Cristina Di Venanzio

Cristina Di Venanzio
Cristina Di Venanzio, born in Rieti (Ri) on September, 19th
1981.
Degree: Physics, 2007, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
XXVIII Cycle – (2nd year)
PhD. Section: Microsystems Engineering
Title: Synthetic Single Diamond Dosimeters for “In Vivo” Dosimetry in advanced Radio
Therapy technique
Tutor: Prof. Verona Rinati
Co-Tutor:
Abstract:
The PhD research activity will be focused on the design, fabrication and
characterization of novel synthetic single crystal diamond dosimeters for
radiotherapy. Both on-line (with cable) and off-line (wireless) dosimeters for
application in in-vivo dosimetry during advanced radiotherapy treatment will
be developed. Particular care will be devoted to the design of the housing of
the device in order to meet the stringent requirements imposed by small field
dosimetry. During the PhD research the devices will be characterized at
Policlinico di Tor Vergata and Policlinico Agostino Gemelli in advanced
external radiotherapy techniques such as Step-and-shoot and sliding window
IMRT, VMAT and Tomotherapy and compared to commercially available invivo dosimeters (MOSFET, silicon diodes and radiothermoluminescent
dosimeters). Once the characterization process will be completed, a detailed
assessment of the proposed device performance and radiotherapy pre-clinical
tests will be performed.
Publications:
[1]. F. Bordi, C. Cametti, C. Di Venanzio, S. Sennato, S. Zuzzi (2008). Influence of
temperature on microdomain organization of mixed cationic–zwitterionic lipidic
monolayers at the air–water interface. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 61(2), 304310
[2]. I. Ciancaglioni, C. Di Venanzio, M. Marinelli, E. Milani, G. Prestopino, C. Verona, G.
Verona-Rinati, M. Angelone, M. Pillon, N. Tartoni, (2011). Influence of the metallic contact
in extreme-ultraviolet and soft x-ray diamond based Schottky photodiodes. Journal of
Applied Physics, 110(5), 054513-054513.
[3]. M. Pimpinella, I. Ciancaglioni, R. Consorti, C. Di Venanzio, A.S. Guerra, A. Petrucci, A.
Stravato and G. Verona-Rinati (2012). A synthetic diamond detector as transfer dosimeter
for Dw measurements in photon beams with small field sizes. Metrologia, 49(5), S207.
[4]. C. Di Venanzio, Marco Marinelli, E. Milani, G. Prestopino, C. Verona, G. Verona-Rinati,
M. D. Falco, P. Bagalà, R. Santoni, and M. Pimpinella (2013). Characterization of a synthetic
single crystal diamond Schottky diode for radiotherapy electron beam dosimetry. Medical
physics, 40, 021712.