Guatelli, Susanna

Overview

Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli is an international leading expert of Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation codes for radiation physics, including medical applications and radiation protection in Earth labs, aviation and space.

And space is where Guatelli’s research career began. After obtaining a Master (Laurea) in Physics at the University of Genova (Italy), S. Guatelli had a PhD focused on radiation protection of astronauts in missions to Mars within the Aurora Project of the European Space Agency. She was based at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, where she had the opportunity to contribute to challenging research projects spanning from radiation monitoring for the Large Hadron Collider to the effect of radiation at DNA level in astronauts.

Since then she has been contributing to the development and benchmarking of Geant4 for medical physics applications.

To this day, S. Guatelli continues to conduct research in this field. She is Theme Leader of "Monte Carlo simulations" in the Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, Physics, UOW.

Since 2018, S. Guatelli is member of the Steering Board of the Geant4 International Collaboration, Coordinator of the Geant4 Advanced Examples Group, Coordinator of the Geant4 Medical Physics Benchmarking Group.

S. Guatelli teaches with the Degrees offered by the School of Physics, UOW. She is Academic Director of the Bachelor in Medical and Radiation Physics.

She is very passionate about public outreach activities aimed to inspire the study of physics among the young generations.

S. Guatelli has been chair/co-chair of several international workshops and conference sessions dedicated to Monte Carlo codes applied to medical physics. She is Associate Editor of Physica Medica and of Applied Radiation and Isotopes.

In 2016 she was selected as researcher profile showcased in the “Women of Impact” publication of the University of Wollongong.

Research Areas

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	A benchmarking study of Geant4 for Auger electrons emitted by medical radioisotopes Published In Applied Radiation and Isotopes
2021	A geant4-DNA evaluation of radiation-induced DNA damage on a human fibroblast Published In Cancers
2021	Application of an SOI Microdosimeter for Monitoring of Neutrons in Various Mixed Radiation Field Environments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2021	Characterisation of a well-type NaI(Tl) detector by means of a Monte Carlo simulation for radionuclide metrology application Published In Applied Radiation and Isotopes
2021	Characterization of a novel large area microdosimeter system for low dose rate radiation environments Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
2021	Erratum: The impact of sensitive volume thickness for silicon on insulator microdosimeters in hadron therapy (Phys. Med. Biol. (2020) 65 (035004) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab623f) Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2021	Geant4 X-ray fluorescence with updated libraries Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2021	In-field and out-of-field microdosimetric characterisation of a 62 MeV proton beam at CATANA Published In Medical Physics
2021	Incorporating clinical imaging into the delivery of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2021	Modelling of protons spectra encountered in space using medical accelerator and its microdosimetric characterization Published In Advances in Space Research
2021	Muon event localisation with AI Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
2021	Radiation Shielding Evaluation of Spacecraft Walls against Heavy Ions Using Microdosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2021	Report on G4-Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group Published In Medical Physics
2021	Response of SOI microdosimeter in fast neutron beams: experiment and Monte Carlo simulations Published In Physica Medica
2021	Study of the X-ray radiation interaction with a multislit collimator for the creation of microbeams in radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2021	The dose magnifying glass quality assurance system for daily proton therapy range verification Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2021	Towards high spatial resolution tissue-equivalent dosimetry for microbeam radiation therapy using organic semiconductors Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2021	X-TREAM protocol for in vitro microbeam radiation therapy at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2020	A validated Geant4 model of a whole-body PET scanner with four-layer DOI detectors Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Advances in Geant4 applications in medicine Published In Physica Medica
2020	Advances in modelling gold nanoparticle radiosensitization using new Geant4-DNA physics models Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Dose quantification in carbon ion therapy using in-beam positron emission tomography Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Evaluation of GATE-RTion (GATE/Geant4) Monte Carlo simulation settings for proton pencil beam scanning quality assurance Published In Medical Physics
2020	Experimental investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics
2020	Fabrication and First Characterization of Silicon-Based Full 3-D Microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2020	Fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation for evaluating radiation induced DNA damage and subsequent repair using Geant4-DNA Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Geant4 electromagnetic physics progress Published In EPJ Web of Conferences
2020	Improved integrated nucleus-nucleus inelastic cross sections for light nuclides in Geant4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2020	Microdosimetry of a therapeutic proton beam with a mini-TEPC and a MicroPlus-Bridge detector for RBE assessment Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	The impact of sensitive volume thickness for silicon on insulator microdosimeters in hadron therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Toward personalized synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Validation of Geant4 for silicon microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2019	3D sensitive volume microdosimeter with improved tissue equivalency: Charge collection study and its application in ¹² C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	A Monte Carlo study on the feasibility of real-time in vivo source tracking during ultrasound based HDR prostate brachytherapy treatments Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Published In Radiation Research
2019	Assessment of radio-induced damage in endothelial cells irradiated with 40 kVp, 220 kVp, and 4 mv x-rays by means of micro and nanodosimetric calculations Published In International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma ray emission for in vivo range verification in particle therapy: A simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma rays for in-vivo range verification in hadron therapy: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Characterization of the mixed radiation field produced by carbon and oxygen ion beams of therapeutic energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Medical Physics
2019	Comparative study of alternative Geant4 hadronic ion inelastic physics models for prediction of positron-emitting radionuclide production in carbon and oxygen ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2019	Electron track structure simulations in a gold nanoparticle using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy of breast cancer: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following prostate treatment with permanent brachytherapy seeds: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Evaluation of silicon based microdosimetry for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Quality Assurance Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of the influence of physical and chemical parameters on water radiolysis simulations under MeV electron irradiation using Geant4-DNA Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2019	Evolution of Diamond based Microdosimetry Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	First application of a high-resolution silicon detector for proton beam Bragg peak detection in a 0.95 T magnetic field Published In Medical Physics
2019	High-resolution assessment of dose calculations in small MV photon beams on and off central axis Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2019	Influence of track structure and condensed history physics models of Geant4 to nanoscale electron transport in liquid water Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Investigating variable RBE in a 12c minibeam field with microdosimetry and geant4 Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2019	Modelling of the Silicon-On-Insulator microdosimeter response within the International Space Station for astronauts’ radiation protection Published In Radiation Measurements
2019	Modelling the Biological Beamline at HIMAC using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Monte Carlo investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Scientific Reports
2019	On the instantaneous dose rate and angular dependence of monolithic silicon array detectors Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	Progress of Geant4 electromagnetic physics developments and applications Published In EPJ Web of Conferences
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeter Detectors for Low Energy Ions and Radiation Damage Studies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeters for High LET Single Event Upset Studies in Fe, O, Xe and Cocktail Ion Beam Fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	Simulation of cosmic radiation spectra for personal microdosimetry at the International Space Station's altitude Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Tissue equivalence of diamond for heavy charged particles Published In Radiation Measurements
2019	Today's monolithic silicon array detector for small field dosimetry: The Octa Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Track structure simulations of proximity functions in liquid water using the Geant4-DNA toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2019	Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation for Microbeam Radiation Therapy on the Imaging and Medical Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Scientific Reports
2018	A novel high-resolution 2D silicon array detector for small field dosimetry with FFF photon beams Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2018	A silicon diode array detector for small field dosimetry with flattening filter free beams Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2018	A silicon strip detector array for energy verification and quality assurance in heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics
2018	CyberKnife^® fixed cone and Iris™ defined small radiation fields: Assessment with a high-resolution solid-state detector array Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
2018	Development of a new Geant4-DNA electron elastic scattering model for liquid-phase water using the ELSEPA code Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2018	Geant4-DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: A report from the Geant4-DNA Project Published In Medical Physics
2018	Geant4-DNA track-structure simulations for gold nanoparticles: The importance of electron discrete models in nanometer volumes Published In Medical Physics
2018	HDR brachytherapy in vivo source position verification using a 2D diode array: A Monte Carlo study Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
2018	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with monolithic Delta E-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations and experiment Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2018	In-field and out-of-file application in ¹²C ion therapy using fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Measurements
2018	Investigation of track structure and condensed history physics models for applications in radiation dosimetry on a micro and nano scale in Geant4 Published In Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express
2018	Latest Geant4 developments for PIXE applications Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2018	Microdosimetric applications in proton and heavy ion therapy using silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2018	On monolithic silicon array detectors for small-field photon beam dosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2018	Opportunistic dose amplification for proton and carbon ion therapy via capture of internally generated thermal neutrons Published In Scientific Reports
2018	Optimisation of the design of SOI microdosimeters for hadron therapy quality assurance Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2018	SOI microdosimetry and modified MKM for evaluation of relative biological effectiveness for a passive proton therapy radiation field Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2018	The relative biological effectiveness for carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen ion beams using passive and scanning techniques evaluated with fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Medical Physics
2018	Thin Silicon Microdosimeter utilizing 3D MEMS Fabrication Technology: Charge Collection Study and its application in mixed radiation fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2017	A convenient verification method of the entrance photo-neutron dose for an 18 MV medical linac using silicon p-i-n diodes Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Abstract ID: 21 Simulation of synchrotron-based microbeam radiation therapy using Geant4 Published In Physica Medica
2017	Abstract ID: 22 Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for heavy ion therapy Published In Physica Medica
2017	Abstract ID: 28 Evaluation of silicon and diamond based microdosimetry for boron neutron capture therapy quality assurance Published In Physica Medica
2017	Characterization of prompt gamma-ray emission with respect to the Bragg peak for proton beam range verification: A Monte Carlo study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Characterization of proton pencil beam scanning and passive beam using a high spatial resolution solid-state microdosimeter Published In Medical Physics
2017	Comparison of phantom materials for use in quality assurance of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2017	Contributions of secondary fragmentation by carbon ion beams in water phantom: Monte Carlo simulation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Correction factors to convert microdosimetry measurements in silicon to tissue in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Development of a Geant4 application to characterise a prototype neutron detector based on three orthogonal ³He tubes inside an HDPE sphere Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Development of a high resolution voxelised head phantom for medical physics applications Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in proton therapy range verification quality assurance Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Microdosimetry of electrons in liquid water using the low-energy models of Geant4 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2017	Monte Carlo characterisation of the Dose Magnifying Glass for proton therapy quality assurance Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Monte Carlo simulations for medical physics: From fundamental physics to cancer treatment Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	New silicon microdosimetry probes for RBE and biological dose studies using stationary and movable targets in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	RBE study using solid state microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Recent progress of GEANT4 electromagnetic physics for LHC and other applications Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Software platform for simulation of a prototype proton CT scanner Published In Medical Physics
2017	Synchrotron activation radiotherapy: Effects of dose-rate and energy spectra to tantalum oxide nanoparticles selective tumour cell radiosensitization enhancement Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Systematic investigation on the validity of partition model dosimetry for ⁹⁰Y radioembolization using Monte Carlo simulation Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2017	Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for Heavy Ion Therapy Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2016	160 MRI Guided Proton Therapy: pencil beam scanning in an MRI fringe field Published In Radiotherapy and Oncology
2016	An implementation of discrete electron transport models for gold in the Geant4 simulation toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2016	First proof of bismuth oxide nanoparticles as efficient radiosensitisers on highly radioresistant cancer cells Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of absorbed dose and radiolysis yields enhancement from a gold nanoparticle under MeV proton irradiation Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2016	Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Neutron shielding for a new projected proton therapy facility: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Optimizing dose enhancement with Ta2O5 nanoparticles for synchrotron microbeam activated radiation therapy Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Organ doses from hepatic radioembolization with 90Y, 153Sm, 166Ho and 177Lu: a Monte Carlo simulation study using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2016	Recent developments in GEANT4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2016	Review of Geant4-DNA applications for micro and nanoscale simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Study of the effect of ceramic TaO₅ nanoparticle distribution on cellular dose enhancement in a kilovoltage photon field Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	The evolution in the stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies over the past 10 billion years Published In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2015	MagicPlate-512: a 2D silicon detector array for quality assurance of stereotactic motion adaptive radiotherapy Published In Medical Physics
2015	3D bridge microdosimeter: Charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
2015	3D-mesa 'bridge' silicon microdosimeter: charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2015	3d silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using 12C ion of different energies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2015	A GEANT4 web-based application to support intra-operative electron radio-therapy using the European grid infrastructure Published In Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
2015	Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2015	Monte Carlo validation and optimisation of detector packaging for spectroscopic dosimetry for in vivo urethral dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
2015	Progress in geant4 electromagnetic physics modelling and validation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2015	The investigation of prostatic calcifications using μ-PIXE analysis and their dosimetric effect in low dose rate brachytherapy treatments using Geant4 Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2015	Track structure modeling in liquid water: A review of the Geant4-DNA very low energy extension of the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2014	A novel silicon microdosimeter using 3D sensitive volumes: modeling the response in neutron fields typical of aviation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2014	Benchmarking and validation of a Geant4-SHADOW Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculations in microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2014	Characterisation of an alternative novel diamond based microdosmeter prototype Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2014	EP-1759: Integration of DICOM images in a Geant4 application : A support forintra-operative radiotherapy clinical research Published In Radiotherapy and Oncology
2014	Radiation dose enhancement at tissue-tungsten interfaces in HDR brachytherapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2014	SU-E-J-03: A Comprehensive Comparison Between Alpha and Beta Emitters for Cancer Radioimmunotherapy Published In Medical Physics
2014	Simulating radial dose of ion tracks in liquid water simulated with Geant4-DNA: a comparative study Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2014	Tissue equivalence study of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter for galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2013	A feasibility study of PETiPIX: An ultra high resolution small animal PET scanner Published In Journal of Instrumentation
2013	BrachyView, A novel inbody imaging system for HDR prostate brachytherapy: Design and Monte Carlo feasibility study Published In Medical Physics
2013	Charge collection in n-SOI planar microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2013	Radiation damage on sub-cellular scales: beyond DNA Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2012	A comparison of X-ray and proton beam low energy secondary electron track structures using the low energy models of Geant4 Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology
2012	Alpha particle and proton relative thermoluminescence efficiencies in LIF:MG,CU,P:IS track structure theory up to the task? Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2012	Characterization of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter prototype for radioprotection applications in space environments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2012	Comparison of nanodosimetric parameters of track structure calculated by the Monte Carlo codes Geant4-DNA and PTra Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2012	Effect of a static magnetic field on nanodosimetric quantities in a DNA volume Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology
2012	In silico nanodosimetry: New insights into nontargeted biological responses to radiation Published In Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2012	Microdosimetry for targeted alpha therapy of cancer Published In Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2012	Monte Carlo calculation of the maximum therapeutic gain of tumor antivascular alpha therapy Published In Medical Physics
2011	Background dose for systemic Targeted Alpha Therapy Published In Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology
2011	Monte Carlo study of the energy response and depth dose water equivalence of the MOSkin radiation dosimeter at clinical kilovoltage photon energies Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
2010	Effect of a magnetic field on the track structure of low-energy electrons: a Monte Carlo study Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2010	From imaging to dosimetry: GEANT4-based study on the application of Medipix to neutron dosimetry Published In Radiation Measurements
2010	Monte Carlo study of mosfet packaging, optimised for improved energy response: single mosfet filtration Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2010	Neutron dosimeter development based on Medipix2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2010	THE Geant4-DNA project Published In International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing
2010	The Teaching/Research Nexus And Internationalisation: An Action Research Project In Radiation Physics Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2010	The teaching/research nexus and internationalisation: an action research project in radiation physics Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2009	Packaging Effects on RadFET Sensors for High Energy Physics Experiments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2009	Tissue equivalency of phantom materials for neutron dosimetry in proton therapy Published In Medical Physics
2008	Tissue equivalence correction in silicon microdosimetry for protons characteristic of the LEO Space Environment Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Geant4 atomic relaxation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Geant4 physics processes for microdosimetry simulation: design foundation and implementation of the first set of models Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Validation of geant4 atomic relaxation against the NIST physical reference data Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2005	Implementation of a new Monte Carlo - GEANT4 simulation tool for the development of a proton therapy beam line and verification of the related dose distributions Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2004	A goodness-of-fit statistical toolkit Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2004	Erratum: A goodness-of-fit statistical toolkit (IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2004) 51 (2056-2063)) Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2003	Distributed Geant4 simulation in medical and space science applications using DIANE framework and the GRID Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2003	GEANT4 - A simulation toolkit Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Chapter

Year	Title
2019	Physics models for Monte Carlo simulations in carbon ion therapy Published In State-of-the-Art Reviews on Energetic Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions Publisher WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2020	A Solid-State Microdosimeter for Dose and Radiation Quality Monitoring for Astronauts in Space Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2020	Modelling ICRP110 Adult Reference Voxel Phantoms for dosimetric applications: Development of a new Geant4 Advanced Example Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	3D silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using C-12 ion of different energies Published In MICRO-MINI & NANO-DOSIMETRY & INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN RADIATION THERAPY (MMND&ITRO2016)
2017	Dosimetric evaluation of proton CT using a prototype proton CT scanner Published In 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD 2016
2017	Innovative solid state microdosimeters for Radiobiological effect evaluation in particle therapy Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2016	Characterization of angular detection dependence of prompt gamma-rays with respect to the Bragg peak in a water phantom using proton beam irradiations Published In 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD)
2015	Investigation of optimized prompt gamma detection strategy for real-time Bragg Peak tracking in proton radiation therapy Published In 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
2013	Design and development of PETiPIX: an ultra high spatial resolution small animal PET scanner Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
2013	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with ΔE-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
2012	Teaching Monte Carlo codes at university: Development of a Geant4 course for students of schools of physics Published In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012
2011	Introduction to the geant4 simulation toolkit Published In 4th SSD Summer School: Concepts and Trends in Medical Radiation Dosimetry
2010	Transferring advanced physics research tools to education: how to teach simulation tools used in radiation physics research to university students Published In INTED2010 Proceedings CD
2008	Packaging effects on radFET sensors for High Energy Physics Experiments Published In 2011 12th European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems
2006	A statistical Toolkit for data analysis Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	GEANT4 and its validation Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	Monte Carlo simulation of interactions of radiation with biological systems at the cellular and DNA levels: The Geant4-DNA project Published In RADIATION RESEARCH
2006	Technology transfer from HEP computing to the medical field: Overview and application to dosimetry Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	The GEANT4 toolkit capability in the hadron therapy field: Simulation of a transport beam line Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2005	A general-purpose dosimetric system for brachytherapy Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	A library for simulated X-ray emission from planetary surfaces Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Experience with software process in physics projects Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Geant4 low energy electromagnetic physics Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Monte Carlo simulation for radiotherapy in a distributed computing environment Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Precision validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Radioprotection for interplanetary manned missions Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2004	Application of statistical methods for the comparison of data distributions Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Biomedical applications on the GRID: Efficient management of parallel jobs Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Distributed processing, MonteCarlo and CT interface for medical treatment planning Published In ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS , DETECTORS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS
2004	Dosimetry for interplanetary manned missions Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Experience with software process in physics projects Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Geant4 atomic relaxation Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Systematic comparison of electromagnetic physics between Geant4 and EGS4 with respect to protocol data Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics versus protocol data Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	A dosimetric system for brachytherapy Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	A powerful simulation tool for medical physics applications: Geant4 Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2003	Data analysis in HEP: A statistical toolkit Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	Distributed Geant4 Simulation in Medical and Space Science Applications using DIANE framework and the GRID Published In NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
2003	From DICOM to GRID: A dosimetric system for brachytherapy born from HEP Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	From high energy physics computing to bio-medical research and vice-versa: tools and application results Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	Implementation of a GEANT4 Monte Carlo code for the development of a proton therapy beam line and verification of proton beams dose distributions Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	Overview of Geant4 applications in medical physics Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	Precision validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	A new, specialised approach to understand nanoparticle radiosensitisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015 - 2018	Design and application of new nanomaterials theranostic platforms for targeted treatment of cancer Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2015 - 2018	X-RATE: A novel radiation detector platform to realise new opportunities in radiotherapy at the Australian Synchrotron Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
2016	Small animal stereotaxic instrument and microinjection unit Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Equipment Grant
2014	Exchange visit to Japan Awarded by: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Funding Scheme: Australia Japan Emerging Researchers Exchange Program
2011 - 2014	Unified platform for real time QA in radiation therapy on medical LINAC and brachytherapy based on high resolution silicon detectors (magic plate) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Radiosurgery with sub-millimeter x-ray beams: development of the X-Tream real-time beam monitoring and Quality Assurance system Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
	Anthropomorphic Phantom Ionising Radiation Modelling and Simulation Awarded by: Defence Materials Technology Centre Funding Scheme: Modelling and Simulation

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In the past twenty years Geant4 (www.geant4.org), a Monte Carlo code originally developed to describe particle interactions in High Energy Physics Experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, has been extended to medical physics and space science applications. Since 2002, A/Prof Guatelli is member of the international Geant4 Collaboration and has been contributing to extend and validate the capability of Geant4 for medical physics, including dosimetry, micro- and nano- dosimetry, radiobiology. In addition she manages, designs and teaches in Geant4 schools attended by physics students, researchers and medical physicists. Nowadays Geant4 is recognised a very successful Monte Carlo code for medical physics and she contributed to this result with her research.

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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Dosimetry of Photon and Proton MRI Guided Radiotherapy Beams using Silicon Array Dosimeters	Causer, Trent
Doctor of Philosophy	Development & characterisation of a novel silicon strip detector & magic plate array of silicon detectors for use in quality assurance of hadron beam radiotherapy	Merchant, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Development of Simulation Tools for Micro and Nano-Dosimetry	Bakr, Samer
Doctor of Philosophy	Porosas Target for MO-99 Prodnction	Raposio, Robert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a 4πβ (Plastic Scintillator) - 4πγ Detection System for Radionuclide Standardisation	Heranudin, -
Doctor of Philosophy	Quality Assurance Dosimetry in Particle Therapy	James, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Complex Treatment Deliveries	Le, Albert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a Novel Dose Quantification Method for Heavy Ion Radiotherapy Using In-Beam Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	Rutherford, Harley
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and Experimental Validation of a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System for Microbeam Radiation Therapy	Paino, Jason
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced materials for radiation protection in space	Large, Matt
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a validated Monte Carlo model of the ACNS Dingo beamline, and dosimetry and microdosimetry devices for mixed gamma/neutron radiation fields with a focus on AB-BNCT	Jakubowski, Klaudiusz
Doctor of Philosophy	Experimental verification of volumetric repainting for a multi-room pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy system	Rana, Suresh B
Doctor of Philosophy	Ore Sorting for In-situ Resource Utilisation on the Moon and Mars. This research will be undertaken at CSIRO and fits with CMRP research stream.	Kirkpatrick, Molly
Doctor of Philosophy	Dose Quantification in Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle Therapy	Kielly, Marissa
Doctor of Philosophy	Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Sterotactic Radiotherapy: Imaging Dose, Image Guidance and Delivery Verification.	Filipev, Ilia
Doctor of Philosophy	Toward Absolute Dosimetry in Proton Therapy	Barnes, Micah
Master of Research - EIS	No title identified currently.	Sue, Hilary

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-7956 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

C-2896-2014

Scopus Id

9333478500

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	A benchmarking study of Geant4 for Auger electrons emitted by medical radioisotopes Published In Applied Radiation and Isotopes
2021	A geant4-DNA evaluation of radiation-induced DNA damage on a human fibroblast Published In Cancers
2021	Application of an SOI Microdosimeter for Monitoring of Neutrons in Various Mixed Radiation Field Environments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2021	Characterisation of a well-type NaI(Tl) detector by means of a Monte Carlo simulation for radionuclide metrology application Published In Applied Radiation and Isotopes
2021	Characterization of a novel large area microdosimeter system for low dose rate radiation environments Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
2021	Erratum: The impact of sensitive volume thickness for silicon on insulator microdosimeters in hadron therapy (Phys. Med. Biol. (2020) 65 (035004) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab623f) Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2021	Geant4 X-ray fluorescence with updated libraries Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2021	In-field and out-of-field microdosimetric characterisation of a 62 MeV proton beam at CATANA Published In Medical Physics
2021	Incorporating clinical imaging into the delivery of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2021	Modelling of protons spectra encountered in space using medical accelerator and its microdosimetric characterization Published In Advances in Space Research
2021	Muon event localisation with AI Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
2021	Radiation Shielding Evaluation of Spacecraft Walls against Heavy Ions Using Microdosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2021	Report on G4-Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group Published In Medical Physics
2021	Response of SOI microdosimeter in fast neutron beams: experiment and Monte Carlo simulations Published In Physica Medica
2021	Study of the X-ray radiation interaction with a multislit collimator for the creation of microbeams in radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2021	The dose magnifying glass quality assurance system for daily proton therapy range verification Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2021	Towards high spatial resolution tissue-equivalent dosimetry for microbeam radiation therapy using organic semiconductors Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2021	X-TREAM protocol for in vitro microbeam radiation therapy at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2020	A validated Geant4 model of a whole-body PET scanner with four-layer DOI detectors Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Advances in Geant4 applications in medicine Published In Physica Medica
2020	Advances in modelling gold nanoparticle radiosensitization using new Geant4-DNA physics models Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Dose quantification in carbon ion therapy using in-beam positron emission tomography Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Evaluation of GATE-RTion (GATE/Geant4) Monte Carlo simulation settings for proton pencil beam scanning quality assurance Published In Medical Physics
2020	Experimental investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics
2020	Fabrication and First Characterization of Silicon-Based Full 3-D Microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2020	Fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation for evaluating radiation induced DNA damage and subsequent repair using Geant4-DNA Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Geant4 electromagnetic physics progress Published In EPJ Web of Conferences
2020	Improved integrated nucleus-nucleus inelastic cross sections for light nuclides in Geant4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2020	Microdosimetry of a therapeutic proton beam with a mini-TEPC and a MicroPlus-Bridge detector for RBE assessment Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	The impact of sensitive volume thickness for silicon on insulator microdosimeters in hadron therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2020	Toward personalized synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Validation of Geant4 for silicon microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2019	3D sensitive volume microdosimeter with improved tissue equivalency: Charge collection study and its application in ¹² C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	A Monte Carlo study on the feasibility of real-time in vivo source tracking during ultrasound based HDR prostate brachytherapy treatments Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Published In Radiation Research
2019	Assessment of radio-induced damage in endothelial cells irradiated with 40 kVp, 220 kVp, and 4 mv x-rays by means of micro and nanodosimetric calculations Published In International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma ray emission for in vivo range verification in particle therapy: A simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma rays for in-vivo range verification in hadron therapy: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Characterization of the mixed radiation field produced by carbon and oxygen ion beams of therapeutic energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Medical Physics
2019	Comparative study of alternative Geant4 hadronic ion inelastic physics models for prediction of positron-emitting radionuclide production in carbon and oxygen ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2019	Electron track structure simulations in a gold nanoparticle using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy of breast cancer: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following prostate treatment with permanent brachytherapy seeds: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Evaluation of silicon based microdosimetry for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Quality Assurance Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Evaluation of the influence of physical and chemical parameters on water radiolysis simulations under MeV electron irradiation using Geant4-DNA Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2019	Evolution of Diamond based Microdosimetry Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	First application of a high-resolution silicon detector for proton beam Bragg peak detection in a 0.95 T magnetic field Published In Medical Physics
2019	High-resolution assessment of dose calculations in small MV photon beams on and off central axis Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2019	Influence of track structure and condensed history physics models of Geant4 to nanoscale electron transport in liquid water Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2019	Investigating variable RBE in a 12c minibeam field with microdosimetry and geant4 Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2019	Modelling of the Silicon-On-Insulator microdosimeter response within the International Space Station for astronauts’ radiation protection Published In Radiation Measurements
2019	Modelling the Biological Beamline at HIMAC using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Monte Carlo investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Scientific Reports
2019	On the instantaneous dose rate and angular dependence of monolithic silicon array detectors Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	Progress of Geant4 electromagnetic physics developments and applications Published In EPJ Web of Conferences
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeter Detectors for Low Energy Ions and Radiation Damage Studies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeters for High LET Single Event Upset Studies in Fe, O, Xe and Cocktail Ion Beam Fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2019	Simulation of cosmic radiation spectra for personal microdosimetry at the International Space Station's altitude Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Tissue equivalence of diamond for heavy charged particles Published In Radiation Measurements
2019	Today's monolithic silicon array detector for small field dosimetry: The Octa Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2019	Track structure simulations of proximity functions in liquid water using the Geant4-DNA toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2019	Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation for Microbeam Radiation Therapy on the Imaging and Medical Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Scientific Reports
2018	A novel high-resolution 2D silicon array detector for small field dosimetry with FFF photon beams Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2018	A silicon diode array detector for small field dosimetry with flattening filter free beams Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2018	A silicon strip detector array for energy verification and quality assurance in heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics
2018	CyberKnife^® fixed cone and Iris™ defined small radiation fields: Assessment with a high-resolution solid-state detector array Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
2018	Development of a new Geant4-DNA electron elastic scattering model for liquid-phase water using the ELSEPA code Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2018	Geant4-DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: A report from the Geant4-DNA Project Published In Medical Physics
2018	Geant4-DNA track-structure simulations for gold nanoparticles: The importance of electron discrete models in nanometer volumes Published In Medical Physics
2018	HDR brachytherapy in vivo source position verification using a 2D diode array: A Monte Carlo study Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
2018	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with monolithic Delta E-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations and experiment Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2018	In-field and out-of-file application in ¹²C ion therapy using fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Measurements
2018	Investigation of track structure and condensed history physics models for applications in radiation dosimetry on a micro and nano scale in Geant4 Published In Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express
2018	Latest Geant4 developments for PIXE applications Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2018	Microdosimetric applications in proton and heavy ion therapy using silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2018	On monolithic silicon array detectors for small-field photon beam dosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2018	Opportunistic dose amplification for proton and carbon ion therapy via capture of internally generated thermal neutrons Published In Scientific Reports
2018	Optimisation of the design of SOI microdosimeters for hadron therapy quality assurance Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2018	SOI microdosimetry and modified MKM for evaluation of relative biological effectiveness for a passive proton therapy radiation field Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2018	The relative biological effectiveness for carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen ion beams using passive and scanning techniques evaluated with fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Medical Physics
2018	Thin Silicon Microdosimeter utilizing 3D MEMS Fabrication Technology: Charge Collection Study and its application in mixed radiation fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2017	A convenient verification method of the entrance photo-neutron dose for an 18 MV medical linac using silicon p-i-n diodes Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Abstract ID: 21 Simulation of synchrotron-based microbeam radiation therapy using Geant4 Published In Physica Medica
2017	Abstract ID: 22 Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for heavy ion therapy Published In Physica Medica
2017	Abstract ID: 28 Evaluation of silicon and diamond based microdosimetry for boron neutron capture therapy quality assurance Published In Physica Medica
2017	Characterization of prompt gamma-ray emission with respect to the Bragg peak for proton beam range verification: A Monte Carlo study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Characterization of proton pencil beam scanning and passive beam using a high spatial resolution solid-state microdosimeter Published In Medical Physics
2017	Comparison of phantom materials for use in quality assurance of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2017	Contributions of secondary fragmentation by carbon ion beams in water phantom: Monte Carlo simulation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Correction factors to convert microdosimetry measurements in silicon to tissue in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Development of a Geant4 application to characterise a prototype neutron detector based on three orthogonal ³He tubes inside an HDPE sphere Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Development of a high resolution voxelised head phantom for medical physics applications Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in proton therapy range verification quality assurance Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Microdosimetry of electrons in liquid water using the low-energy models of Geant4 Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2017	Monte Carlo characterisation of the Dose Magnifying Glass for proton therapy quality assurance Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Monte Carlo simulations for medical physics: From fundamental physics to cancer treatment Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2017	New silicon microdosimetry probes for RBE and biological dose studies using stationary and movable targets in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	RBE study using solid state microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Radiation Measurements
2017	Recent progress of GEANT4 electromagnetic physics for LHC and other applications Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Software platform for simulation of a prototype proton CT scanner Published In Medical Physics
2017	Synchrotron activation radiotherapy: Effects of dose-rate and energy spectra to tantalum oxide nanoparticles selective tumour cell radiosensitization enhancement Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	Systematic investigation on the validity of partition model dosimetry for ⁹⁰Y radioembolization using Monte Carlo simulation Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2017	Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for Heavy Ion Therapy Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2016	160 MRI Guided Proton Therapy: pencil beam scanning in an MRI fringe field Published In Radiotherapy and Oncology
2016	An implementation of discrete electron transport models for gold in the Geant4 simulation toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics
2016	First proof of bismuth oxide nanoparticles as efficient radiosensitisers on highly radioresistant cancer cells Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of absorbed dose and radiolysis yields enhancement from a gold nanoparticle under MeV proton irradiation Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2016	Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Neutron shielding for a new projected proton therapy facility: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Optimizing dose enhancement with Ta2O5 nanoparticles for synchrotron microbeam activated radiation therapy Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Organ doses from hepatic radioembolization with 90Y, 153Sm, 166Ho and 177Lu: a Monte Carlo simulation study using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2016	Recent developments in GEANT4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
2016	Review of Geant4-DNA applications for micro and nanoscale simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	Study of the effect of ceramic TaO₅ nanoparticle distribution on cellular dose enhancement in a kilovoltage photon field Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2016	The evolution in the stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies over the past 10 billion years Published In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2015	MagicPlate-512: a 2D silicon detector array for quality assurance of stereotactic motion adaptive radiotherapy Published In Medical Physics
2015	3D bridge microdosimeter: Charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
2015	3D-mesa 'bridge' silicon microdosimeter: charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2015	3d silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using 12C ion of different energies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2015	A GEANT4 web-based application to support intra-operative electron radio-therapy using the European grid infrastructure Published In Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
2015	Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2015	Monte Carlo validation and optimisation of detector packaging for spectroscopic dosimetry for in vivo urethral dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
2015	Progress in geant4 electromagnetic physics modelling and validation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2015	The investigation of prostatic calcifications using μ-PIXE analysis and their dosimetric effect in low dose rate brachytherapy treatments using Geant4 Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2015	Track structure modeling in liquid water: A review of the Geant4-DNA very low energy extension of the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
2014	A novel silicon microdosimeter using 3D sensitive volumes: modeling the response in neutron fields typical of aviation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2014	Benchmarking and validation of a Geant4-SHADOW Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculations in microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
2014	Characterisation of an alternative novel diamond based microdosmeter prototype Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2014	EP-1759: Integration of DICOM images in a Geant4 application : A support forintra-operative radiotherapy clinical research Published In Radiotherapy and Oncology
2014	Radiation dose enhancement at tissue-tungsten interfaces in HDR brachytherapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2014	SU-E-J-03: A Comprehensive Comparison Between Alpha and Beta Emitters for Cancer Radioimmunotherapy Published In Medical Physics
2014	Simulating radial dose of ion tracks in liquid water simulated with Geant4-DNA: a comparative study Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2014	Tissue equivalence study of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter for galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2013	A feasibility study of PETiPIX: An ultra high resolution small animal PET scanner Published In Journal of Instrumentation
2013	BrachyView, A novel inbody imaging system for HDR prostate brachytherapy: Design and Monte Carlo feasibility study Published In Medical Physics
2013	Charge collection in n-SOI planar microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2013	Radiation damage on sub-cellular scales: beyond DNA Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2012	A comparison of X-ray and proton beam low energy secondary electron track structures using the low energy models of Geant4 Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology
2012	Alpha particle and proton relative thermoluminescence efficiencies in LIF:MG,CU,P:IS track structure theory up to the task? Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2012	Characterization of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter prototype for radioprotection applications in space environments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2012	Comparison of nanodosimetric parameters of track structure calculated by the Monte Carlo codes Geant4-DNA and PTra Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology
2012	Effect of a static magnetic field on nanodosimetric quantities in a DNA volume Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology
2012	In silico nanodosimetry: New insights into nontargeted biological responses to radiation Published In Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2012	Microdosimetry for targeted alpha therapy of cancer Published In Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2012	Monte Carlo calculation of the maximum therapeutic gain of tumor antivascular alpha therapy Published In Medical Physics
2011	Background dose for systemic Targeted Alpha Therapy Published In Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology
2011	Monte Carlo study of the energy response and depth dose water equivalence of the MOSkin radiation dosimeter at clinical kilovoltage photon energies Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
2010	Effect of a magnetic field on the track structure of low-energy electrons: a Monte Carlo study Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2010	From imaging to dosimetry: GEANT4-based study on the application of Medipix to neutron dosimetry Published In Radiation Measurements
2010	Monte Carlo study of mosfet packaging, optimised for improved energy response: single mosfet filtration Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
2010	Neutron dosimeter development based on Medipix2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2010	THE Geant4-DNA project Published In International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing
2010	The Teaching/Research Nexus And Internationalisation: An Action Research Project In Radiation Physics Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2010	The teaching/research nexus and internationalisation: an action research project in radiation physics Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2009	Packaging Effects on RadFET Sensors for High Energy Physics Experiments Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2009	Tissue equivalency of phantom materials for neutron dosimetry in proton therapy Published In Medical Physics
2008	Tissue equivalence correction in silicon microdosimetry for protons characteristic of the LEO Space Environment Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Geant4 atomic relaxation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Geant4 physics processes for microdosimetry simulation: design foundation and implementation of the first set of models Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2007	Validation of geant4 atomic relaxation against the NIST physical reference data Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2005	Implementation of a new Monte Carlo - GEANT4 simulation tool for the development of a proton therapy beam line and verification of the related dose distributions Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2004	A goodness-of-fit statistical toolkit Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2004	Erratum: A goodness-of-fit statistical toolkit (IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2004) 51 (2056-2063)) Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2003	Distributed Geant4 simulation in medical and space science applications using DIANE framework and the GRID Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2003	GEANT4 - A simulation toolkit Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Chapter

Year	Title
2019	Physics models for Monte Carlo simulations in carbon ion therapy Published In State-of-the-Art Reviews on Energetic Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions Publisher WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2020	A Solid-State Microdosimeter for Dose and Radiation Quality Monitoring for Astronauts in Space Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
2020	Modelling ICRP110 Adult Reference Voxel Phantoms for dosimetric applications: Development of a new Geant4 Advanced Example Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2017	3D silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using C-12 ion of different energies Published In MICRO-MINI & NANO-DOSIMETRY & INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN RADIATION THERAPY (MMND&ITRO2016)
2017	Dosimetric evaluation of proton CT using a prototype proton CT scanner Published In 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop, NSS/MIC/RTSD 2016
2017	Innovative solid state microdosimeters for Radiobiological effect evaluation in particle therapy Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2016	Characterization of angular detection dependence of prompt gamma-rays with respect to the Bragg peak in a water phantom using proton beam irradiations Published In 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD)
2015	Investigation of optimized prompt gamma detection strategy for real-time Bragg Peak tracking in proton radiation therapy Published In 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
2013	Design and development of PETiPIX: an ultra high spatial resolution small animal PET scanner Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
2013	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with ΔE-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
2012	Teaching Monte Carlo codes at university: Development of a Geant4 course for students of schools of physics Published In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2012
2011	Introduction to the geant4 simulation toolkit Published In 4th SSD Summer School: Concepts and Trends in Medical Radiation Dosimetry
2010	Transferring advanced physics research tools to education: how to teach simulation tools used in radiation physics research to university students Published In INTED2010 Proceedings CD
2008	Packaging effects on radFET sensors for High Energy Physics Experiments Published In 2011 12th European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems
2006	A statistical Toolkit for data analysis Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	GEANT4 and its validation Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	Monte Carlo simulation of interactions of radiation with biological systems at the cellular and DNA levels: The Geant4-DNA project Published In RADIATION RESEARCH
2006	Technology transfer from HEP computing to the medical field: Overview and application to dosimetry Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2006	The GEANT4 toolkit capability in the hadron therapy field: Simulation of a transport beam line Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2005	A general-purpose dosimetric system for brachytherapy Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	A library for simulated X-ray emission from planetary surfaces Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Experience with software process in physics projects Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Geant4 low energy electromagnetic physics Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Monte Carlo simulation for radiotherapy in a distributed computing environment Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Precision validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2005	Radioprotection for interplanetary manned missions Published In Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting
2004	Application of statistical methods for the comparison of data distributions Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Biomedical applications on the GRID: Efficient management of parallel jobs Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Distributed processing, MonteCarlo and CT interface for medical treatment planning Published In ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS , DETECTORS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS
2004	Dosimetry for interplanetary manned missions Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Experience with software process in physics projects Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Geant4 atomic relaxation Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Systematic comparison of electromagnetic physics between Geant4 and EGS4 with respect to protocol data Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2004	Validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics versus protocol data Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	A dosimetric system for brachytherapy Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	A powerful simulation tool for medical physics applications: Geant4 Published In Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
2003	Data analysis in HEP: A statistical toolkit Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	Distributed Geant4 Simulation in Medical and Space Science Applications using DIANE framework and the GRID Published In NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
2003	From DICOM to GRID: A dosimetric system for brachytherapy born from HEP Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	From high energy physics computing to bio-medical research and vice-versa: tools and application results Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	Implementation of a GEANT4 Monte Carlo code for the development of a proton therapy beam line and verification of proton beams dose distributions Published In RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
2003	Overview of Geant4 applications in medical physics Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
2003	Precision validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics Published In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	A new, specialised approach to understand nanoparticle radiosensitisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2015 - 2018	Design and application of new nanomaterials theranostic platforms for targeted treatment of cancer Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2015 - 2018	X-RATE: A novel radiation detector platform to realise new opportunities in radiotherapy at the Australian Synchrotron Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
2016	Small animal stereotaxic instrument and microinjection unit Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Equipment Grant
2014	Exchange visit to Japan Awarded by: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Funding Scheme: Australia Japan Emerging Researchers Exchange Program
2011 - 2014	Unified platform for real time QA in radiation therapy on medical LINAC and brachytherapy based on high resolution silicon detectors (magic plate) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Radiosurgery with sub-millimeter x-ray beams: development of the X-Tream real-time beam monitoring and Quality Assurance system Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
	Anthropomorphic Phantom Ionising Radiation Modelling and Simulation Awarded by: Defence Materials Technology Centre Funding Scheme: Modelling and Simulation

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In the past twenty years Geant4 (www.geant4.org), a Monte Carlo code originally developed to describe particle interactions in High Energy Physics Experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, has been extended to medical physics and space science applications. Since 2002, A/Prof Guatelli is member of the international Geant4 Collaboration and has been contributing to extend and validate the capability of Geant4 for medical physics, including dosimetry, micro- and nano- dosimetry, radiobiology. In addition she manages, designs and teaches in Geant4 schools attended by physics students, researchers and medical physicists. Nowadays Geant4 is recognised a very successful Monte Carlo code for medical physics and she contributed to this result with her research.

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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Dosimetry of Photon and Proton MRI Guided Radiotherapy Beams using Silicon Array Dosimeters	Causer, Trent
Doctor of Philosophy	Development & characterisation of a novel silicon strip detector & magic plate array of silicon detectors for use in quality assurance of hadron beam radiotherapy	Merchant, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Development of Simulation Tools for Micro and Nano-Dosimetry	Bakr, Samer
Doctor of Philosophy	Porosas Target for MO-99 Prodnction	Raposio, Robert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a 4πβ (Plastic Scintillator) - 4πγ Detection System for Radionuclide Standardisation	Heranudin, -
Doctor of Philosophy	Quality Assurance Dosimetry in Particle Therapy	James, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Complex Treatment Deliveries	Le, Albert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a Novel Dose Quantification Method for Heavy Ion Radiotherapy Using In-Beam Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	Rutherford, Harley
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and Experimental Validation of a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System for Microbeam Radiation Therapy	Paino, Jason
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced materials for radiation protection in space	Large, Matt
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a validated Monte Carlo model of the ACNS Dingo beamline, and dosimetry and microdosimetry devices for mixed gamma/neutron radiation fields with a focus on AB-BNCT	Jakubowski, Klaudiusz
Doctor of Philosophy	Experimental verification of volumetric repainting for a multi-room pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy system	Rana, Suresh B
Doctor of Philosophy	Ore Sorting for In-situ Resource Utilisation on the Moon and Mars. This research will be undertaken at CSIRO and fits with CMRP research stream.	Kirkpatrick, Molly
Doctor of Philosophy	Dose Quantification in Neutron Capture Enhanced Particle Therapy	Kielly, Marissa
Doctor of Philosophy	Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Sterotactic Radiotherapy: Imaging Dose, Image Guidance and Delivery Verification.	Filipev, Ilia
Doctor of Philosophy	Toward Absolute Dosimetry in Proton Therapy	Barnes, Micah
Master of Research - EIS	No title identified currently.	Sue, Hilary

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How can the Higgs Boson help the fight against cancer

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