FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL PHYSICS

Directors
Cristina Lenardi – Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN Milano (Italy)
Katia Parodi – Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (Germany)

Scientific Secretary
Antonio Sarno – Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN Milano (Italy)

Lecturers Paolo Arosio – Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN Milano (Italy)
Giorgio Baiocco – Università di Pavia (Italy)
Alberto Bravin – Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
Concezio Bozzi – Università di Ferrara (Italy)
Carlo Cavedon – Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona (Italy)
Luisa Ciobanu – CEA / NeuroSpin, Saclay (France)
Laura Fariselli – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Milano (Italy)
Matteo Ferrante – Università di Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy)
Claudio Fiorino – IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milano (Italy)
Danijela Gregurec – University of Erlangen, Nuremberg (Germany)
Mark Ladd – Heidelberg University (Germany)
Alessandro Lascialfari – Università di Pavia (Italy)
Matteo Maspero – UMC Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni – AUSL TC, Pistoia (Italy)
Raphael Moeckli – Lausanne University Hospital (Switzerland)
Katia Parodi – Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (Germany)
Vincenzo Patera – Sapienza università di Roma (Italy)
Daniela Pfeiffer – Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Franz Pfeiffer Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Fabrizio Pizzagalli – Università di Torino (Italy)
Marco Pullia – Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia a Pavia – CNAO (Italy)
Francesco Romano – INFN Catania (Italy)
Mathieu Santin – ICM Institute (France)
Antonio Sarno – Università degli Studi di Milano & INFN Milano (Italy)
Ulrich Schramm – Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany)
Antonello Spinelli – IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milano (Italy)
Nicola Toschi – Università di Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy)

Topics

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
– Fundaments of MRI
– Reconstruction Techniques
– Diffusion & Functional MRI, Tractography
– New frontiers in MRI Technologies

X-Ray imaging
– Fundaments of X-ray Imaging
– Dose optimization in X-ray Imaging
– Photon Counting CT: image quality and new perspectives
– Phase Contrast imaging techniques
– Dark field imaging: from the physics principles to the first clinical experience

External beam Radiotherapy (RT): status and new perspectives
– Clinical needs in Radiation Oncology
– Fundaments of radiobiology
– Technological aspects of external beam radiotherapy
– Advanced image guidance in photon therapy
– Advanced image guidance in particle therapy
– New frontiers in external beam radiotherapy: Temporal (FLASH) and Spatial (mini beams) Fractionation

Innovative instrumentation for external beam radiotherapy
– Accelerators for ion beam therapy: status and new developments
– New systems for FLASH & very high energy electrons (VHEE) RT
– Laser driven proton sources for biomedical applications
– New dosimeters for next generation RT

Bleeding edge in AI, imaging and therapeutic technologies
– Redefining (Bio)medical Physics with AI and Generative Models
– AI-Driven Breakthroughs across physics, Neuroscience and AI
– Quantum AI and quantum applications in precision
– Magnetic nanomaterials for next-generation neurophysics
– Beyond Boundaries: Ultra-High Field MRI (7T-17T) in Human and Animal Research
– Combining Ultrasound and UHF MRI for Brain Therapies

Deadline for applications: 15 April 2025
Application form (link) (editable pdf)

Correspondence and application forms should be sent to:

Antonio Sarno
Dipartimento di Fisica “Aldo Pontremoli”
Università di Milano
Via Celoria 16
20133 Milano
Italy
e-mail: antonio.sarno@unimi.it

Arrival day: Monday, 30 June 2025
Opening of the Course: Tuesday, 1 July 2025 – 9.00 a.m.
Closing of the Course: Sunday, 6 July 2025 – 12.30 p.m.
Participation fee: € 650,00 (VAT included) for registration, attendance, general organization and assistance from the SIF Secretariat, welcome and farewell party, one coffee break per day, light lunches and dinners.
Students should provide and pay for their lodging.