Current position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano (since February 2011)

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1 Marco Riboldi Department of Bioengineering Politecnico di Milano Via Golgi Milano - IT Phone: /9022 Fax: marco.riboldi@polimi.it Current position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano (since February 2011) 1. Education and training: Academic institution Title Date Politecnico di Milano PhD in Bioengineering May 2006 Politecnico di Milano Qualified Professional Engineer September 2004 Politecnico di Milano Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering April 2002 Liceo Scientifico Statale Paolo Frisi (Monza, MB) High School Diploma July Research appointments at national and international institutions: Research Institution Title Date Department of Bioengineering Post-doctoral fellow February 2008 January 2011 Harvard Medical School Massachuetts General Hospital Research Fellow April 2007 February 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Post-doctoral fellow January 2007 January 2008 Nuclear Science and Engineering Department of Bioengineering Post-doctoral fellow April 2006 December 2006 PhD student in Bioengineering March 2003 Department of Bioengineering Centro di Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano, don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation February 2006 Research assistant September 2002 February

2 3. Teaching: Academic institution Course Role Academic Year Computer Science Engineering Biomedical Technologies and Instrumentation Master Degree Course Teacher from 2010/2011 Department of Bioengineering Department of Bioengineering Università di Milano, Medical Radiology Techniques for Imaging and Radiotherapy Department of Bioengineering Department of Bioengineering Bioelectromagnetism and Biomedical Instrumentation Bachelor Degree Course Methods for Biomedical Images and Computer Aided Surgery Master Degree Course Electric Measurement and Electronics Bachelor Degree Course Tecnologies for Computer Aided Surgery Master Degree Course Foundations of Electronic Bioengineering Bachelor Degree Course Teaching assistant Teaching assistant from 2009/2010 to 2010/ /2010 Teacher from 2008/2009 to 2010/2011 Teaching assistant Teaching assistant from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009 from 2003/2004 to 2008/ Research interests Development and clinical application of technologies, methods and algorithms for patient setup control and real-time 3D tumor targeting in high precision radiation therapy Participation to funded projects: My First AIRC Grant (MFAG 2011): Validation of real time tumor tracking models with fourdimensional magnetic resonance imaging 2011 Principal Investigator Veronesi Foundation 4D tumor targeting in image guided radiotherapy of lung cancer Principal Investigator: Prof. R. Orecchia ULICE: Union of Ligth Ion Centers in Europe FP-7 Infrastructure , WP3 - subtask 2 - motion monitoring 2009/ Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni ENVISION: European NoVel Imaging Systems for in vivo monitoring and quality control in ION beam therapy - FP-7 Health-2009, WP4 - In vivo dosimetry of moving target volumes 2010/ Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Young Bioengineers Project Development of protocols for the analysis of the mechanical properties of dynamic systems through high speed cameras 2008 Responsabile di progetto ATREP CAPP acceptance testing and clinical procedures Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni 2

3 ATREP Computer Aided Positioning in Protontherapy (CAPP) Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Rocca Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowhip 2007 Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Rocca Foundation Seed Funds 2006 Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Rocca Foundation Seed Funds 2006 Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Young Bioengineers Project Modeling and prediction of psotate motion in external beam radiotherapy 2006 Principal Investigator C.A.P.H. - Computer Aided Positioning in Hadrontherapy Phase I Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Phase II Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Phase III Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Renewal Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni Renewal 2009/ Principal Investigator: Prof. G. Baroni PRIN Extra-cranial stereotactic radiosurgery with PET-TC multi-modal imaging and real-time opto-electronic respiratory gating Principal Investigator: Prof. A. Pedotti. Collaborations: CNAO Foundation Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica, Pavia European Institute of Oncology Radioterapy Division, Milano European Institute of Oncology Nuclear Medicine Division, Milano Borgo Trento Hospital Medical Physics, Verona Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston (MA) ENLIGHT European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research Darmstadt (D) Leon Berard Cancer Centre Lyon (F) Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT) Heidelberg (D) MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Imaging Physics, Houston (TX) 5. Patents 1. A. Fassi, M. Riboldi, C. F. Forlani, G. Baroni, Dispositivo per il monitoraggio della posizione e dei movimenti dell occhio, particolarmente adatto per la radioterapia oculare. Data di pubblicazione: National Patent (application number: VR2011A000201) 2. G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, P. Patete, "Sistema e metodo per la scansione avanzata e la simulazione della deformazione di superfici". Publication date: PCT International Patent (2011). 3

4 6. Scientific publications at international level Book chapters 1. A.E. Torshabi, M. Riboldi, A. Pella, A. Negarestani, M. Rahnema, Baroni (2012) A clinical application of fuzzy logic, in Fuzzy Logic - Emerging Technologies and Applications, In- Tech, pp ISBN: M. Riboldi, M. Seregni, A. Pella, A.E. Torshabi, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2011) Real-time tumor targeting in external beam radiotherapy, in Brain cancer, Tumor Targeting and Cervical Cancer, Nova Science Publisher, pp ISBN: Peer reviewed ISI international journals 1. J. Schaerer, A. Fassi, M. Riboldi, P. Cerveri, G. Baroni, D. Sarrut (2012) Multi-dimensional respiratory motion tracking from markerless optical surface imaging based on deformable mesh registration. Phys Med Biol Jan 21;57(2): M. Seregni, A. Pella, M. Riboldi, R. Orecchia, P. Cerveri, G. Baroni (2011) Real-time tumor tracking with an artificial neural networks-based method: A feasibility study. Phys Med Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] 3. B. Tagaste, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, S. Bellante, G. Baroni, R. Cambria, C. Garibaldi, M. Ciocca, G. Catalano, D. Alterio, R. Orecchia (2011). Comparison Between Infrared Optical and Stereoscopic X-ray Technologies for Patient Setup in Image Guided Stereotactic Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys May 21. [Epub ahead of print] 4. A. Pella, R. Cambria, M. Riboldi, B.A. Jereczek-Fossa, C. Fodor, D. Zerini, A.E. Torshabi, F. Cattani, C. Garibaldi, G. Pedroli, G. Baroni, R. Orecchia (2011). Use of machine learning methods for prediction of acute toxicity in organs at risk following prostate radiotherapy. Med Phys Jun;38(6): M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, M. Riboldi, E. Preve, D. Alterio, G. Piperno, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti, G. Baroni (2011) Intra-fraction setup variability: IR optical localization vs. X-ray imaging in a hypo-fractionated patient population. Radiat Oncol Apr 15;6(1):38. ISSN X. 6. C. Gianoli, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, L.L. Travaini, M. Ferrari, R. Mei, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2011) A multiple points method for 4DCT image sorting. Med. Phys. 38, ISSN A.E. Torshabi, A. Pella, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni (2010). Targeting accuracy in real-time tumor tracking via external surrogates: a comparative study. Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 9, ISSN M.F. Spadea, M. Peroni, E. Preve, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G.T. Chen, G.C. Sharp (2010) Uncertainties in lung motion prediction relying on external surrogate: a 4DCT study in regular vs. irregular breathers. Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 9, ISSN R. McGurk, J. Seco, M. Riboldi, J. Wolfgang, P. Segars, H. Paganetti (2010) Extension of the NCAT phantom for the investigation of intra-fraction respiratory motion in IMRT using 4D Monte Carlo. Phys. Med. Biol. 55, ISSN M. Riboldi, G.C. Sharp, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen (2009) Four-dimensional targeting error analysis in image guided radiotherapy. Phys. Med. Biol. 54, ISSN P. Patete, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Catanuto, A. Spano, M. Nava, G. Baroni (2009) Motion compensation in hand-held laser scanning for surface modeling in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 37, ISSN M. Riboldi, D.P. Gierga, G.T.Y. Chen, G. Baroni (2009) Accuracy in breast shape alignment with 3D surface fitting algorithms. Med. Phys. 36, ISSN

5 13. M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, R. Luraschi, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, G. Catalano, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2008) Benefits of six degrees of freedom for optically driven patient set-up correction in SBRT. Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 7, ISSN M. Riboldi, G.T.Y. Chen, G. Baroni, H. Paganetti, J. Seco (2008) Design and testing of a simulation framework for dosimetric motion studies integrating an anthropomorphic computational phantom into four-dimensional Monte Carlo. Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 7, ISSN D.P. Gierga, M. Riboldi, J.C. Turcotte, G.C. Sharp, S.B. Jiang, A.G. Taghian, G.T.Y. Chen (2008) Comparison of target registration errors for multiple image-guided techniques in accelerated partial breast irradiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.70, ISSN M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Cambria, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2007) Genetic evolutionary taboo search for optimal marker placement in infrared patient setup. Phys. Med. Biol. 52, ISSN G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2007) Integration of enhanced optical tracking techniques and imaging in IGRT. J. Radiat. Res. 48 (Suppl A), A61-A74. ISSN M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Patient set-up verification by infrared optical localization and body surface sensing in breast radiation therapy. Radiother. Oncol. 79, ISSN M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, M.F. Spadea, F. Bassanini, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Robust frameless stereotactic localization in extra-cranial radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 33, ISSN I. Frosio, M. Spadea, E. De Momi, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G. Ferrigno, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) A neural network based method for optical patient set-up registration in breast radiotherapy. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 34, ISSN G. Baroni, C. Garibaldi, M. Riboldi, M. Spadea, G. Catalano, B. Tagaste, G. Tosi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) 3D optoelectronic analysis of interfractional patient setup variability in frameless extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 64, ISSN M. Riboldi, Baroni G., Orecchia R., A. Pedotti (2004) Enhanced surface registration techniques for patient positioning control in breast cancer radiotherapy. Technol. Cancer. Res. Treat. 3, ISSN G. Baroni, C. Garibaldi, M. Scabini, M. Riboldi, G. Catalano, G. Tosi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2004) Dosimetric effects within target and organs at risk of interfractional patient mispositioning in left breast cancer radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 59, ISSN G. Baroni, A. Troia, M. Riboldi, R. Orecchia, G. Ferrigno, A. Pedotti (2003) Evaluation of methods for opto-electronic body surface sensing applied to patient position control in breast radiation therapy. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 41, ISSN Conference abstracts and proceedings 1. M. Riboldi, C. Gianoli, F. Pennati, G. Fattori, A. Pella, M. Seregni, C. Cavedon, A. Aliverti, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2011) Toward functional based 4D treatment planning and real-time tumor tracking. 4D Treatment Planning Workshop, December 13-14, 2011, Pavia, Italy, p M. Riboldi, A. Pella, G. Fattori, B. Tagaste, M. Desplanques, G. Baroni, R. Orecchia (2011) Integration of IGRT and optical tracking technologies in particle therapy. IGRT 2011 Workshop, December 6-7, 2011, Salzburg, Austria, p

6 3. A. Pella, M. Riboldi, M. Seregni, A. E. Torshabi, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2011) Preliminary study of a novel external-internal correlation model for motion mitigation in particle therapy. Proceedings of the 50 Annual Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co- Operative Group, May , Philadelphia (PA), pp.28. PTCOG 50, p M. Seregni, A. Pella, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni (2011) Development and validation of a prototypal neural networks-based tumor tracking method. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. EMBC 2011, Aug 30-Sept 3, 2011, Boston, MA, p C. Gianoli, G. Fontana, M. Riboldi, C. Cavedon, G. Baroni (2011) Enhanced 4D PET optimization based on 4D CT motion modeling. Radiother Oncol. 99 (Suppl 1), S67-S68. ISSN A. Fassi, J. Schaerer, M. Riboldi, D. Sarrut, G. Baroni (2011) A novel CT-based contrast enhancement technique for markerless lung tumor tracking in X-ray projection images. Radiother Oncol. 99 (Suppl 1), S217. ISSN M. Peroni, C. Paganelli, M.F. Spadea, M. Riboldi, S. Comi, D. Alterio, J. Seco, G.C. Sharp, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2011) Generation of virtual daily planning CT for adaptive radiotherapy in head and neck cancer. Radiother Oncol. 99 (Suppl 1), S444. ISSN J. Schaerer, A. Fassi, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, D. Sarrut (2011) Time-consistent parametrization from dynamic optical surface detection for respiratory motion recovery in radiation oncology. Radiother Oncol. 99 (Suppl 1), S454. ISSN M. Riboldi, C. Gianoli, A.E. Torshabi, A. Pella, G. Baroni (2010) Breathing phase detection and motion monitoring for 4D treatment planning and delivery. 4D Treatment Planning Workshop, December 9-10, 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, p P. Patete, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni (2010) Integrated 3D body scanner with real-time compensation of breathing movement artifacts. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies 2010, October 19-20, 2010, Lugano, Switzerland, p A.E. Torshabi, M. Riboldi, A. Pella, G. Baroni (2010) The Effect of Moving Targets on the Applied Dose Distribution in Conventional Proton Therapy vs. IMPT; a Monte Carlo simulation Study. Int. J. Radiat. Biol., in press. 12. A.E. Torshabi, M. Riboldi, A. Pella, G. Baroni (2010) A fuzzy prediction model approach for real time tumor tracking in radiotherapy. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Radiation Research Society, September 5-9, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, p M. Riboldi, C. Gianoli, M.F. Spadea, L.L. Travaini, M. Ferrari, R. Orecchia, C. Cavedon, G. Baroni (2010) Virtual 4D-PET acquisition by means of deformable image registration: a feasibility study. Radiother Oncol. 96 (Suppl 1), S391-S392. ISSN M. Peroni, M.F. Spadea, M. Riboldi, J. Seco, G. Sharp, S. Comi, E. Rondi, D. Zerini, D. Alterio, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2010) Automatic contour propagation between planning computed tomography (CT) and cone beam ct (CBCT) scan for in-room adaptive planning: a feasibility study on nasopharyngeal cancer patients. Med. Phys. 37, 3187 (2010). DOI: / A. Pella, M. Riboldi, A. Pedotti, G. Baroni (2010) Design of a 4D breathing phantom for motion tracking studies in extra-cranial particle therapy. Proceedings of the 49 Annual Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group, May , Gunma (J), pp C. Gianoli, M. Riboldi, E. Preve, L.L. Travaini, M.E. Ferrari, F. Cattani, D. Alterio, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2010) Data mining techniques applied to 4DCT image sorting. Conferences proceedings XVIth International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Amsterdam (NL), May 31st- June 4 th 2010, ISBN:

7 17. M.F. Spadea, P. Zaffino, M. Peroni, M. Riboldi, G. Sharp, G. Baroni (2010) Quantitative evaluation of a deformable registration toolkit. Conferences proceedings XVIth International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Amsterdam (NL), May 31st- June 4th 2010, ISBN: M. Riboldi, A. Pella, B. Tagaste, G. Baroni, M. Ciocca, S. Rossi, R. Orecchia (2009) Installation and testing of a newly designed patient setup and monitoring system for particle beam therapy. Proceedings of the 48 Annual Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group, September 28 October , Heidelberg. p. 91. DOI /09ptcog R. Cambria, A. Pella, B.A. Jereczek-Fossa, D. Zerini, C. Fodor, G. Baroni, M. Ciceri, C. Garibaldi, F. Cattani, F. Serafini, M. Riboldi, G. Pedroli, A, Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2009) Use of artificial neural networks to predict acute rectal toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for prostate carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 92 (Suppl 1), S37. ISSN R. Cambria, A. Pella, B. Jereczek-Fossa, D. Zerini, C. Fodor, F. Serafini, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, M. Ciceri, M.F. Spadea, P. Patete, C. Garibaldi, F. Cattani, O. de Cobelli, G. Pedroli, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2009) Reti neurali artificiali per lo studio della tossicità acuta dopo radioterapia per il trattamento del carcinoma prostatico, Proceedings del XIX Congresso Nazionale della Società di Urologia Oncologica, p P. Patete, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Catanuto, A. Spano, M. Nava, G. Baroni (2009) A novel dynamic approach to surgical outcome assessment in breast reconstructive surgery. Int J CARS 4, S114-S115. ISSN M. Riboldi, M. Seregni, G.C. Sharp, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen (2009) Targeting accuracy in real-time tumor tracking via external surrogates: a retrospective clinical study, Med. Phys. 36, ISSN M. Riboldi, M. Catalano, G. Baroni, M. Ciocca, S. Rossi, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2009) Digital tomosynthesis for patient setup verification in hadrontherapy: a feasibility study. Radiother Oncol. 92 (Suppl 1), S62. ISSN M. Peroni, M.F. Spadea, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen, G.C. Sharp (2009) Validation of an automatic contour propagation method for lung cancer 4D adaptive radiation therapy, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Proceedings, p ISBN M. Peroni, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, B. Tagaste, E. Preve, E. Rondi, S. Comi, C. Garibaldi, D. Alterio, D. Zerini, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2009) Merging and non-rigid registration of CBCTs for large field adaptive radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal cancer. Radiother Oncol. 92 (Suppl 1), S164-S165. ISSN M. Peroni, J. Stancanello, A. Muacevic, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G.C. Sharp, G. Baroni (2009) Feasibility Study of B-Spline Deformable Registration between CT and MRI Atlas for Trigeminal Neuralgia Application to Radiosurgery. World Congress of medical physics and biomedical engineering 2009 September (vol. 25). pp ISBN/ISSN: / A. Pella, R. Cambria, B.A. Jereczek-Fossa, D. Zerini, C. Fodor, F. Serafini, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, M. Ciceri, M.F. Spadea, P. Patete, M. Peroni, F. Cattani, C. Garibaldi, G. Pedroli, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2009) Feasibility Study of the Use of Artificial Neural Networks in Predicting Acute Rectal and Urinary Bladder Toxicity Following Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy. World Congress of medical physics and biomedical engineering 2009 September (vol. 25). pp ISBN/ISSN: / R. McGurk, M. Riboldi, J. Seco, H. Paganetti, J. Wolfgang, G. Chen (2008) Impact of tumor motion and size in the irradiation of moving tumors in step-and-shoot IMRT: A NCAT based 4D Monte Carlo simulation study. Med. Phys. 35, ISSN M.F. Spadea, M. Peroni, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen, G. Sharp (2008) Analysis of 4D CT cine images for the characterization of organ motion due to breathing. Proceedings of 7

8 the First International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis, p , MICCAI, New York, Sep ISBN M. Spadea, B. Tagaste, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, C. Garibaldi, G. Catalano, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2008) Intrafraction set-up variability in SBRT patients monitored by IR optical localizer and kv X-ray images. Med. Phys. 35, ISSN M. Riboldi, H. Lu, G. Baroni, G. Chen (2008) Interactive medulloblastoma patient setup with real-time surface imaging. Med. Phys. 35, ISSN M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, M.F. Spadea, M. Ciocca, S. Rossi, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia (2008) Design of an automatic patient setup and on-line verification system for particle beam therapy. Proceedings del I Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria, 3-5 Luglio 2008, Pisa. ISBN P. Patete, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Catanuto, A. Spano, M. Nava, G. Baroni (2007) Hand-held laser scanner for 4-D anatomical surface modeling. International Journal CARS, 2 (Suppl1), S283-S285. ISSN MF. Spadea, E. Cremaschi, C. Vigorelli, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni (2007) A phantom study on a neural algorithm for patient position optical verification in breast cancer radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 84 (Suppl 1), S51. ISSN M.F. Spadea, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen, G.C. Sharp (2007) Correlation analysis between external and internal motion based on 4D-CT data. Conferences proceedings The Radiotherapy Dynamic vol 2. p: , XVth International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Toronto (ON), June M.F. Spadea, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G.T.Y. Chen, G. Sharp (2007) A feature matching approach for the automatic correlation of internal and external motion in lung tumors. Med. Phys. 34, ISSN M. Spadea, M. Riboldi, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, G. Catalano, M. Fiore, D. Zerini, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti, G. Baroni (2007) Assessment of Target Registration Error (TRE) in Extra-Cranial Radiotherapy Patient Setup Guided by the ExacTrac X-ray 6D System. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (Suppl), S684. ISSN M. Riboldi, L.N. Book, G.T.Y. Chen, A.G. Taghian, G. Baroni, D.P. Gierga (2007) Quantitative assessment of surface deformation in accelerated partial breast irradiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (Suppl), S669. ISSN M. Riboldi, J. Leong, D. Gierga, J. Willins, G. Chen (2007) 2D vs. 3D video based technologies for image guided breast setup. Radiother Oncol. 84 (Suppl 1), S51-S52. ISSN M. Riboldi, G.T.Y. Chen, J. Wolfgang, H. Suit, G. Baroni, H. Paganetti, J. Seco (2007) Dosimetric impact of motion mitigation strategies in the irradiation of moving tumors: a 4D Monte Carlo simulation study. Med. Phys. 34, ISSN M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, R. Luraschi, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Benefits of 6-dofs couch in automatic patient position correction: a retrospective analysis in extra-cranial radiotherapy on a 90 patient population. Radiother. Oncol. 81 (Suppl 1), S433-S434. ISSN M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, G. Baroni, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Genetic Evolutionary Taboo Search: A Novel Approach for Optimal Marker Placement in Infrared Patient Positioning. Med. Phys. 33, ISSN M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, P. Fossati, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Implementation of FEM simulation techniques for organ motion modelling in prostate cancer radiotherapy. Radiother. Oncol. 81 (Suppl 1), S97-S98. ISSN G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2006) Integration of Enhanced Optical Tracking Techniques and Imaging in IGRT. NIRS- CNAO Joint Symposium on Carbon Ion Radiotherapy, Milano, November 27-28,

9 45. D.P. Gierga, J.C. Turcotte, M. Riboldi, G.C. Sharp, S.B. Jiang, G.T.Y. Chen (2006) Comparison of target registration errors for multiple modalities in image-guided partial breast irradiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 66 (Suppl), S103-S104. ISSN D.P. Gierga, J.C. Turcotte, G.C. Sharp, M. Riboldi, A. Franke, S.B. Jiang, G.T.Y. Chen (2006) Uncertainties in Target Volume Surrogates in Image Guided External Beam Partial Breast Irradiation. Med. Phys. 33, ISSN C. Garibaldi, B. Tagaste, G. Catalano, R. Cambria, G. Baroni, M. Ciocca, G. Piperno, M. Riboldi, M.R. Fiore, R. Orecchia (2006) Compensation of set-up errors in extra.cranial stereotactic treatments using a 6 degree of freedom robotic couch. Radiother. Oncol. 81 (Suppl 1), S138. ISSN M.F. Spadea, I. Frosio, E. De Momi, M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, G. Ferrigno, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2005) An artificial neural networks algorithm for patient positioning in breast cancer radiotherapy. Proc. of the 3 rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, November 20-25, ISSN M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, A. Pedotti (2005) Automated 3D laser scanner for biomedical applications. Proc. of the 3 rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, November 20-25, ISSN M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Broggi, I. Dones, G. Baroni (2005) Application of surface laser scanning techniques in image-guided neurosurgery: a feasibility study. Proc. of the 3 rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, November 20-25, ISSN M. Riboldi, M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, B. Tagaste, C. Garibaldi, S. Castiglioni, G. Ivaldi, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2005) Opto-electronic guided patient positioning in the conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer. Proc. of the 3 rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Prague, November 20-25, ISSN G.T.Y. Chen, M. Riboldi, D. Gierga, J. Turcotte, S.B. Jiang, G.C. Sharp, J.A. Wolfgang (2005) Clinical Implementation of IGRT Techniques. Radiother. Oncol. 76 (Suppl 2), S10. ISSN C. Garibaldi, F. Cattani, S. Castiglioni, B. Tagaste, M. Riboldi, R. Cambria, P. Fossati, G. Tosi, R. Orecchia (2005) Adaptive Radiotherapy in prostate conformal dynamic treatment. Radiother. Oncol. 76 (Suppl 2), S73. ISSN M.F. Spadea, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, B. Tagaste, R. Orecchia. A. Pedotti (2004) Detection and correction of patient misalignments in breast radiotherapy. Proc. of the X Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, MEDICON and HEALTH TELEMATICS 2004, Ischia, July 31 August 5, ISBN M. Spadea, M. Riboldi, B. Tagaste, A. Pedotti, R. Orecchia, G. Baroni (2004) Constrained anatomical surface registration for patient positioning in breast cancer radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 60 (Suppl 1), S392. ISSN M. Riboldi, C. Garibaldi, G. Baroni, M.F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, G. Catalano, R. Orecchia, V. Bettinardi, G. Rizzo, C. Messa, F. Fazio, A. Pedotti (2004) Extracranial frameless stereotactic radiosurgery with multi-modal imaging and opto-electronic position verification. Elsevier International Congress Series 1268: ISSN C. Garibaldi, G. Baroni, B. Tagaste, M. Riboldi, MF. Spadea, G. Catalano, M. Ciocca, A. Pedotti, G. Tosi, R. Orecchia (2004) Breath hold technique guided by an opto-electronic system for body stereotactic treatments: clinical implementation. Radiother. Oncol. 73 (Suppl. 1), S430-S431. ISSN M. Riboldi, G. Baroni, R. Orecchia, A. Pedotti (2003) Patient positioning verification in radiotherapy through surface registration techniques based on hybrid configurations of control points. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 57 (Suppl 2), S ISSN

10 59. C. Garibaldi, G. Baroni, M. Riboldi, B. Tagaste, G. Catalano, M. Ciocca, A. Pedotti, G. Tosi, R. Orecchia (2003) Breath hold technique guided by an opto-electronic system for body stereotactic treatments: a feasibility study. Radiother. Oncol. 68 (Suppl. 1), S45-S46. ISSN

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