Professional address :
Medical Physics Department
S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital
Via Massarenti, 9
40138 Bologna (BO)
Italy
gaetano.compagnone@aosp.bo.it
Education:
M. Sc. in Physics.
Post-graduate Specialization in Medical Physics.
Registered in the Italian National Board of Qualified Experts in
Radiation Protection .
Career to date:
as Medical Physicist:
1988 - 1993: Medical Physics Department of S. Maria Nuova
Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy;
1993 - To date: Medical Physics Department of S. Orsola Malpighi
University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
as Lecturer:
1996 - To date: University of Bologna ( appointed as Professor
of "Physics in Radiology" at the post-graduate School of Medical
Physics, as well as at the B.Sc. course for Radiology and Nuclear
Medicine Technology) .
Coordinator of scientific projects at a regional and national
level.
Associate Editor (Guest) for "Medical Physics".
Reviewer for "Medical Physics", "The British Journal of Radiology", "Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics", "Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology", "Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing", "Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions".
External examiner of the University of Cape Town (South
Africa).
Past main professional activities:
Treatment planning in radiotherapy;
Quality assurance and quality control procedures on radiotherapy
systems (linear accelerator, brachiterapy sources, ...);
Dosimetry in radiotherapy;
Quality assurance and quality control procedures on nuclear
medicine systems;
Dosimetry in nuclear medicine;
Radiation protection of workers.
Current main professional activities:
Patient doses in radiology (diagnostic reference levels,
monitoring of the medical radiological exposures of the population,
interventional radiology, ...);
Quality assurance and quality control procedures on radiology
systems (Computed Radiography, Direct Digital Radiography, Digital
Angiography, conventional projection radiography);
Diagnostic imaging analysis;
Statistical aspects of scientific studies carried out together
with the clinicians (ROC curves, ...).
He published many papers in peer-reviewed scientific Journals and
book chapters, and many communications at Congresses and Courses.
