Michele, additional, Frontini, Luca, additional, Grimani, Catia, additional, Ionica, Maria, additional, Kanxheri, Keida, additional, Large, Matthew, additional, Liberali, Valentino, additional, Lovecchio, Nicola, additional, Martino, Maurizio, additional, Maruccio, Giuseppe, additional, Mazza, Giovanni, additional, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, additional, Morozzi, Arianna, additional, Moscatelli, Francesco, additional, Nascetti, Augusto, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Papi, Andrea, additional, Passeri, Daniele, additional, Pedio, Maddalena, additional, Petasecca, Marco, additional, Petringa, Giada, additional, Peverini, Francesca, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Placidi, Pisana, additional, Quarta, Gianluca, additional, Rizzato, Silvia, additional, Rossi, Giulia, additional, Sabbatini, Federico, additional, Servoli, Leonello, additional, Stabile, Alberto, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, Thomet, Jonathan Emanuel, additional, Tosti, Luca, additional, Villani, Mattia, additional, Wheadon, Richard J., additional, Wyrsch, Nicolas, additional, and Zema, Nicola, additional

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2024
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8. Characterization of a flexible a‐Si:H detector for in vivo dosimetry in therapeutic x‐ray beams

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Large, Matthew James, primary, Bashiri, Aishah, additional, Dookie, Yashiv, additional, McNamara, Joanne, additional, Antognini, Luca, additional, Aziz, Saba, additional, Calcagnile, Lucio, additional, Caricato, Anna Paola, additional, Catalano, Roberto, additional, Chila, Deborah, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, additional, Croci, Tomasso, additional, Cuttone, Giacomo, additional, Dunand, Sylvain, additional, Fabi, Michele, additional, Frontini, Luca, additional, Grimani, Catia, additional, Ionica, Maria, additional, Kanxheri, Keida, additional, Liberali, Valentino, additional, Maurizio, Martino, additional, Maruccio, Giuseppe, additional, Mazza, Giovanni, additional, Menichelli, Mauro, additional, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, additional, Morozzi, Arianna, additional, Moscatelli, Francesco, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Passeri, Daniele, additional, Pedio, Maddalena, additional, Petringa, Giada, additional, Peverini, Francesca, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Placidi, Pisana, additional, Quarta, Gianluca, additional, Rizzato, Silvia, additional, Sabbatini, Federico, additional, Servoli, Leonello, additional, Stabile, Alberto, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, Thomet, Jonathan Emanuel, additional, Tosti, Luca, additional, Villani, Mattia, additional, Wheadon, Richard James, additional, Wyrsch, Nicolas, additional, Zema, Nicola, additional, and Petasecca, Marco, additional

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2024
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10. A hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather applications

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Grimani, Catia, primary, Fabi, Michele, additional, Sabbatini, Federico, additional, Villani, Mattia, additional, Antognini, Luca, additional, Bashiri, Aishah, additional, Calcagnile, Lucio, additional, Caricato, Anna Paola, additional, Catalano, Roberto, additional, Chilà, Deborah, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, additional, Croci, Tommaso, additional, Cuttone, Giacomo, additional, Dunand, Sylvain, additional, Frontini, Luca, additional, Ionica, Maria, additional, Kanxheri, Keida, additional, Large, Matthew, additional, Liberali, Valentino, additional, Martino, Maurizio, additional, Maruccio, Giuseppe, additional, Mazza, Giovanni, additional, Menichelli, Mauro, additional, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, additional, Morozzi, Arianna, additional, Moscatelli, Francesco, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Passeri, Daniele, additional, Pedio, Maddalena, additional, Petasecca, Marco, additional, Petringa, Giada, additional, Peverini, Francesca, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Placidi, Pisana, additional, Quarta, Gianluca, additional, Rizzato, Silvia, additional, Stabile, Alberto, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, Thomet, Jonathan, additional, Tosti, Luca, additional, Wheadon, Richard James, additional, Wyrsch, Nicolas, additional, Zema, Nicola, additional, and Servoli, Leonello, additional

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2023
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11. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon high flux x-ray detectors for synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy

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Large, Matthew J, primary, Bizzarri, Marco, additional, Calcagnile, Lucio, additional, Caprai, Mirco, additional, Caricato, Anna Paola, additional, Catalano, Roberto, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe A P, additional, Croci, Tommaso, additional, Cuttone, Giacomo, additional, Dunand, Sylvain, additional, Fabi, Michele, additional, Frontini, Luca, additional, Gianfelici, Benedetta, additional, Grimani, Catia, additional, Ionica, Maria, additional, Kanxheri, Keida, additional, Lerch, Michael L F, additional, Liberali, Valentino, additional, Martino, Maurizio, additional, Maruccio, Giuseppe, additional, Mazza, Giovanni, additional, Menichelli, Mauro, additional, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, additional, Moscatelli, Francesco, additional, Morozzi, Arianna, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Papi, Andrea, additional, Passeri, Daniele, additional, Pedio, Maddalena, additional, Petringa, Giada, additional, Peverini, Francesca, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Placidi, Pisana, additional, Quarta, Gianluca, additional, Rizzato, Silvia, additional, Rossi, Alessandro, additional, Rossi, Giulia, additional, de Rover, Vincent, additional, Sabbatini, Federico, additional, Servoli, Leonello, additional, Stabile, Alberto, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, Tosti, Luca, additional, Villani, Mattia, additional, Wheadon, Richard J, additional, Wyrsch, Nicolas, additional, Zema, Nicola, additional, and Petasecca, Marco, additional

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2023
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13. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon high flux x-ray detectors for synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy

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Large, Matthew J., Bizzarri, Marco, Calcagnile, Lucio, Caprai, Mirco, Caricato, Anna Paola, Catalano, Roberto, Cirrone, Giuseppe A. P., Croci, Tommaso, Cuttone, Giacomo, Dunand, Sylvain, Fabi, Michele, Frontini, Luca, Gianfelici, Benedetta, Grimani, Catia, Ionica, Maria, Kanxheri, Keida, Lerch, Michael L. F., Liberali, Valentino, Martino, Maurizio, Maruccio, Giuseppe, Mazza, Giovanni, Menichelli, Mauro, Monteduro, Anna Grazia, Moscatelli, Francesco, Morozzi, Arianna, Pallotta, Stefania, Papi, Andrea, Passeri, Daniele, Pedio, Maddalena, Petringa, Giada, Peverini, Francesca, Piccolo, Lorenzo, Placidi, Pisana, Quarta, Gianluca, Rizzato, Silvia, Rossi, Alessandro, Rossi, Giulia, de Rover, Vincent, Sabbatini, Federico, Servoli, Leonello, Stabile, Alberto, Talamonti, Cinzia, Tosti, Luca, Villani, Mattia, Wheadon, Richard J., Wyrsch, Nicolas, Zema, Nicola, and Petasecca, Marco

Subjects
Synchrotron Radiation, dosimetry, Microbeam, high dose-rate, resolution, beam, hydrogenated amorphous silicon, protocol, Radiation Damage, damage
Abstract

Objective. Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is an alternative emerging radiotherapy treatment modality which has demonstrated effective radioresistant tumour control while sparing surrounding healthy tissue in preclinical trials. This apparent selectivity is achieved through MRT combining ultra-high dose rates with micron-scale spatial fractionation of the delivered x-ray treatment field. Quality assurance dosimetry for MRT must therefore overcome a significant challenge, as detectors require both a high dynamic range and a high spatial resolution to perform accurately. Approach. In this work, a series of radiation hard a-Si:H diodes, with different thicknesses and carrier selective contact configurations, have been characterised for x-ray dosimetry and real-time beam monitoring applications in extremely high flux beamlines utilised for MRT at the Australian Synchrotron. Results. These devices displayed superior radiation hardness under constant high dose-rate irradiations on the order of 6000 Gy s(-1), with a variation in response of 10% over a delivered dose range of approximately 600 kGy. Dose linearity of each detector to x-rays with a peak energy of 117 keV is reported, with sensitivities ranging from (2.74 & PLUSMN; 0.02) nC/Gy to (4.96 & PLUSMN; 0.02) nC/Gy. For detectors with 0.8 & mu;m thick active a-Si:H layer, their operation in an edge-on orientation allows for the reconstruction of micron-size beam profiles (microbeams). The microbeams, with a nominal full-width-half-max of 50 & mu;m and a peak-to-peak separation of 400 & mu;m, were reconstructed with extreme accuracy. The full-width-half-max was observed as 55 & PLUSMN; 1 & mu;m. Evaluation of the peak-to-valley dose ratio and dose-rate dependence of the devices, as well as an x-ray induced charge (XBIC) map of a single pixel is also reported. Significance. These devices based on novel a-Si:H technology possess a unique combination of accurate dosimetric performance and radiation resistance, making them an ideal candidate for x-ray dosimetry in high dose-rate environments such as FLASH and MRT.

Published
2023

18. A Pixel Read-Out Front-End in 28 nm CMOS with Time and Space Resolution

Author

Barbaro, Massimo, primary, Cadeddu, Sandro, additional, Casu, Luigi, additional, Canio, Francesco De, additional, Frontini, Luca, additional, Lai, Adriano, additional, Liberali, Valentino, additional, Napoli, Corrado, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Rivetti, Angelo, additional, Shojaii, Jafar, additional, Sonedda, Stefano, additional, Stabile, Alberto, additional, and Traversi, Gianluca, additional

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2019
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21. Listening understanding and acting (lung): focus on communicational issue in thoracic oncology

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Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne, primary, Rota, Alessandra, additional, Barbieri, Vito, additional, Bettini, Anna, additional, Bianco, Roberto, additional, Borra, Gloria, additional, Buffoni, Lucio, additional, Bulotta, Alessandra, additional, Carta, Annamaria, additional, Cortinovis, Diego, additional, Costanzo, Raffaele, additional, Cusmai, Antonio, additional, Danesi, Romano, additional, D’Argento, Ettore, additional, Del Conte, Alessandro, additional, Franchina, Tindara, additional, Gilli, Marina, additional, Gregorc, Vanesa, additional, Irtelli, Luciana, additional, Landi, Lorenza, additional, Malorgio, Francesco, additional, Mancuso, Gianfranco, additional, Martelli, Olga, additional, Mazzanti, Paola, additional, Melotti, Barbara, additional, Migliorino, Maria Rita, additional, Minotti, Vincenzo, additional, Montrone, Michele, additional, Morabito, Alessandro, additional, Roca, Elisa, additional, Romano, Giampiero, additional, Rossi, Antonio, additional, Savio, Giuseppa, additional, Tiseo, Marcello, additional, Boscardini, Ivano, additional, Piccolo, Lorenzo, additional, Pilotto, Sara, additional, and Malapelle, Umberto, additional

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2018
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23. Caratterizzazione di scintillatori organici per la rivelazione di neutroni termici

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Piccolo, Lorenzo, thesis supervisor: Bruno, Mauro, Piccolo, Lorenzo, and thesis supervisor: Bruno, Mauro

Abstract

La rivelazione dei neutroni gioca un ruolo fondamentale sia nel campo della fisica nucleare di base che in diversi ambiti applicativi quali la produzione di energia in reattori a fissione, la sicurezza nazionale alle frontiere, la terapia e la diagnostica mediche. Negli anni passati la rivelazione di neutroni di bassa energia (nell'intervallo termico) si è basata principalmente sull'utilizzo di contatori proporzionali a $^3$He. Il grosso vantaggio di questi strumenti è la loro quasi totale inefficienza nella rivelazione di radiazione elettromagnetica, consentendo una caratterizzazione pulita dei flussi neutronici di bassa energia, anche quando, come spesso succede, sono accompagnati da un intenso fondo di raggi X e raggi gamma. La scarsa disponibilità di $^3$He ed il conseguente incremento del suo costo hanno stimolato, negli ultimi anni, numerosi programmi di sviluppo di nuovi rivelatori per neutroni termici in grado di rimpiazzare i troppo costosi contatori a $^3$He. In questo contesto si sono sviluppati da una parte il progetto ORIONE/HYDE dell'Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), che punta allo sviluppo di scintillatori organici a matrice siliconica in grado di rivelare sia neutroni veloci che termici, dall'altra l'applicazione di tali sviluppi ad attività connesse con il Progetto SPES nell'ambito del PRIN intitolato Sviluppo di Rivelatori e tecniche d'analisi per la sperimentazione con i fasci radioattivi dei Laboratori Nazionali dell'INFN, con particolare riferimento a SPES. All'interno di una matrice scintillante organica (ricca quindi di nuclei di Idrogeno e Carbonio) opportunamente drogata per favorire il processo di scintillazione, viene disperso un ulteriore dopante ad alta sezione d'urto di cattura neutronica (tipicamente $^{10}$B o $^6$Li). Questo scintillatore risulta sensibile alla radiazione neutronica veloce che viene rivelata tramite i processi di urto elastico ed il successivo rinculo dei nuclei che causa l'emissione di luce di scintillaz

24. Caratterizzazione di scintillatori organici per la rivelazione di neutroni termici

Author

Piccolo, Lorenzo, thesis supervisor: Bruno, Mauro, Piccolo, Lorenzo, and thesis supervisor: Bruno, Mauro

Abstract

La rivelazione dei neutroni gioca un ruolo fondamentale sia nel campo della fisica nucleare di base che in diversi ambiti applicativi quali la produzione di energia in reattori a fissione, la sicurezza nazionale alle frontiere, la terapia e la diagnostica mediche. Negli anni passati la rivelazione di neutroni di bassa energia (nell'intervallo termico) si è basata principalmente sull'utilizzo di contatori proporzionali a $^3$He. Il grosso vantaggio di questi strumenti è la loro quasi totale inefficienza nella rivelazione di radiazione elettromagnetica, consentendo una caratterizzazione pulita dei flussi neutronici di bassa energia, anche quando, come spesso succede, sono accompagnati da un intenso fondo di raggi X e raggi gamma. La scarsa disponibilità di $^3$He ed il conseguente incremento del suo costo hanno stimolato, negli ultimi anni, numerosi programmi di sviluppo di nuovi rivelatori per neutroni termici in grado di rimpiazzare i troppo costosi contatori a $^3$He. In questo contesto si sono sviluppati da una parte il progetto ORIONE/HYDE dell'Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), che punta allo sviluppo di scintillatori organici a matrice siliconica in grado di rivelare sia neutroni veloci che termici, dall'altra l'applicazione di tali sviluppi ad attività connesse con il Progetto SPES nell'ambito del PRIN intitolato Sviluppo di Rivelatori e tecniche d'analisi per la sperimentazione con i fasci radioattivi dei Laboratori Nazionali dell'INFN, con particolare riferimento a SPES. All'interno di una matrice scintillante organica (ricca quindi di nuclei di Idrogeno e Carbonio) opportunamente drogata per favorire il processo di scintillazione, viene disperso un ulteriore dopante ad alta sezione d'urto di cattura neutronica (tipicamente $^{10}$B o $^6$Li). Questo scintillatore risulta sensibile alla radiazione neutronica veloce che viene rivelata tramite i processi di urto elastico ed il successivo rinculo dei nuclei che causa l'emissione di luce di scintillaz

25. Listening understanding and acting (lung): focus on communicational issue in thoracic oncology.

Author

Finocchiaro CY, Rota A, Barbieri V, Bettini A, Bianco R, Borra G, Buffoni L, Bulotta A, Carta A, Cortinovis D, Costanzo R, Cusmai A, Danesi R, D'Argento E, Del Conte A, Franchina T, Gilli M, Gregorc V, Irtelli L, Landi L, Malorgio F, Mancuso G, Martelli O, Mazzanti P, Melotti B, Migliorino MR, Minotti V, Montrone M, Morabito A, Roca E, Romano G, Rossi A, Savio G, Tiseo M, Boscardini I, Piccolo L, Pilotto S, and Malapelle U

Abstract

Background: In the field of oncological assistance, nowadays we have to deal with a complex scenario where patients got used to obtain a huge amount of information through internet or social media and to apply them in performing their health-related decisions. This landscape requires that clinicians become able to handle therapeutical approaches and adequate skills in communication tools to satisfy the current needs. Our project aimed to build a communication model based on clinical oncologists' real experiences in order to find a simple way to share with patients all the innovative therapeutical opportunities today available in lung cancer. The final goal is to design a flexible and personalized model adaptable to clinician's personal characteristics and to the specific patient he is facing. We applied both traditional educational tools and innovative techniques in order to make the results effective and applicable to support peer learning., Methods: The first step consisted in a Board synthesized the definition of the diagnostic process, the identification of treatment strategies and any potential communication barrier clinicians may face dealing with patients. The second step consisted in teamwork including a theoretical part and a training part. In the third step we produce five training videos and video interviews regarding communication praxis and a "Small communication manual". The last step consisted in the publication of the produced material on website and its diffusion through the social media., Results: In medicine, the universal application of a single model of communication does not represent the optimal solution. By contrary, the availability of simple and practical suggestions to improve the communicative style could allow clinicians to abandon stereotyped formulas identically repurposed to all patients. The "from bottom to top" training, starting from real-life to take advantage of the clinician's experience, give the clinicians the possibility to meditate about their own communicative style and to train in the context of a protected environment. Applying these rules, we design an effective communication model, based on healthcare humanization, which could represent a fundamental support for the patient in order to be gently driven by the clinician to the most appropriate therapeutical choice, balancing efficacy and quality of life. The relational training may improve the quality of clinician-patient communication and could be widespread to other clinicians through the media., Conclusions: Considering the innovative therapeutical options available, particularly for lung cancer patients, and the increasing access of health-related information through internet or social media the clinician-patient communication has become crucial to support the achievement of the most appropriate therapeutical choice for the patient, facing the intricate illness experience. Building a shareable and easy-to-apply communication model represents a challenge aimed to help clinicians and including technology not as a threat, but as a positive tool., Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tcr.2018.12.32). The series “Targeted Therapy and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A New Era?” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. UM served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare., (2019 Translational Cancer Research. All rights reserved.)

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2019
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