Nico Lanconelli graduated in Physics in 1997 cum laude, got a
master in "Advanced information and communication techniques" in
1998 and PhD in Physics in 2003. Since 2004 he holds a position as
assistant professor at the University of Bologna.
Since 1998 he is involved in projects concerning diagnostic imaging
in medicine and the development of systems for the automatic
detection of suspect areas in digital images. He participated at
several collaborations for the investigation of multi-modal
apparatus for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, for the
development of computerized techniques for the detection of lesions
in mammography and he has been working in cooperation with an
industry for the setting up of a digital mammography equipment. He
contributed to the realization of the first commercial Italian unit
for digital mammography and the development of a commercial
computer aided detection system for digital mammograms.
He is currently local responsible of the Bologna unit participating
at a project for the development of a CT system dedicated to breast
imaging. He participates in a collaboration with a manufacturer of
radiological systems for developing a new X-ray tomosynthesis
apparatus for breast imaging. He is also involved in a European
project financed named CHIRON (Cyclic and person-centric Health
management: Integrated appRoach for hOme, mobile and clinical
eNvironments), within the ARTEMIS initiative. Within this project
his concern is about the development of image processing techniques
in cardiac applications, and he is also task leader of a task which
aims to realize image processing software for 3D Ultrasounds an MR
images.
In the past, he was in charge of the following projects:
- Local Responsible for the Bologna unit within the project
financed by the Italian Minister of University and Research (MIUR)
PRIN 2007 named: "High resolution PET system for small animals
based on high granularity SiPM", 2008-2009.
- Local Responsible for the Bologna unit within the project
financed by the Italian Minister of University and Research (MIUR)
PRIN 2004 named: "New Techniques for Breast Cancer Imaging",
2005-2006.
- Local Responsible for the Bologna unit within the project
financed by the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) named
DoPET (Dosimetry in PET), 2006-2008.
He is author of more than 60 scientific papers on international
peer reviewed journals, of numerous papers published on
international conference proceedings, of some chapters on
international books, of one book on applied physics. He is inventor
of two industrial patents.
