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Papers by Franco Milano
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
... Network will assure the future support and expansion of EMITEL Encyclopaedia and Dictionary a... more ... Network will assure the future support and expansion of EMITEL Encyclopaedia and Dictionary as a web site free to ... Chaikovska; Emzinsh Dzintars; Sergei Popov; Lada Bumbure; Juris Rauzins; Plaude Sandija; Arunas Lukosevicius; Algidas Basevicius; Dovile Serenaite; Diana ...
International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
This paper describes the development of two web based education and training packages EMERALD and... more This paper describes the development of two web based education and training packages EMERALD and EMIT designed to meet the training needs of professional medical physicists. The program has been developed over a number of years by collaboration between hospitals and universities across Europe. The program concentrates on assisting competence development in five initial areas: diagnostic radiology; nuclear medicine; magnetic resonance tomography; ultrasound; and radiotherapy. Each of the topic areas includes around 50 training tasks in five hypertext workbooks, supplemented by a topical image database. The training materials have been extensively refereed during the development phase and are now in use in 65 countries across the globe. Initial evaluation has shown that the material enhances the training experience and produces a more consistent output.
2006 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006
Most approaches to semantics in computational linguistics represent meaning in terms of words or ... more Most approaches to semantics in computational linguistics represent meaning in terms of words or abstract symbols. Grounded-language research bases the meaning of natural language on perception and/or action in the (real or virtual) world. Machine learning has become the most effective approach to constructing natural-language systems; however, current methods require a great deal of laboriously annotated training data. Ideally, a computer would be able to acquire language like a child, by being exposed to language in the context of a relevant but ambiguous environment, thereby grounding its learning in perception and action. We will review recent research in grounded language learning and discuss future directions. Raymond J. Mooney is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He is an author of over 150 published research papers, primarily in the areas o...
EMITEL, the e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics and its Multilingual Translator (dictionary) have ... more EMITEL, the e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics and its Multilingual Translator (dictionary) have been launched at WC2009 (www.emitel2.eu). This international project attracted more than 300 specialists from 36 countries and grew to be the largest international project in the profession. This paper describes the development of EMITEL, its effective use, and its planned future development.
Radiotherapy and Oncology, 1985
Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research XXIII, 1999
EMERALD is an EC-funded Leonardo da Vinci pilot project in which three common transnational vocat... more EMERALD is an EC-funded Leonardo da Vinci pilot project in which three common transnational vocational training modules in Medical Radiation Physics are developed; Physics in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy. They will be delivered for training of graduate and postgraduate students. Each module, following a syllabus and a workbook for students, will last about four months. It incorporates material for interactive computerbased learning and distance learning on CD-ROMs, as well as a database of technical and physical images (i.e. equipment, phantom images, simulated images, artefacts, etc.). An extension of the EMERALD project considers the design of an electronic course and conversion to network-based material on interactive WWW-pages for on-line initial vocational training (IVT) and continuing vocational training (CVT) in “life long learning and training”.
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
ABSTRACT Recently medical practice has been experienced tremendous improvements either in diagnos... more ABSTRACT Recently medical practice has been experienced tremendous improvements either in diagnosis and treatment of human disease developing and introducing in the clinical practice new technologies and methods. Medical physicists (MPs) have surely played a central role in this process contributing to research activities and applying physics and advanced technical skills to the routine medical practice. The training of medical physicists is therefore one of the key point as the specialized professional knowledge that medical physicists possess assures the optimum outcome for patients in many area like for example radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology. Education often consists of postgraduate courses and on-the-job training in hospitals. Actually the largest differences between the training schemes are encountered among Countries that introduced the MP profession since many years and Countries that only recently started the process. In many Countries the availability of teaching materials (textbooks, journals, on-line tutorials, web-based instructions etc) can be different and a strong influence on the training possibilities is also related with the national specific legal requirements. Aim of the paper is to describe the MP training scheme adopted at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (CUB) and to assess its effectiveness. The evaluation of the CUB training effectiveness is presented and an analysis of the weak and strong points of the scheme is carried on. The specific impact and contribution to the development of the student education of courses, training material and management is also evaluated. KeywordsMedical Physics-training-education
4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003.
This paper describes the methodology and development of an e-learning programme (EMERALD) designe... more This paper describes the methodology and development of an e-learning programme (EMERALD) designed to meet the training needs of professional medical physicists and engineers. The programme has been developed over a number of years by collaboration between hospitals and universities across Europe. The programme concentrates on assisting competence development in three initial areas-X-ray diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. EMERALD
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
... In 1996 a Consortium of Universities and Hospitals from UK, Sweden, Italy, Portugal and the I... more ... In 1996 a Consortium of Universities and Hospitals from UK, Sweden, Italy, Portugal and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) initiated an EC Leonardo da Vinci project named EMERALD, acronyms of European MEdical RAdiation Learning Development. ...
Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 1995
We measured the level of second messengers, the activity of carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, and ... more We measured the level of second messengers, the activity of carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, and the resistance to ionizing radiations in normal 32D hematopoietic cells, in v-erbB transformants and in spontaneous transformants. v-erbB and spontaneous transformants were resistant to radiations as compared with their normal counterpart. The second messenger diacylglycerol was elevated in radioresistant clones. Only v-erbB transformants showed increase of the activities of enolase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. v-erbB-transformed NIH/3T3 cells, selected as control, showed identical correlation between radioresistance, increase of diacylglycerol, and of enolase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. These results indicate that increase of diacylglycerol is correlated with resistance to the killing effect of ionizing radiations and could be proposed as a marker of radioresponse.
La Radiologia medica, 1978
La Radiologia medica, 1996
In 1990 the region of Tuscany instituted a quality control program for mammography, in order to c... more In 1990 the region of Tuscany instituted a quality control program for mammography, in order to check the working conditions of mammography centers in the region, to investigate the feasibility of applying some working standards in line with European recommendations, and to promote the training of personnel. The program involves the following: a test of newly acquired mammographic equipment to establish that it meets the required standards; an annual test of generators, X-ray beams, grid, AEC, screen-film system, film processing, dose and image quality; daily test (phantom radiography and film sensitometry) performed by the personnel of each mammographic Unit; and a sustained advisory service for the technical problems occurring between checks. Thirty-nine of 57 centers participated on a voluntary basis, and 135 checks were performed annually. The results of the program show a performance below the recommended standard in relation to AEC, film sensitometry and the adequacy of lights...
The articles in the Encyclopaedia will be listed alphabetically, but during the development stage... more The articles in the Encyclopaedia will be listed alphabetically, but during the development stage these are grouped into 7 main groups: - Diagnostic Radiology - MR imaging - Nuclear Medicine - Radiation Protection - Radiotherapy - Ultrasound imaging - General The number of articles per group varies, but in general these are between 400 and 600.
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
... Network will assure the future support and expansion of EMITEL Encyclopaedia and Dictionary a... more ... Network will assure the future support and expansion of EMITEL Encyclopaedia and Dictionary as a web site free to ... Chaikovska; Emzinsh Dzintars; Sergei Popov; Lada Bumbure; Juris Rauzins; Plaude Sandija; Arunas Lukosevicius; Algidas Basevicius; Dovile Serenaite; Diana ...
International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
This paper describes the development of two web based education and training packages EMERALD and... more This paper describes the development of two web based education and training packages EMERALD and EMIT designed to meet the training needs of professional medical physicists. The program has been developed over a number of years by collaboration between hospitals and universities across Europe. The program concentrates on assisting competence development in five initial areas: diagnostic radiology; nuclear medicine; magnetic resonance tomography; ultrasound; and radiotherapy. Each of the topic areas includes around 50 training tasks in five hypertext workbooks, supplemented by a topical image database. The training materials have been extensively refereed during the development phase and are now in use in 65 countries across the globe. Initial evaluation has shown that the material enhances the training experience and produces a more consistent output.
2006 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006
Most approaches to semantics in computational linguistics represent meaning in terms of words or ... more Most approaches to semantics in computational linguistics represent meaning in terms of words or abstract symbols. Grounded-language research bases the meaning of natural language on perception and/or action in the (real or virtual) world. Machine learning has become the most effective approach to constructing natural-language systems; however, current methods require a great deal of laboriously annotated training data. Ideally, a computer would be able to acquire language like a child, by being exposed to language in the context of a relevant but ambiguous environment, thereby grounding its learning in perception and action. We will review recent research in grounded language learning and discuss future directions. Raymond J. Mooney is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He is an author of over 150 published research papers, primarily in the areas o...
EMITEL, the e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics and its Multilingual Translator (dictionary) have ... more EMITEL, the e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics and its Multilingual Translator (dictionary) have been launched at WC2009 (www.emitel2.eu). This international project attracted more than 300 specialists from 36 countries and grew to be the largest international project in the profession. This paper describes the development of EMITEL, its effective use, and its planned future development.
Radiotherapy and Oncology, 1985
Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research XXIII, 1999
EMERALD is an EC-funded Leonardo da Vinci pilot project in which three common transnational vocat... more EMERALD is an EC-funded Leonardo da Vinci pilot project in which three common transnational vocational training modules in Medical Radiation Physics are developed; Physics in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy. They will be delivered for training of graduate and postgraduate students. Each module, following a syllabus and a workbook for students, will last about four months. It incorporates material for interactive computerbased learning and distance learning on CD-ROMs, as well as a database of technical and physical images (i.e. equipment, phantom images, simulated images, artefacts, etc.). An extension of the EMERALD project considers the design of an electronic course and conversion to network-based material on interactive WWW-pages for on-line initial vocational training (IVT) and continuing vocational training (CVT) in “life long learning and training”.
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
ABSTRACT Recently medical practice has been experienced tremendous improvements either in diagnos... more ABSTRACT Recently medical practice has been experienced tremendous improvements either in diagnosis and treatment of human disease developing and introducing in the clinical practice new technologies and methods. Medical physicists (MPs) have surely played a central role in this process contributing to research activities and applying physics and advanced technical skills to the routine medical practice. The training of medical physicists is therefore one of the key point as the specialized professional knowledge that medical physicists possess assures the optimum outcome for patients in many area like for example radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology. Education often consists of postgraduate courses and on-the-job training in hospitals. Actually the largest differences between the training schemes are encountered among Countries that introduced the MP profession since many years and Countries that only recently started the process. In many Countries the availability of teaching materials (textbooks, journals, on-line tutorials, web-based instructions etc) can be different and a strong influence on the training possibilities is also related with the national specific legal requirements. Aim of the paper is to describe the MP training scheme adopted at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (CUB) and to assess its effectiveness. The evaluation of the CUB training effectiveness is presented and an analysis of the weak and strong points of the scheme is carried on. The specific impact and contribution to the development of the student education of courses, training material and management is also evaluated. KeywordsMedical Physics-training-education
4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003.
This paper describes the methodology and development of an e-learning programme (EMERALD) designe... more This paper describes the methodology and development of an e-learning programme (EMERALD) designed to meet the training needs of professional medical physicists and engineers. The programme has been developed over a number of years by collaboration between hospitals and universities across Europe. The programme concentrates on assisting competence development in three initial areas-X-ray diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. EMERALD
IFMBE Proceedings, 2009
... In 1996 a Consortium of Universities and Hospitals from UK, Sweden, Italy, Portugal and the I... more ... In 1996 a Consortium of Universities and Hospitals from UK, Sweden, Italy, Portugal and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) initiated an EC Leonardo da Vinci project named EMERALD, acronyms of European MEdical RAdiation Learning Development. ...
Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 1995
We measured the level of second messengers, the activity of carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, and ... more We measured the level of second messengers, the activity of carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, and the resistance to ionizing radiations in normal 32D hematopoietic cells, in v-erbB transformants and in spontaneous transformants. v-erbB and spontaneous transformants were resistant to radiations as compared with their normal counterpart. The second messenger diacylglycerol was elevated in radioresistant clones. Only v-erbB transformants showed increase of the activities of enolase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. v-erbB-transformed NIH/3T3 cells, selected as control, showed identical correlation between radioresistance, increase of diacylglycerol, and of enolase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. These results indicate that increase of diacylglycerol is correlated with resistance to the killing effect of ionizing radiations and could be proposed as a marker of radioresponse.
La Radiologia medica, 1978
La Radiologia medica, 1996
In 1990 the region of Tuscany instituted a quality control program for mammography, in order to c... more In 1990 the region of Tuscany instituted a quality control program for mammography, in order to check the working conditions of mammography centers in the region, to investigate the feasibility of applying some working standards in line with European recommendations, and to promote the training of personnel. The program involves the following: a test of newly acquired mammographic equipment to establish that it meets the required standards; an annual test of generators, X-ray beams, grid, AEC, screen-film system, film processing, dose and image quality; daily test (phantom radiography and film sensitometry) performed by the personnel of each mammographic Unit; and a sustained advisory service for the technical problems occurring between checks. Thirty-nine of 57 centers participated on a voluntary basis, and 135 checks were performed annually. The results of the program show a performance below the recommended standard in relation to AEC, film sensitometry and the adequacy of lights...
The articles in the Encyclopaedia will be listed alphabetically, but during the development stage... more The articles in the Encyclopaedia will be listed alphabetically, but during the development stage these are grouped into 7 main groups: - Diagnostic Radiology - MR imaging - Nuclear Medicine - Radiation Protection - Radiotherapy - Ultrasound imaging - General The number of articles per group varies, but in general these are between 400 and 600.