Curriculum Vitae
Giovanni Lasio, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Radiation Oncology University of Maryland School of Medicine December 20, 2013 Kaufman Cancer Center, Upper Chesapeake Health 500 Upper Chesapeake Dr Bel Air, MD 21014 (443) 643-3079 glasio@umm.edu EDUCATION 2000-2003
Ph.D. in Physics (Elementary Particle Experimental) Thesis title: Measurement of decay parameters of the 2 3S1 state of charmonium
Supervisor: Dr Mark Mandelkern School: Department of Physics and Astronomy 4129 Frederick Reines Hall University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-4575 1998-2000
Master of Science degree in Physics, University of California at Irvine
1996-1997
Advanced School in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics School: University of Torino, Physics Department Via Pietro Giuria 1, Torino, Italy
1990-1995
Laurea degree (Bachelor of Science) in Physics Thesis title: Systematic study of the performance and calibration procedure for a liquid Krypton calorimeter for the measurement of the parameter / in the K 0 / K 0 system (final grade with thesis: 110/110) School: University of Torino, Physics Department, Italy
Post Graduate Education and Training
2004-11/2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Radiation Oncology Department of Radiation Oncology Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2006-present Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2004-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1998-2003 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California at Irvine, CA 1997-1998 Guest Scientist, Physics Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia IL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), full member since 1/1/2006, member since 1/1/2005 ASTRO associate member since 6/2011 Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), affiliate member since 2/2009
MDE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSES
Radiation Safety Officer and Authorized Medical Physicist on HDR license MD-25-039-03 Authorized Medical Physicist on HDR license MD-07-014-06 Authorized Medical Physicist on Broad Scope License MD-07-014-01 Authorized Medical Physicist on Radioactive Material License MD-07-014-05
CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS SERVICE
Leading effort for establishing HDR brachytherapy program at Kaufman Cancer Center Lead physics support effort for the commissioning of Upper Chesapeake Health Cancer Center, a new community practice site affiliated with University of Maryland, including: o Acceptance testing and commissioning of one Varian Trilogy and one Varian Truebeam Linacs o Acceptance testing and commissioning of one Philips CT BigBore scanner o Acceptance testing and commissioning of VisionRT surface image guidance systems o Acceptance testing and commissioning of Calypso Beacon transponder guidance system
Essential role in commissioning of electron beams in Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning System for CLinacs Lead physics effort to streamline and implement policy for the 4DCT acquisition process Lead role in writing newly launched improved comprehensive monthly QA of online imaging systems (OBI, CBCT and EPID) Lead task team for clinical implementation of optical surface imaging (Vision RT) technology. Conducted in-house training of therapy staff for the implementation of Vision RT procedures Vision RT procedures implemented or under testing with selected patients include: o Breast setup with VisionRT procedure Fully implemented in clinic 6/2011 o Breast monitoring using VisionRT procedure o 4DCT using GateCT system for breathing trace acquisition Led clinical implementation of LDR GliaSite program for brain treatment: o Coordinated training for physics and nuclear medicine staff o Reorganized and coordinated physics, nuclear medicine, radiation safety and nursing support for Gliasite procedure o Performed 1st Gliasite procedure 4/6/2012 after long hiatus at UMMC Led clinical effort to strengthen departmental QA program of OnBoard imaging devices (kilovoltage fluoro and radiography, kilovoltage cone beam CT and MV portal imaging) LDR (prostate seed implants, GYN applicators, Ir192 strands) and HDR (GYN, endobronchial) brachytherapy physics support, including treatment planning, QA, radiation safety and calibration Acceptance testing, commissioning and dose calibration of TrueBeam machine (20% time between 12/2011 and 3/2012) Physics consultant in writing breast early stage, breast late stage and anus radiation oncology practice guidelines. CT scanner and Simulator monthly and annual QA Patient chart QA, IMRT QA
ACADEMIC SERVICE Departmental Committee Activity
Chairing Upper Chesapeake Physics/Dosimetry Steering Subcommittee Member of Upper Chesapeake Therapy and Facilities Steering Subcommittees Chairing departmental Philips Service Committee and monthly meeting Physics staff representative in the Department of Radiation Oncology Quality and Safety Review Council (QSRC)
Professional Committee Activity
Member of the ASTRO IHE-RO Science Council Committee 10/30/12-11/1/12
Activity as peer reviewer Reviewer for the journals Physics in Medicine and Biology, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and Medical Physics: – 1 article reviewed in 2013 – 4 articles reviewed in 2012 – 2 articles reviewed in 2011 – 2 articles reviewed in 2010 – 4 articles reviewed in 2009 – 4 articles reviewed in 2008 – 2 articles reviewed in 2007 Academic research support 8/2012 – 4/2013: collaborated with the group led by Dr Željko Vujasković, MD PhD, in providing physics support for small animal irradiation research efforts - completed commissioning of XRAD320 system for murine lung irradiation 5/2009 – 4/2013: collaborated with the group led by Dr Thomas J. MacVittie, PhD, at the University of Maryland on research efforts that include: -
evaluation of radiation-induced acute and delayed gastro-intestinal syndrome and therapeutic intervention in non-human primates assessment of radiation-induced pneumonitis and its treatment in rhesus macaques cytokine–based therapy for radiation-induced myelo- and immune suppression (in non-human primates)
Responsibilities consisted of: - developing dosimetric procedures, setup and treatment procedures and standards-ofpractice documents for the irradiation of non-human primates (NHP) on the radiation oncology research linac accelerator - dose hand calculations and CT-based treatment planning for NHP irradiations - perform irradiations: NHP setup, imaging and plan delivery; diode-based in-vivo dosimetry - NHP-specific QA of the research LINAC and related equipment - maintaining updated standard-of-practice documents and procedures and overseeing compliance - providing NHP-irradiation related dosimetry consultations Teaching Experience
2007-present Lecture cycle for University of Maryland School of Medicine Resident and
Dosimetry School Lectured on: Positioning and immobilization methods and devices Treatment position verification for EXRT Online correction of set-up errors Measurement of ionizing radiation: radiation detectors, ionization chambers, thermoluminescent dosimetry, film dosimetry Measurement of absorbed dose: exposure and dose, Kerma, Bragg-Gray cavity theory, dose output calibration, clinical dosimetry, film dosimetry, survey meters Quality of X-Ray beams: half value layer, filters, energy spectrum, effective energy and mean energy 1998
Teaching Assistant at the U.C. Irvine Physics Department
Fall Quarter: assisted in the instruction of a undergraduate physics laboratory class for science and engineering majors. Responsibilities included teaching basic electronics, the use of measurement tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power meters and pulse pattern generators. Winter and Spring Quarters: assisted in teaching undergraduate introductory physics courses. Responsibilities included conducting classroom discussion of relevant physics problems and grading of student papers. RESEARCH Journal articles in preparation 2. G. Lasio et al., Commissioning of an optical surface based system for 4DCT phase binning, Journal TBD
Journal articles under review 1. G Lasio, M Guerrero, W Goetz, F Lima, J Baulch
Effect of Dose-Per-Pulse and Pulse Repetition Frequency in X-Ray Beam Irradiation of In-Vitro Cell Cultures Under review by Radiation Research Publications (peer reviewed journal articles)
1. Garofalo, Michael; Bennett, Alexander; Farese, Ann M.; Ward, Amanda; TaylorHowell, Cheryl; Cui, Wanchang; Gibbs, Allison; Lasio, Giovanni; Jackson, William III; MacVittie, Thomas J. Less The Delayed Pulmonary Syndrome Following Acute High-dose Irradiation: A Rhesus Macaque Model
Health Physics. 106(1):56-72, January 2014 2. A M Kazi, T J MacVittie, G Lasio, W Lu, K L Prado The MCART RPC: the quest for radiation dosimetry standardization Accepted for publication , Health Physics Journal, 27 June 2013
3. E. M. Nichols, S. J. Feigenberg, K. Marter, G. Lasio, S. B. Cheston, K. Tkaczuk, R. Buras, N. Hanna, W. F. Regine. Pre-operative Radiation Therapy Significantly Increases Patient Eligibility for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation using 3-D Conformal Radiotherapy, AJCO , published April 2012
4. J. Zhang, G. Lasio, B. Yi, C. Yu. Tomographic image via background subtraction using an x-ray projection image and a priori computed tomography, Med. Phys. 36, 4433 (2009)
5. G. Lasio, B. Whiting, J. F. Williamson. Statistical Reconstruction for X-Ray Computed Tomography Using Energy-Integrating Detectors. Phys. Med. Biol. 52 2247-2266 (2007)
6. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo , R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu,D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macrì, M. Mandelkern,F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini,M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, S. Pordes, E. Robutti,W. Roethel, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R.W. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo,K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic,S. Werkema, P. Zweber Precision measurements of the total and partial widths of the ψ(2S) charmonium meson with a new complementary-scan technique in proton-antiproton annihilations Phys. Lett. B 654:74-79 (2007)
7. R. J. Murphy, S. Yan, J. O’Sullivan, D. Snyder, B. Whiting, D. Politte, G. Lasio, J. F. Williamson, Pose estimation of known objects during transmission tomographic image reconstruction. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2006) Oct; 25(10) 1392-404
8. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macr, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T.K. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J.L. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo, K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic,, III, S. Werkema, P. Zweber Measurement of the branching ratios e e , J / , J / Phys. Rev. D 71, 032006 (2005)
9. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T.K. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J.L. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo, K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema, P. Zweber 1
Results of a search for the hc ( P1 ) state of charmonium in the c and 0 J / decay modes Phys.Rev.D72:032001(2005) 10. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto,P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi,M. Macrì, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli,E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini,M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani,S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R.W. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo, K.K. Seth,G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema, P. Zweber Measurement of the resonance parameters of the χ1(13P1) and χ2(13P2) states of charmonium formed in antiproton–proton annihilations Nucl. Phys. B717:34-47 (2005)
11. M. Ambrogiani, M. Andreotti, S. Argiro, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni,G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz ,X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, A. Hahn, M. Hu, S. Jin,D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere , E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macrí, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, M. Martini, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M.M. Obertino,M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T.K. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti,W. Roethel, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo,K.K. Seth , G. Stancari, M. Stancari, J. Streets, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman,T. Vidnovic III, S. Werkema, G. Zioulas, P. Zweber Measurement of the angular distribution in ppbar→ψ(2S)→e+e− Phys. Lett. B610:177-182 (2005)
12. G. Garzoglio, K. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, M. Hu, W. Marsh, J. Peoples, S. Pordes, Jonathan M. Streets, S. Werkema, M. Ambrogiani, M. Andreotti, W. Baldini, D. Bonsi, M. Bombonati, D. Bettoni, R. Calabrese, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, E. Luppi, M. Martini, M. Negrini, M. Savrie, G. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, A. Buzzo, M. Lo Vetere, M. Macri, M. Marinelli, M. Pallavicini, C. Patrignani, E. Robutti, A. Santroni, G. Lasio, M. Mandelkern, W. Roethel, J. Schultz, M. Stancari, G. Zioulas, M. Graham, R. Rusack, S.H. Seo, T. Vidnovic, X. Fan, S. Jin, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, P. Maas, Z. Metreveli, T.K. Pedlar, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, K.K. Seth, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, P. Zweber, S. Argiro, S. Bagnasco, G. Borreani, R. Cester, F. Marchetto, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M.M. Obertino, N. Pastrone Experiment E835 at Fermilab Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A519:558-609 (2004)
13. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T.K. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J.L. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo, K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema, P. Zweber Measurement of the two photon decay of the 0 state of charmonium Phys. Lett. B584:16-21 (2004)
14. M. Ambrogiani, M. Andreotti, S. Argiro, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, A. Hahn, S. Jin, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, M. Martini, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M.M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T.K. Pedlar, J. Peoples, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, M. Savrie, J. Schultz, S.H. Seo, K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, Jonathan M. Streets, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema, G. Zioulas Measurement of the resonance parameters of the charmonium ground statec(11S0). Phys. Lett. 566, 45 (2003)
15. Andreotti M, Bagnasco S, Baldini W, Bettoni D, Borreani G, Buzzo A, Calabrese R, Cester R, Cibinetto G, Dalpiaz P, Garzoglio G, Gollwitzer KE, Graham M, Hu M, Joffe D, Kasper J, Lasio G, Lo Vetere M, Luppi E, Macrì M, Mandelkern M, Marchetto F, Marinelli M, Menichetti E, Metreveli Z, Mussa R, Negrini M, Obertino MM, Pallavicini M, Pastrone N, Patrignani C, Pedlar TK, Pordes S, Robutti E, Roethel W, Rosen JL, Rumerio P, Rusack R, Santroni A, Schultz J, Seo SH, Seth KK, Stancari G, Stancari M, Tomaradze A, Uman I, Vidnovic T 3rd, Werkema S, Zweber P Interference study of the χc0(13P0) in the reaction ppbar-->π0π0 Phys. Rev. Lett. 91:091801 (2003)
16. Andreotti M., Bagnasco S., Baldini W., Bettoni D., Borreani G., Buzzo A., Calabrese R., Cester R., Cibinetto G., Dalpiaz P., Garzoglio G., Gollwitzer K., Graham M., Hu M., Joffe D., Kasper J., Lasio G., Lo Vetere M., Luppi E., Macr M., Mandelkern M., Marchetto F., Marinelli M., Menichetti E., Metreveli Z., Mussa R., Negrini M., Obertino M., Pallavicini M., Pastrone N., Patrignani C., Pordes S., Robutti E., Roethel W., Rosen J., Rumerio P., Rusack R., Santroni A., Schultz J., Seo S.H., Seth K.K., Stancari G., Stancari M., Tomaradze A., Uman I., Vidnovic T., Werkema S., Zweber P.
Measurements of the magnetic form factor of the proton for timelike momentum transfers. Phys. Lett. B559:20-25 (2003)
17. M. Ambrogiani, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, S. Jin, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, A.
Santroni, M. Savrie, J. Schultz, K.K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, Jonathan M. Streets, A. Tomaradze, S. Werkema, G. Zioulas Study of the angular distributions of the reactions pp c1 , c 2 J / e e Phys. Rev. D 65, 052002 (2002)
18. Bagnasco, S., Baldini, W., Bettoni, D., Borreani, G., Buzzo, A., Calabrese, R., Cester, R., Cibinetto, G., Dalpiaz, P., Garzoglio, G., Gollwitzer, K., Graham, M., Hu, M., Joffe, D., Kasper, J., Lasio, G., LoVetere, M., Luppi, E., Macri, M., Mandelkern, M., Marchetto, F., Marinelli, M., Menichetti, E., Metreveli, Z., Mussa, R., Negrini, M., Obertino, M., Pallavicini, M., Pastrone, N., Patrignani, C., Pordes, S., Robutti, E., Roethel, W., Rosen, J., Rumerio, P., Rusack, R., Santroni, A., Schultz, J., Seo, S. H., Seth, K. K., Stancari, G., Stancari, M., Tomaradze, A., Vidnovic, T., Werkema, S., Zweber, P.
New measurements of the resonance parameters of the χc0(13P0) state of charmonium. Phys. Lett. B533, 237 (2002)
19. C. Patrignani, M. Ambrogiani, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, T. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, K.K. Seth, M. Stancari, G. Stancari, S. Seo, A. Tomaradze, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema E835 at Fnal: charmonium spectroscopy in proton-antiproton annihilations. Nucl. Phys. A692:308-314 (2001)
20. M. Ambrogiani, S. Argirò, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, A. Ceccucci, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K. E. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, S. Jin5, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macrì, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, M. Martini, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M. M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T. K. Pedlar, J. Peoples, Jr., S. Pordes, E. Robutti, B. Roccuzzo, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, A. Santroni, M. Savriè, J. Schultz, K. K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, J. Streets, A. Tomaradze, S. Werkema, and G. Zioulas Study of the decays of the c 2 and c 0 charmonium resonances. Phys. Rev. D 62, 052002 (2000)
21. M. Ambrogiani, S. Argirò, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K. E. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, S. Jin, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macrì, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, M. Martini, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M. M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T. K. Pedlar, J. Peoples, Jr., S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, A. Santroni, M. Savriè, J. Schultz, K. K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, J. Streets, A. Tomaradze, S. Werkema, and G. Zioulas Study of the 0 state of charmonium formed in antiproton-proton annihilations. Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2902 (1999) 22. M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, M. Hu, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macrì, M. Mandelkern, F.
Marchetto, M. Marinelli, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, W. Roethel, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, S. H. Seo, K. K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, III, S. Werkema and P. Zweber, Measurements of the magnetic form factor of the proton in the timelike region at large momentum transfer. Phys. Rev. D 60, 032002 (1999)
Invited talks 1. G Lasio
Optical and Surface Imaging in Radiation Therapy MAC-AAPM Symposium on QA of Imaging in Radiation Therapy MAC-AAPM Annual meeting, Oct 11-12 2013 Georgetown University, Washington DC Abstracts, proffered talks and proceedings 1. G Lasio, M Guerrero, W Goetz, F Lima, J Baulch
Effect of Dose-Per-Pulse and Pulse Repetition Frequency in X-Ray Beam Irradiation of In-Vitro Cell Cultures Oral presentation at the AAPM 55th Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Aug 4-8, 2013 2. E Hu, G Lasio, S J Lee, C Yu, B Y Yi
A Novel Method to Improve Single Phase Reconstruction Quality From Conventional CBCT Dataset Oral presentation at the AAPM 55th Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Aug 4-8, 2013 3. S J Lee, E Hu, C Yu, G Lasio, B Y Yi A Delivery Method of Tumor Tracking Radiation Beam Using a Beam Switching Interface for Irregular Breathing Poster presentation at the AAPM 55th Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Aug 4-8, 2013 4. B Y Yi, W Lu, S J Lee, E Hu, C Yu, G Lasio Sources of Motion Artifacts in 4DCT Reconstruction Oral presentation at the AAPM 55th Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Aug 4-8, 2013 5. K Mooney, G Lasio, S J Feigenberg, W F Regine, W D D’Souza An Approximate Entropy-based Method for Prediction of 4DCT Quality from respiratory Signals Poster presentation at the ASTRO 55th annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, Sep 22-24, 2013 6. A.M. Kazi, T J MacVittie, G Lasio, W Lu, K L Prado The MCART radiation physics core: the mission for radiation dosimetry standardization Abstract to be presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society in New Orleans, LA, Sep 14-18, 2013
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A M Kazi, W Goetz, W Lu, G Lasio, K L Prado, A Zodda, I Jackson and Z Vujaskovic A Dosimetric Approach for Radiation Studies in a DEARE-lung Mouse Model Abstract to be presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society in New Orleans, LA, Sep 14-18, 2013 M Xue, W D'Souza, G Lasio, P Klahr, W Lu 4D-CT Simulation Using Individually Optimized Contrast Enhancement (CE): A Phantom Study Presented at the 54th Meeting of the AAPM, Jul 29th-Aug 2nd 2012, Charlotte NC E. M. Nichols, S. J. Feigenberg, K. Marter, G. Lasio, S. B. Cheston, K. Tkaczuk, R. Buras, N. Hanna, W. F. Regine Pre-operative Therapy Increases Patient Eligibility For Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) And Decreases Normal Tissue Exposure International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Volume 78, Issue 3, Supplement 1, 1 November 2010, Page S251 S A Naqvi, C G Schinkel, Z Jiang, G Lasio, W D D'Souza Dosimetric Characterization of a New Prototype Varian Linear Accelerator Med. Phys. 37, 3252 (2010) B Y Yi, J Zhang, G Lasio, C Yu On-Line Fluoroscopic Image of a Slice of Interest Using the X-Ray Images and a Priori Anatomical Information Med. Phys. 37, 3147 (2010) R George, WD D'Souza, G Lasio, S Naqvi Optimizing Tumor Motion Margins by Asymmetric Expansion of CTV using Motion Probability Distribution Functions International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Volume 75, Issue 3,Supplement 1, Nov 1 2009, Pages S587-S588 J Evans, J O'Sullivan, D Politte, G Lasio, J Williamson Reconstruction From Experimentally Acquired Transmission CT Sinograms with the Polyenergetic Alternating Minimization Algorithm Using An Equivalent X-Ray Spectrum Estimated From Transmission Measurements Med. Phys. 36, 2738 (2009) S Naqvi, G Lasio, W D'Souza Time-Dependent Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Method for Dynamic Movement of All Linac Components in Presence of Patient Motion To be published in Medical Physics (poster presentation at AAPM 2009) B. Yi, G. Lasio, J. Zhang, C. Yu Test of laser position, isocenter congruence between kV imager, cone beam CT and MV beam with a phantom Medical Physics, 35-6, 2775 (2008) J. Zhang, G. Lasio, B. Yi, C. Yu Background subtraction from x-ray projection images using prior information: a phantom study Medical Physics, 35-6, 2676 (2008) S. Naqvi, M. Sun, B. Yi, G. Lasio and J. Ha Tracing the Sources of Absolute Dose Errors in IMRT Plan Verifications Medical Physics, 34-6, 2560 (2007) D. Lazos, G. Lasio, J. Evans, J. Williamson. Evaluation of Scatter Mitigation Strategies for X-Ray Cone-Beam CT: impact of Scatter Subtraction and Anti-Scatter Grids on Contrast-toNoise Ratio (2007) Proc. Of SPIE Medical Imaging 2007, Vol 6510 65101V1-10 G. Lasio and J.F. Williamson Evaluation of Scatter Mitigation Strategies for X-Ray Cone Beam CT
Medical Physics 33-6, 2288 (2006) 20. G. Lasio, J. F. Williamson, W. Du and M. Fatyga Spatial Resolution Matched Comparison Between Fan-Beam and Cone-Beam X-Ray CT images Medical Physics, 33, 1995 (2006) 21. G. Lasio, B. Whiting and J.F. Williamson Statistical Reconstruction of X-Ray CT Images From Energy-integrated Signals: A Simulation Study Medical Physics 34-6, 2057 (2005) 22. C. Patrignani, M. Ambrogiani, M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, A. Hahn, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, T. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, K.K. Seth, M. Stancari, G. Stancari, S.H. Seo, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema E835 at FNAL: Charmonium spectroscopy in anti-p p annihilations. (2004). 10pp. Prepared for Hadron 03: 10th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2003. Published in AIP Conf.Proc.717:581-590,2004, Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.142:98-103,2005. 23. C. Patrignani, M. Ambrogiani, M. Andreotti, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, G. Cibinetto, P. Dalpiaz, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, M. Graham, A. Hahn, D. Joffe, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, E. Menichetti, Z. Metreveli, R. Mussa, M. Negrini, M. Obertino, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, T. Pedlar, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, R. Rusack, A. Santroni, J. Schultz, K.K. Seth, M. Stancari, G. Stancari, S.H. Seo, A. Tomaradze, I. Uman, T. Vidnovic, S. Werkema Observation of resonances in the reaction anti-p p ---> eta eta pi0 at 5.2-GeV/c. (2004) 6pp. Prepared for Hadron 03: 10th International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2003. Published in AIP Conf.Proc.717:94-99,2004. Also in *Aschaffenburg 2003, Hadron spectroscopy* 94-99 24. M. Ambrogiani, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, P. F. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, S. Jin, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. MacrĂ, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, R. Mc Taggart, M. Martini, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M. Pallavicini, N. Pastrone, C. Patrignani, T. Pedlar, J. Peoples Jr.; S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, A. Santroni, M. Savriè, J. Schultz, K. K. Seth, G. Stancari, M. Stancari, J. Streets, S. Werkema, G. Zioulas Present status of charmonium spectroscopy in pp annihilations, 3rd International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons, Genoa, Italy, 30 Jun - 3 Jul 1998. Published in Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.75B:175-180,1999. 25. N. Pastrone, M. Ambrogiani, S. Bagnasco, W. Baldini, D. Bettoni, G. Borreani, A. Buzzo, R. Calabrese, R. Cester, P. Dalpiaz, X. Fan, G. Garzoglio, K.E. Gollwitzer, A. Hahn, S. Jin, J. Kasper, G. Lasio, M. Lo Vetere, E. Luppi, P. Maas, M. Macri, M. Mandelkern, F. Marchetto, M. Marinelli, W. Marsh, R. McTaggart, E. Menichetti, R. Mussa, M. Pallavicini, C. Patrignani, T. Pedlar, J. Peoples, S. Pordes, E. Robutti, J. Rosen, P. Rumerio, A. Santroni, M. Savrie, J. Schultz, K.K. Seth, Jonathan M. Streets, G. Stancari, M. Thompson, S. Werkema, G. Zioulas
New results from E835 at Fermilab antiproton accumulator: Study of (c anti-c) states formed in antiproton-proton annihilations. Sep 1997. 6pp. Prepared for 4th International Workshop on Progress in Heavy Quark Physics, Rostock, Germany, 20-22 Sep Published in *Rostock 1997, Progress in heavy quark physics* 235-240
Other talks and conferences (Medical Physics)
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the AAPM Annual Meeting, June 3-4 2005, G. Lasio, J. Williamson and B. Whiting, X-Ray CT Statistical Reconstruction From Energy Fluence Data: A Simulation Study Annual meeting of the AAPM, Seattle, WA, July 23-28 2005, G. Lasio, J. Williamson and B. Whiting, X-Ray CT Statistical Reconstruction Using Energy-integrating Detectors
Patents
B. Yi, J. Zhang, G. Lasio, C. Yu. Techniques for tomographic image by background subtraction, Non-Provisional Application for Patent Number: 61/349,517 - May 2011
Proffered communications
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the AAPM Annual Meeting, June 3-4 2005, G. Lasio, J. Williamson and B. Whiting, X-Ray CT Statistical Reconstruction From Energy Fluence Data: A Simulation Study
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURES
American Board of Radiology Certification in Radiologic Physics Authorized Medical Physicist (HDR, LDR, Gamma Knife), NRC/State of Maryland
SCHOOLS AND AWARDS
2013, May 13-16: Varian TrueBeam for physicists, Varian training Center, Las Vegas, NV 2008, September 8-11: Nucletron PLATO-BPS v.14.3.x HDR brachytherapy treatment planning course, Nucletron Corp., Columbia MD 2008, May 5-9: Principles and practice of Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Center for Image-guided neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 2008, February 17: Monte Carlo simulation of radiation imaging systems, SPIE short course, SPIE Medical Imaging 2008, San Diego CA 2007, February 21-23: Clinac Support High Energy C course, Varian Medical Systems Training Center, Las Vegas NV 2006, March 17-18: Respiratory gating course, Virginia Commonwealth University, Course Director P. J. Keall, PhD
Faculty Endowed Travel Grant Award, University of California at Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2002 1996: Advanced School in Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics, University of Torino, Italy
VISA STATUS U.S. Permanent Resident