Publications

2023


N. De Angelis, (T. Kowalski, S. Kusyk, J. Swakoń, D. Wróbel) et al., Temperature dependence of radiation damage annealing of Silicon Photomultipliers, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 1048 (2023) 167934, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167934, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900222012268;

M.K. Janiak, M.P.R. Waligórski, Can Low-Level Ionizing Radiation Do Us Any Harm?, Dose-Response, 21 (2023) 1-15, doi: 10.1177/15593258221148013, text: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15593258221148013;

F. Kalholm, L. Grzanka, I. Toma‐Dasu, N. Bassler, Modeling RBE with other quantities than LET significantly improves prediction of in vitro cell survival for proton therapy, Med. Phys., 50 (2023) 651-659, doi: 10.1002/mp.16029, text: https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mp.16029;

2022


M. Baran, Z. Tabor, D. Kabat, M. Tulik, K. Jeleń, K. Rzecki, B. Forostianyi, K. Bałabuszek, R. Koziarski, M.P.R. Waligórski, Isodoses—a set theory-based patient-specific QA measure to compare planned and delivered isodose distributions in photon radiotherapy, Strahlenther. Onkol., 198 (2022) 849-861, doi: 10.1007/s00066-022-01964-9, text: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00066-022-01964-9; D. Borys, (K. Brzeziński, J. Gajewski, R. Kopeć, P. Olko, P. Stasica, A. Ruciński) et al., ProTheRaMon—a GATE simulation framework for proton therapy range monitoring using PET imaging, Phys. Med. Biol., 67 (2022) 224002, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac944c, text: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/ac944c;

J.A. Briz, (M. Ciemała, A. Maj, P. Olko, W. Parol, A. Pędracka, B. Sowicki, M. Ziębliński) et al., Proton radiographs using position-sensitive silicon detectors and high-resolution scintillators, IEEE T. Nucl. Sci., 69 (2022) 696-702, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2022.3142618, text: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9678958;

M. De Saint-Hubert, J. Farah, Ma. Kłodowska, M.T. Romero-Expósito, K. Tymińska, V. Mares, P. Olko, L. Stolarczyk, S. Trinkl, The influence of nuclear models and Monte Carlo radiation transport codes on stray neutron dose estimations in proton therapy, Radiat. Meas., 150 (2022) 106693, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2021.106693, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350448721002006;

K.W. Fornalski, J.M. Cuttler, Y. Socol, M. Waligórski, M.K. Janiak, K. Deja, L. Mothersill, Professor Ludwik Dobrzyński (1941–2022)—The Obituary, Dose-Response, 20 (2022), doi: 10.1177/15593258221115592, text: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15593258221115592;

M. Garbacz, (J. Gajewski, R. Kopeć, P. Olko, M. Rydygier, A. Ruciński) et al., Quantification of biological range uncertainties in patients treated at the Krakow proton therapy centre, Radiat. Oncol., 17 (2022) 50, doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-02022-5, text: https://ro-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13014-022-02022-5;

C. Hahn, (L. Grzanka) et al., Towards harmonizing clinical linear energy transfer (LET) reporting in proton radiotherapy: a European multi-centric study, Acta Oncol., 61 (2022) 206-214, doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1992007, text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0284186X.2021.1992007?journalCode=ionc20; T. Horwacik, T. Kajdrowicz, L. Malinowski, T. Nowak, M. Korcyl, J. Swakoń, Porównanie parametrów wybranych stanowisk radioterapii protonowej nowotworów oka, Abstr. of XVII Kongres Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizyki Medycznej, Kraków, 30.09-02.10.2022, Kraków, 2022, p. 90, text: https://indico.ifj.edu.pl/event/785/book-of-abstracts.pdf;

Z. Knezevic, (L. Stolarczyk, K. Jeleń, R. Kopeć, D. Krzempek, N. Mojżeszek, P. Olko) et al., Out-of-Field Doses Produced by a Proton Scanning Beam Inside Pediatric Anthropomorphic Phantoms and Their Comparison With Different Photon Modalities, Front. Oncol., 12 (2022) 904563, doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.904563, text: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.904563/full;

P. Kukołowicz, P. Olko, Ochrona radiologiczna dla energetyki jądrowej – strategia badań i rozwoju, Abstr. of XVII Kongres Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizyki Medycznej, Kraków, 30.09-02.10.2022, Kraków, 2022, p. 62, text: https://indico.ifj.edu.pl/event/785/book-of-abstracts.pdf;

M. Majer, (R. Kopeć, D. Krzempek, K. Krzempek, N. Mojżeszek, L. Stolarczyk, P. Olko) et al., Out-of-field doses in pediatric craniospinal irradiations with 3D-CRT, VMAT, and scanning proton radiotherapy: A phantom study, Med. Phys., 49 (2022) 2672-2683, doi: 10.1002/mp.15493, text: https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mp.15493;

V. Meres, (K. Krzempek, N. Mojżeszek, L. Stolarczyk, P. Olko) et al., Neutron Radiation Dose Measurements in a Scanning Proton Therapy Room: Can Parents Remain Near Their Children During Treatment?, Front. Oncol., 12 (2022) 903706, doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.903706, text: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.903706/full;

S. Mianowski, (T. Kowalski, S. Kusyk, J. Mietelski, J. Swakoń, D. Wróbel) et al., Proton irradiation of SiPM arrays for POLAR-2, Exp. Astron., (2022) in print, doi: 10.1007/s10686-022-09873-6, text: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10686-022-09873-6;

A. Parisi, P. Olko, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, H. Jabłoński, L. Malinowski, T. Nowak, L. Struelens, F. Vanhavere, Microdosimetric characterization of a clinical proton therapy beam: comparison between simulated lineal energy distributions in spherical water targets and experimental measurements with a silicon detector, Phys. Med. Biol., 67 (2022) 015006, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac4563, text: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/ac4563;

A. Pędracka, B. Kiełtyka, Ka. Rawojć, L. Brandt, L. Mazur, T. Skóra, R. Kopeć, T. Kajdrowicz, E. Gora, K. Kisielewicz, Dose Distribution Comparison of Cerebrospinal Axis Irradiation. Helical Tomotherapy vs Proton Pencil Beam Scanning, Acta Phys. Pol. A, 142 (2022) 408-413, doi: 10.12693/APhysPolA.142.408, text: http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/PDF/142/app142z3p18.pdf;

P. Sękowski, G. Saworska, I. Skwira-Chalot, A. Spyra, W. Szcześniak, T. Matulewicz, T. Horwacik, J. Swakoń, Reconstruction of gamma-ray source activity in a multiple samples set-up, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 1040 (2022) 167292, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167292, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900222006167?via%3Dihub;

Y. Socol, L. Feinendegen, K.W. Fornalski, M. Janiak, C. Mothersill, M.P.R. Waligórski, Professor Ludwik Dobrzyński 1941-2022, Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 98 (2022) 1397-1398, doi: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2038807, text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09553002.2022.2038807;

O. Sokol, (B. Orzechowska, J. Miszczyk, P. Olko) et al., In Vitro Measurements Of Proton RBE: A Multi-Centric Comparison Of Experimental Procedures And Results, Abstr. of the FLASH Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference, 1-3 December 2021, in: Eur. J. Med. Phys., 94 2022, p. O112, text: https://www.physicamedica.com/issue/S1120-1797(22)X0003-3;

A. Toboła-Galus, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, Spread-out Bragg Peak in Spatially Fractionated Proton Therapy, Acta Phys. Pol. B Proc. Suppl., 15 (2022) 4-A3, doi: 10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.15.4-A3,text: https://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/S/15/4-A3/pdf;

O. Van Hoey, (L. Stolarczyk, N. Mojżeszek, M. Liszka, P. Olko) et al., Simulation and experimental verification of ambient neutron doses in a pencil beam scanning proton therapy room as a function of treatment plan parameters, Front. Oncol., 12 (2022) 903537, doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.903537, text: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.903537;

G. Zorloni, (R. Kopeć, P. Olko, L. Stolarczyk, J. Swakoń) et al., Joint EURADOS WG9-WG11 rem-counter intercomparison in a Mevion S250i proton therapy facility with Hyperscan pulsed synchrocyclotron, Phys. Med. Biol., 67 (2022) 075005, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac5b9c, text: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/ac5b9c;

G. Zorloni, (R. Kopeć, P. Olko, L. Stolarczyk, J. Swakoń) et al., Eurados Rem-Counter Intercomparison at Maastro Proton Therapy Centre: Comparison with Literature Data, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 198 (2022) 1471-1475, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac189, text: https://academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rpd/ncac189/6711423?login=true;

2021


E.V. Bellinzona, (L. Grzanka) et al., Biological Impact of Target Fragments on Proton Treatment Plans: An Analysis Based on the Current Cross-Section Data and a Full Mixed Field Approach, Cancers, 13 (2021) 4768, doi: 10.3390/cancers13194768, text: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/19/4768;

B. Błasiak, B. Tomanek, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, Obrazowanie molekularne nowotworu prostaty, Abstrakty z XIII Interdyscyplinarnej Konferencji Naukowej TYGIEL 2021 - “Interdyscyplinarność kluczem do rozwoju”, Lublin, 25-28 Marca 2021, 2021, p. 60;

A. Dash, B. Błasiak, B. Tomanek, A. Banerjee, S. Trudel, P. Latta, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, Colloidally Stable Monodisperse Fe Nanoparticles as T2 Contrast Agents for High-Field Clinical and Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging,ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 4 (2021) 1235-1242, doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c02848, text: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.0c02848;

A. Dash, B. Błasiak, B. Tomanek, P. Latta, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, Target-Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Using NaDyF4–NaGdF4 Core–Shell Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 13 (2021) 24345-55, doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c19273, text: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c19273;

M. De Saint-Hubert, F. Castellano, P. Leblans, P. Sterckx, S. Kodaira, J. Swakoń, L. de Freitas Nascimento, Characterization of 2D Al2O3:C,Mg radiophotoluminescence films in charged particle beams, Radiat. Meas., 141 (2021) 106518, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2021.106518, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350448721000044?via%3Dihub#!;

M. De Saint-Hubert, (B. Michalec, E. Pyszka, L. Stolarczyk, J. Swakoń, G. Foltyńska, A. Wochnik, R. Kopeć, P. Olko) et al., Characterization of passive dosimeters in proton pencil beam scanning – A EURADOS intercomparison for mailed dosimetry audits in proton therapy centres, Phys. Medica, 82 (2021) 134-143, doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.01.073, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1120179721000764?via%3Dihub#!;

J. Gajewski, (M. Garbacz, K. Czerska, K. Krzempek, R. Kopeć, N. Mojżeszek, M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, M. Rydygier, A. Skrzypek, A. Ruciński) et al., Commissioning of GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo code Fred for clinical applications in proton therapy, Front. Phys., 8 (2021) 567300, doi: 10.3389/fphy.2020.567300, text: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.567300/abstract;

M. Garbacz, (J. Gajewski, R. Kopeć, P. Olko, M. Rydygier, A. Ruciński) et al., Study of relationship between dose, LET and the risk of brain necrosis after proton therapy for skull base tumors, Radiother. Oncol., 163 (2021) 143-149, doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.015, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167814021067098#!;

R.M. Harrison, (P. Olko, L. Stolarczyk) et al., EURADOS Strategic Research Agenda 2020: Vision for the Dosimetry of Ionising Radiation, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 194 (2021) 42-56, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncab063, text: https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/194/1/42/6275894;

F. Kalholm, L. Grzanka, E. Traneus, N. Bassler, A systematic review on the usage of averaged LET in radiation biology for particle therapy, Radiother. Oncol., 161 (2021) 211-221, doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.04.007, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167814021061892?via%3Dihub;

M. Kalinowski, J. Baran, P. Weichbroth, The adaptive spatio-temporal clustering method in classifying direct labor costs for the manufacturing industry, Proc. of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Volume 2020-January, 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021, 4 January 2021 - 8 January 2021, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, (2021) 236-243, doi: 10.24251/HICSS.2021.027, text: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/70638; ISBN: 978-099813314-0;

A. Maj, P. Olko, Fizyka jądrowa i radioterapia protonowa – 5 lat owocnego współistnienia w Centrum Cyklotronowym Bronowice, Book of Abstr. of the 47 Zjazd Fizyków Polskich, 19-23 września 2021, Bydgoszcz, 2021, p. 104, text: https://47zfp.utp.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Ksiazka-abstraktow.pdf;

D. McDonald, F. van Veggel, B. Tomanek, B. Błasiak, Analysis of CNR in molecular MRI using core/shell double contrast NPs, Book of Abstr. of the Multiscale Phenomena in Condensed Matter Online conference for young researchers, YOUNG MULTIS 2021, Kraków, 5-7 July 2021, 2021, p. 50, text: https://indico.ifj.edu.pl/event/497/attachments/1351/2243/Book_of_Abstracts_YoungMultis2021.pdf;

Pa. Moskal, (J. Baran) et al., Simulating NEMA characteristics of the modular total-body J-PET scanner—an economic total-body PET from plastic scintillators, Phys. Med. Biol., 66 (2021) 175015, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac16bd, text: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/ac16bd;

A. Parisi, P. Olko, P. Bilski, S. Biderman, L. Oster, Y. Horowitz, Microdosimetric modeling of the relative efficiency of the optical absorption of LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) detectors exposed to 1H and 4He ions, Radiat. Meas., 145 (2021) 106594, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2021.106594, text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350448721001086;

M. Płódowska, (M. Kłosowski, P. Olko) et al, Small is beautiful: low activity alpha and gamma sources for small-scale radiation protection research experiments, Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 97 (2021) 541-552, doi: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1867925, text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09553002.2021.1867925;

A.R. Purchase, L. Vidarsson, K. Wachowicz, P. Liszkowski, H. Sun, G.E. Sarty, J.C. Sharp, B. Tomanek, A Short and Light, Sparse Dipolar Halbach Magnet for MRI, IEEE Access, 9 (2021) 95294-303, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3093530, text: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9468656;

M. Sądel, J. Gajewski, U. Sowa, J. Swakoń, T. Kajdrowicz, P. Bilski, M. Kłosowski, A. Pędracka, T. Horwacik, 3D Dosimetry Based on LiMgPO4 OSL Silicone Foils: Facilitating the Verification of Eye-Ball Cancer Proton Radiotherapy, Sensors, 21 (2021) 6015, doi: 10.3390/s21186015, text: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/18/6015;

P. Sękowski, A. Lisicka, G. Saworska, W. Szcześniak, T. Matulewicz, I. Skwira-Chalot, A. Spyra, T. Horwacik, J. Swakoń, J.W. Mietelski, Nuclear Reactions That Occur in Human Body During Proton Therapy, Acta Phys. Pol. A, 139 (2021) 454-456, doi: 10.12693/APhysPolA.139.454, text: http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/PDF/139/app139z4p16.pdf;

A. Wochnik, (L. Stolarczyk, R. Kopeć, N. Mojżeszek, E. Pyszka, J. Swakoń, P. Olko) et al., Out-of-field doses for scanning proton radiotherapy of shallowly located paediatric tumours—a comparison of range shifter and 3D printed compensator, Phys. Med. Biol., 66 (2021) 035012, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/abcb1f, text: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/abcb1f;

2020


A. Wochnik, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, Water Equivalence Of Various 3D Printed Materials For Proton Therapy - Monte Carlo Simulation, Treatment Planning Modelling And Validation By Measurements, Acta Phys. Pol. B, 51 (2020) 409-412, doi: [10.5506/APhysPolB.51.409] (http://dx.doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.51.409)

A. Topi, (R. Kopeć, D. Krzempek, K. Krzempek, P. Olko) et al., Monitoring Proton Therapy Through In-Beam PET: An Experimental Phantom Study, IEEE T. Rad. Plasma Med. Sci., 4 (2020) 194-201, doi: [10.1109/TRPMS.2019.2924036] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRPMS.2019.2924036)

S. Sharma, (J. Gajewski, A. Ruciński) et al., Estimating relationship between the time over threshold and energy loss by photons in plastic scintillators used in the J-PET scanner, Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging, 7 (2020) 39, doi: [10.1186/s40658-020-00306-x] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40658-020-00306-x)

M. Sądel, P. Bilski, M. Sankowska, J. Gajewski, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, T. Nowak, M. Kłosowski, Two-dimensional radiation dosimetry based on LiMgPO4 powder embedded into silicone elastomer matrix, Radiat. Meas., 133 (2020) 106255, doi: [10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106255] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106255)

W. Rühm, (L. Stolarczyk, P. Olko) et al., The European radiation dosimetry group – Review of recent scientific achievements, Radiat. Phys. Chem., 168 (2020) 108514, doi: [10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108514] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108514)

A. Ruciński, (J. Baran, J. Gajewski, M. Garbacz, M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, A. Skrzypek) et al., Investigations On Physical And Biological Range Uncertainties In Krakow Proton Beam Therapy Centre, Acta Phys. Pol. B, 51 (2020) 9-16, doi: [10.5506/APhysPolB.51.9] (http://dx.doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.51.9)

G. Reshes, I. Eliyahu, L. Oster, Y.S. Horowitz, S. Biderman, D. Ginsburg, P. Olko, P. Bilski, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, Comparison of optical absorption and thermoluminescence in LiF:Mg, TI (TLD-100) following irradiation by high energy protons and 90Sr/90Y beta rays, Radiat. Meas., 132 (2020) 106249, doi: [10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106249] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106249)

A. Parisi, P. Olko, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, H. Jabłoński, L. Malinowski, T. Nowak, L. Struelens, F. Vanhavere, A new method to predict the response of thermoluminescent detectors exposed at different positions within a clinical proton beam, Radiat. Meas., 133 (2020) 106281, doi: [10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106281] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106281)

A. Parisi, P. Olko, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, H. Jabłoński, L. Malinowski, T. Nowak, L. Struelens, F. Vanhavere, Mitigation of the proton-induced low temperature anomaly of LiF:Mg,Cu,P detectors using a post-irradiation pre-readout thermal protocol, Radiat. Meas., 132 (2020) 106233, doi: [10.1016/j.radmeas.2019.106233] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2019.106233)

A. Parisi, P. Olko, J. Swakoń, T. Horwacik, H. Jabłoński, L. Malinowski, T. Nowak, L. Struelens, F. Vanhavere, Modeling the radiation-induced cell death in a therapeutic proton beam using thermoluminescent detectors and radiation transport simulations, Phys. Med. Biol., 65 (2020) 015008, doi: [10.1088/1361-6560/ab491f] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab491f)

P. Olko, M. Jeżabek, R. Kopeć, A. Maj, Centrum Cyklotronowe Bronowice – od fizyki do medycyny, Pauza Akademicka, 520 (2020) 5-6,

M. Obrzut, B. Obrzut, M. Zmuda, J. Baran, Ma. Cholewa, R.L. Ehman, D. Darmochwal-Kolarz, Uterine leiomyomas: correlation between histologic composition and stiffness via magnetic resonance elastography — a Pilot Study, Ginekol. Pol., 91 (2020) 373-378, doi: [10.5603/GP.a2020.0067] (http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/GP.a2020.0067)

P. Moskal, (J. Gajewski, A. Ruciński) et al., Performance assessment of the 2γ positronium imaging with the total-body PET scanners, Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging, 7 (2020) 44, doi: [10.1186/s40658-020-00307-w] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40658-020-00307-w)

K. Jeleń, L. Grzanka, P. Olko, Uncertainty Of RBE Model In Proton Radiotherapy Based On α/β Ratio And Linear Energy Transfer, Acta Phys. Pol. B, 51 (2020) 405-408, doi: [10.5506/APhysPolB.51.405] (http://dx.doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolB.51.405)

L. Grzanka, M.P.R. Waligórski, Comment to the article “Inactivation cross section induced by heavy ions of different energies in bacterial cells of E. coli: An analytical approach” by Awad and Abu-Shady, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 473 (2020) 62-63, doi: [10.1016/j.nimb.2020.02.011] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2020.02.011)

A. Bogdali-Suślik, (J. Miszczyk, A. Panek, M. Woźniak, J. Swakoń, W. Komenda, N. Mojżeszek, T. Kajdrowicz, R. Kopeć, P. Olko) et al., Influence of Therapeutic Proton Beam on Glioblastoma Multiforme Proliferation Index — A Preliminary Study, Acta Phys. Pol. A, 137 (2020) 64-69, doi: [10.12693/APhysPolA.137.64] (http://dx.doi.org/10.12693/APhysPolA.137.64)

2019


J. Swakoń, Zastosowanie wiązek z cyklotronów AIC-144 i Proteus C-235 do radioterapii protonowej nowotworów oka w IFJ PAN, (IFJ PAN) ISBN: 978-83-63542-06-1, (2019) 1-293,

M. Stock, (T. Kajdrowicz, R. Kopeć, P. Olko, K. Skowrońska, U. Sowa) et al., Harmonization of proton planning for head and neck cancer using PBS: First report of the IPACS collaboration, Poster in: Radiother. Oncol. PO-0943, 133 2019, p. S508-S509, doi: [10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31363-5] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(19)31363-5)

M. Stock, (T. Kajdrowicz, R. Kopeć, G. Mierzwińska, P. Olko, K. Skowrońska, U. Sowa) et al., Harmonization of proton treatment planning for head and neck cancer using pencil beam scanning: first report of the IPACS collaboration group, Acta Oncol., 58 (2019) 1720-1730, doi: [10.1080/0284186X.2019.1648858] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2019.1648858)

A. Ruciński, J. Baran, M. Garbacz, M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, P. Moskal, Plastic-scintillator based PET detector for proton beam therapy range monitoring: preliminary study, Poster in: Radiother. Oncol. PV-0480, 133 2019, p. S246-S247, doi: [10.1016/S0167-8140(19)30900-4] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(19)30900-4)

A. Ruciński, (J. Baran, J. Gajewski, M. Garbacz, R. Kopeć, G. Mierzwińska, N. Mojżeszek, M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, A. Skrzypek) et al., GPU-Accelerated Monte Carlo Code FRED for Clinical Application in Proton Therapy, Abstr. in: Med. Phys., Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physicists-in-Medicine (AAPM), San Antonio, TX, USA, JUL 14-18, 2019, MO-K-301-0, 46 2019, p. E279,

A. Ruciński et al., Secondary radiation measurements for particle therapy applications: Charged secondaries produced by 16O ion beams in a PMMA target at large angles, Phys. Medica, 64 (2019) 45-53, doi: [10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.06.001] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.06.001)

A.R. Purchase, T. Pałasz, H. Sun, J.C. Sharp, B. Tomanek, A high duty-cycle, multi-channel, power amplifier for high-resolution radiofrequency encoded magnetic resonance imaging, Magn. Reson. Mater. Phy., 32 (2019) 679-692, doi: [10.1007/s10334-019-00763-1] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10334-019-00763-1)

P. Olko, Radioterapia protonowa przyszłości - w czym może pomóc fizyka jądrowa?, Abstr. of the 45th General Meeting of Polish Physicists (XLV Zjazd Fizyków Polskich), Kraków: UJ, 13-18 Sept. 2019, 2019, p. 98,

S. Nielsen, N. Bassler, L. Grzanka, L. Laursen, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, C.N. Andreassen, J. Alsner, B. Singers Sørensen, Comparison of Coding Transcriptomes in Fibroblasts Irradiated With Low and High LET Proton Beams and Cobalt-60 Photons, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., 103 (2019) 1203-1211, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.11.065

A.C. Kraan, (R. Kopeć, D. Krzempek, P. Olko, K. Skowrońska) et al., Analysis of in-beam PET time-profiles in proton therapy, J. Instr., 14 (2019) C02001, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/02/C02001

K. Jasińska-Konior, O. Wiecheć, M. Sarna, A. Panek, J. Swakoń, M. Michalik, K. Urbańska, M. Elas, Increased elasticity of melanoma cells after low-LET proton beam due to actin cytoskeleton rearrangements, Scien. Reports, 9 (2019) 7008, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43453-7

L. Grzanka, M.P.R. Waligórski, N. Bassler, The Role Of Particle Spectra In Modeling The Relative Biological Effectiveness Of Proton Radiotherapy Beams, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 183 (2019) 251-254, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncy268

L. Grzanka, K. Jeleń, M.P.R. Waligórski, Towards incorporation of RBE uncertainty in proton therapy planning systems, IFJ Report, 2102/AP (2019) 1-16,

M. Garbacz, (J. Gajewski, A. Ruciński) et al., Proton Therapy Treatment Plan Verification in CCB Krakow Using Fred Monte Carlo TPS Tool, Chapter in: Proc. of World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018, ed. by L. Lhotska, L. Sukupova, I. Lacković, G.S. Ibbott, June 3-8, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic (Vol.68/1) Springer, Singapore, 2019, 1 (2019) 783-787, doi: [10.1007/978-981-10-9035-6_144] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9035-6_144)

M. De Saint-Hubert, L.F. de Souza, S. Kodaira, J. Swakoń, L. de Freitas Nascimento, Luminescence efficiency of Al2O3:C,Mg radiophotoluminescence in charged particle beams, Radiat. Meas., 123 (2019) 54-57, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.12.015

K. Czerska, P. Winczura, J. Wejs-Maternik, A. Blukis, M. Antonowicz-Szydłowska, A. Ruciński, P. Olko, R. Kopeć, A. Badzio, Proton vs photon deep inspiration breathhold planning study for left-sided breast cancer patients, Poster in: Radiother. Oncol. EP-1877, 133 2019, p. S1019, doi: [10.1016/S0167-8140(19)32297-2] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(19)32297-2)

A. Bogdali-Suślik, (J. Miszczyk, M. Woźniak, A. Panek, J. Swakoń, W. Komenda, N. Mojżeszek, T. Kajdrowicz, R. Kopeć, P. Olko) et al., Influence of therapeutic proton beam on glioblastoma multiforme proliferation index – preliminary study, Book of Abstr. of the LIV Zakopane School of Physics Breaking Frontiers: Submicron Structures in Physics and Biology, May 21st-25th, 2019, Zakopane, Poland, 2019, p. 90,

B. Błasiak, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, A. Dash, J. Matyas, D. Ponjevic, A. Banerjee, S. Trudel, G.R. Sutherland, B. Tomanek, Molecular Imaging of Cancer using Targeted Contrast Agents, Book of Abstr. of the 10th Kraków Workshop on Novel Applications of Imaging and Spectroscopy in Medicine, Biology and Material Sciences, 23-25 September 2019, Kraków, 2019, p. 9,

J. Baran, J. Gajewski, M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka, P. Moskal, A. Ruciński, Studies of J-PET detector to monitor range uncertainty in proton therapy, Proc. of the 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 26 Oct-2 Nov, 2019, Manchester, UK, (2019) 9059793, doi: [10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059793] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059793)

A. Banerjee, W. Zeng, M. Taheri, B. Błasiak, B. Tomanek, S. Trudel, Shape-controlled MnO nanoparticles as T1 MRI contrast agents, AIP Adv., 9 (2019) 125031, doi: [10.1063/1.5129944] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5129944)

A. Banerjee, G.E. Bertolesi, C.-C. Ling, B. Błasiak, A. Purchase, O. Calderon, B. Tomanek, S. Trudel, Bifunctional Pyrrolidin-2-one Terminated Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles for Combined Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescence Imaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11 (2019) 13069-78, doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b21762

J.G. Alves, (L. Stolarczyk, P. Olko) et al., EURADOS education and training activities, Review in: J. Radiol. Prot., 39 (2019) R37-R50, doi: [10.1088/1361-6498/ab3256] (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ab3256)

2018


P. Trnková, (A. Ruciński) et al., Clinical implementations of 4D pencil beam scanned particle therapy: Report on the 4D treatment planning workshop 2016 and 2017, Phys. Medica, 54 (2018) 121-130, doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.10.002

A. Toboła-Galus, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, Dosimetric Characterization Of Collimators For Spatially Fractionated Proton Therapy Of The Eye, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 180 (2018) 351-354, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncy015

J. Szabó, J.K. Pálfalvi, A. Strádi, P. Bilski, J. Swakoń, L. Stolarczyk, Proton induced target fragmentation studies on solid state nuclear track detectors using Carbon radiators, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 888 (2018) 196-201, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.084

L. Stolarczyk, (N. Mojżeszek, M. Kłodowska, M. Liszka, P. Olko) et al., Dose distribution of secondary radiation in a water phantom for a proton pencil beam-EURADOS WG9 intercomparison exercise, Phys. Med. Biol., 63 (2018) 085017, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aab469

M. Rydygier, M. Jastrząb, D. Krzempek, T. Nowak, L. Grzanka, P. Bednarczyk, L. Stolarczyk, Radiotherapy Proton Beam Profilometry With scCVD Diamond Detector In Single Particle Mode Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 180 (2018) 282-285, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx305

A. Ruciński et al., Secondary radiation measurements for particle therapy applications: charged particles produced by 4He and 12C ion beams in a PMMA target at large angle Phys. Med. Biol., 63 (2018) 055018, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaa36a

T.P. Ringbaek, U. Weber, A. Santiago, G. Iancu, A. Wittig, L. Grzanka, N. Bassler, R. Engenhart-Cabillic, K. Zink, Validation of new 2D ripple filters in proton treatments of spherical geometries and non-small cell lung carcinoma cases, Phys. Med. Biol., 63 (2018) 245020, doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaede9

Ka. Rawojć, J. Miszczyk, A. Możdżeń, J. Swakoń, A. Sowa-Staszczak, Evaluation of the premature chromosome condensation scoring protocol after proton and X-ray irradiation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes at high doses range, Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 94 (2018) 996-1005, doi: 10.1080/09553002.2018.1490038

E. Podgórska, A. Drzal, Z. Matuszak, J. Swakoń, A. Słomiński, M. Elas, K. Urbańska, Calcitriol and Calcidiol Can Sensitize Melanoma Cells to Low–LET Proton Beam Irradiation, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 19 (2018) 2236, doi: 10.3390/ijms19082236

A. Panek, J. Miszczyk, J. Swakoń, Biological effects and inter-individual variability in peripheral blood lymphocytes of healthy donors exposed to 60 MeV proton radiotherapeutic beam, Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 94 (2018) 1085-1094, doi: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1524941

S. Nielsen, N. Bassler, L. Grzanka, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, C.N. Andreassen, J. Alsner, B. Singers Sørensen, Optimal reference genes for normalization of qPCR gene expression data from proton and photon irradiated dermal fibroblasts, Scien. Reports, 8 (2018) 12688, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30946-0

S.M.J. Mortazavi, C. Rangacharyulu, J.J. Bevelacqua, J. Welsh, M. Waligorski, M. Doss, Comments on “The Past Informs the Future: An Overview of the Million Worker Study and the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Cohort”, in: Health Phys., 115 (2018) 387–388, doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000921,

N. Mojżeszek, M. Kłodowska, W. Komenda, L. Stolarczyk, R. Kopeć, P. Olko, Geometrical Efficiency Of Plane-Parallel Ionization Chambers In Proton Scanning Beam Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 180 (2018) 334-337, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx206

J. Miszczyk, Ka. Rawojć, A.M. Borkowska, A. Panek, J. Swakoń, A. Gałaś, M.M. Ahmed, P.G.S. Prasanna, Therapeutic proton irradiation results in apoptosis and caspase-3 activation in human peripheral blood lymphocytes, Transl. Cancer Res., 7 (2018) 879-889, doi: 10.21037/tcr.2018.06.14

J. Miszczyk, K. Rawojć, A. Panek, A. Borkowska, P.G.S. Prasanna, M.M. Ahmed, J. Swakoń, A. Gałaś, Do protons and X-rays induce cell-killing in human peripheral blood lymphocytes by different mechanisms? Clin. Trans. Rad. Oncol., 9 (2018) 23-29, doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2018.01.004

M. Liszka, L. Stolarczyk, M. Kłodowska, A. Kozera, D. Krzempek, N. Mojżeszek, A. Pędracka, M.P.R. Waligórski, P. Olko, Ion recombination and polarity correction factors for a plane–parallel ionization chamber in a proton scanning beam Med. Phys., 45 (2018) 391-401, doi: 10.1002/mp.12668

Ž. Knežević, (N. Mojżeszek, L. Stolarczyk, P. Olko) et al., Comparison of response of passive dosimetry systems in scanning proton radiotherapy - a study using paediatric anthropomorphic phantoms, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 180 (2018) 256-260, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx254

L. Grzanka, O. Ardenfors, N. Bassler, Monte Carlo Simulations Of Spatial Let Distributions In Clinical Proton Beams, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 180 (2018) 296-299, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx272

A. Dash, B. Błasiak, B. Tomanek, F.C.J.M. van Veggel, Validation of Inner, Second, and Outer Sphere Contributions to T1 and T2 Relaxation in Gd3+-Based Nanoparticles Using Eu3+ Lifetime Decay as a Probe, J. Phys. Chem. C, 122 (2018) 11557-1156, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02807

A. Abulrob, S. Corluka, B. Błasiak, B. Gino Fallone, D. Ponjevic, J. Matyas, B. Tomanek, LyP-1 conjugated nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging of triple negative breast cancer, Mol. Imaging Biol., 20 (2018) 428-435, doi: 10.1007/s11307-017-1140-4

J. Baran, Z. Chen, F. Sforazzini, N. Ferris, S. Jamadar, B. Schmitt, D. Faul, N.J. Shah, Ma. Cholewa, G.F. Egan, Accurate hybrid template–based and MR-based attenuation correction using UTE images for simultaneous PET/MR brain imaging applications BMC Medical Imaging, 18 (2018) 41, doi: 10.1186/s12880-018-0283-3

B. Marczewska, P. Bilski, T. Nowak, W. Gieszczyk, M. Kłosowski, Imaging of proton Bragg peaks in LiF, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 178 (2018) 333-336, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncx115

2017


A. Banerjee, B. Błasiak, E. Pasquier, B. Tomanek, S. Trudel, Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of PEGylated first-row transition metal ferrite nanoparticles as: T2 contrast agents for high-field MRI, RSC Adv., 7 (2017) 38125-134, doi: 10.1039/c7ra05495e

E.M. Høye, M. Sadel, L. Kaplan, P.S. Skyt, L.P. Muren, J.B.B. Petersen, J. Swakoń, G. Mierzwińska, M. Rydygier, L. Malinowski, P. Balling, First 3D measurements of proton beams in a deformable silicone-based dosimeter, J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 847 (2017) 012021, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/755/1/011001

B.S. Sørensen, N. Bassler, S. Nielsen, M.R. Horsman, L. Grzanka, H. Spejlborg, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, J. Overgaard, Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) and distal edge effects of proton radiation on early damage in vivo Acta Oncol., 56 (2017) 1387-1391, doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1351621

A. Ruciński, J. Gajewski, P. Olko, I. Rinaldi, V. Patera, A. Schiavi, GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo code for fast dose recalculation in proton beam therapy Acta Phys. Pol. B, 48 (2017) 1625-1630, doi: 10.5506/APhysPolB.48.1625

M. Nowina-Konopka, P. Bilski, B. Obryk, B. Marczewska, P. Olko, M. Kłosowski, W. Gieszczyk, Luminescence dosimetry: Review of methods, detectors and their applications, Non. Opt. Quant. Optics, 48 2017, p. 133-146

S. Nielsen, N. Bassler, L. Grzanka, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, C.N. Andreassen, J. Overgaard, J. Alsner, B.S. Sørensen, Differential gene expression in primary fibroblasts induced by proton and cobalt-60 beam irradiation Acta Oncol., 56 (2017) 1406-1412, doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1351623

N. Mojżeszek, J. Farah, M. Kłodowska, O. Ploc, L. Stolarczyk, M.P.R. Waligórski, P. Olko, Measurement of stray neutron doses inside the treatment room from a proton pencil beam scanning system, Phys. Medica, 34 2017, p.80-84, doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.01.013

I. Mattei, (A. Ruciński) et al., Addendum: Measurement of charged particle yields from PMMA irradiated by a 220 MeV/u ^12^C beam, Phys. Med. Biol., 62 2017, p.8483-8494, doi:10.1088 / 1361-6560/aa8b35

J. Kunst, R. Kopeć, P. Kukołowicz, N. Mojżeszek, B. Sadowski, L. Stolarczyk, W. Ślusarczyk-Kacprzyk, A. Toboła, P. Olko, Mailed dosimetric audit of therapeutic proton beams using thermoluminescence MTS-N (LiF:Mg,Ti) powder - First results, Radiat. Meas., 106 (2017) 312-314, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.031

K. Jasińska-Konior, K. Pochylczuk, E. Czajka, M. Michalik, B. Romanowska-Dixon, J. Swakoń, K. Urbańska, M. Elas, Proton beam irradiation inhibits the migration of melanoma cells, PLOS ONE, 12 2017, e0186002, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186002

E.M. Høye, (J. Swakoń, G. Mierzwińska, M. Rydygier) et al., Chemically tuned linear energy transfer dependent quenching in a deformable, radiochromic 3D dosimeter, Phys. Med. Biol., 62 2017 N73-N89, doi: 10.1088/ 1361-6560/aa512a

J. Farah, M. De Saint-Hubert, N. Mojżeszek, S. Chiriotti, M. Gryziński, O. Ploc, F. Trompier, K. Turek, F. Vanhavere, P. Olko, Performance tests and comparison of microdosimetric measurements with four tissue-equivalent proportional counters in scanning proton therapy, Radiat. Meas., 96 2017, p.42-52, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.12.005

J. Dankowski, K. Drozdowicz, A. Kurowski, U. Wiącek, T. Nowak, Y. Zabila, Diamond detectors for spectrometric measurements of fusion plasma products, Diam. Relat. Mater., 79 2017 p.88-92, doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2017.08.016

2016


V.T. Taasti, E.M. Høye, D.C. Hansen, L.P. Muren, J. Thygesen, P.S. Skyt, P. Balling, N. Bassler, C. Grau, G. Mierzwińska, M. Rydygier, J. Swakoń, P. Olko, J.B. Petersen, Technical Note: Improving proton stopping power ratio determination for a deformable silicone-based 3D dosimeter using dual energy CT, Med. Phys., 43 2016, p. 2780-2784, doi: 10.1118/ 1.4948677

M. Sądel, P. Bilski, J. Swakoń, A. Weber, Evaluation of the relative TL efficiency of the thermoluminescent detectors to heavy charged particles, Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 168 2016, p.27-32, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncv003

J. Miszczyk, A. Panek, Ka. Rawojć, J. Swakoń, P.G.S. Prasanna, M. Rydygier, A. Gałaś, Effects of 60 MeV protons and 250 kV X-Rays on cell viability, Acta Phys. Pol. A, 129 2016, p.222-225, doi: 10.12693/APhysPolA.129.222

E.A. Jakubowska, M.A. Gryziński, N. Golnik, P. Tulik, L. Stolarczyk, T. Horwacik, K. Zbroja, Ł. Góra, Ambient dose equivalent measurements in secondary radiation fields at proton therapy facility CCB IFJ PAN in Krakow using recombination chambers, Nukleonika, 61 2016, p.23-28, doi: 10.1515/nuka-2016-0006

J. Hrbacek, (T. Horwacik, J. Swakoń), et al., Practice patterns analysis of ocular proton therapy centers: the international OPTIC survey, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., 95 2016, p.336-343, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.040

S. Głąb, (P. Kapusta, G. Mierzwińska, M. Ptaszkiewicz, M. Rydygier, J. Swakoń) et al., Radiation damage in transistors fabricated with lapis semiconductor 200 nm FD-SOI technology, Published in: Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 21st Symposium On Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-Ray And Gamma-Ray Detectors, 8-15 November 2014, Seattle, USA, 2016, doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431063

2015


M. Sądel, P. Bilski, J. Swakoń, M. Rydygier, T. Horwacik, A. Weber, Comparative investigations of the relative thermoluminescent efficiency of LiF detectors to protons at different proton therapy facilities, Radiat. Meas., 82 2015, p.8-13, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.07.009

M. Sądel, P. Bilski, J. Swakoń, M. Rydygier,Sensitivity changes of LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P TL detectors after proton exposures, Radiat. Meas., 74 2015, p.26-30, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.02.009