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An enthusiastic student with a taste for research and problem-solving. Resilient, creative, proactive, strong sense of ethics and respect for others, good analytical skills, organization, and critical spirit. The long academic experience showed me that no one knows everything. Learning is a continuous process throughout life, and teamwork is essential for science, technology, and society.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Luísa Rodrigues Lopes

Citation names

  • Lopes, Ana Luísa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5318-30C2-3489

Email addresses

  • ana.lopes@coimbra.lip.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas. Departamento de Física, Rua Larga, S/N, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022
Ongoing
 Engenharia Biomédica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Study by simulation and reconstruction of a brain-dedicated positron emission tomograph based on resistive plate chambers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"Impacto do Contraste Tumoral em Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2010 - 2014
Concluded
 Radioterapia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
"VMAT vs IMRT - Comparação Dosimétrica no Carcinoma no Canal Anal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/10/01 - Current PhD Student Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2017/01/04 - 2017/05/20 Research fellowship provided by LIP within the "OR Imaging" project. The goal was to study the use of fiducial markers in OrthoCT images of the prostate. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09/15 - 2016/11/30 Research internship within the "OR Imaging" project, corresponding to the master thesis leading to the degree of MSc. in Biomedical Sciences issued by the University of Beira Interior. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. "Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Orthogonal Ray Imaging for Monitoring Head Radiotherapy". Paper presented in MCMA2017 - International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications, Napoli, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. "Optimization through Monte Carlo Simulations of a novel High-Resolution Brain-PET System based on Resistive Plate Chambers". Paper presented in 2021 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 2021.
    In press
  2. "Impact of Tumor Contrast in Orthogonal Ray Imaging: a Prostate Irradiation Study". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE NSS/MIC (Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference), Strasbourg, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069392
  3. "OrthoCT for Tumor Head Irradiation: a Simulation Study". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE NSS/MIC (Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference), Strasbourg, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/nssmic.2016.8069473
Conference poster
  1. "Study by Simulation and Reconstruction of a Brain-Dedicated Positron Emission Tomograph Based on Resistive Plate Chambers". Paper presented in 13th Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020), 2020.
  2. "HiRezBrainPET: A Novel High-Resolution Brain-PET System Based on Resistive Plate Chambers". Paper presented in Final MediNet Network Meeting, 2019.
  3. "Impact of Prostatic Fiducial Markers in Orthogonal Ray Imaging - OrthoCT". Paper presented in FÍSICA 2016, 2016.
Journal article
  1. "Monitoring Tumor Lung Irradiation With Megavoltage Patient-Scattered Radiation: A Full System Simulation Study". IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 1 5 (2017): 452-459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/trpms.2017.2724139.
    Published • 10.1109/trpms.2017.2724139
  2. "Patient Compton Scattered Radiation for Monitoring Prostate Radiotherapy with Gold Fiducial Markers: A Simulation Study". International Journal of Pharma Medicine and Biological Sciences 6 3 (2017): 77-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijpmbs.6.3.77-82.
    Published • 10.18178/ijpmbs.6.3.77-82
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Impacto do Contraste Tumoral em Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/6274.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/12/04 Resistive Plate Chambers in Nuclear Medicine: the HiRezBrainPET LIP Mini-School on Charged Particle Therapy Applications
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (Portugal)
2020/02/24 Study by Simulation and Reconstruction of a Brain-Dedicated Positron Emission Tomograph Based on Resistive Plate Chambers Doctoral Consortium on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (DCBIOSTEC 2020)
(Valletta, Malta)
2019/11/25 A Novel High-Resolution Brain-PET System Based on Resistive Plate Chambers: An Efficiency Study Workshop on Nuclear Science Applications
NuSPRASEN (Helsinki, Finland)
2017/05/14 Patient Compton Scattered Radiation for Monitoring Prostate Radiotherapy with Gold Fiducial Markers: a Simulation Study ICBPE2017 - 4th International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/02/17 Simulation Study of OrthoCT Viability for Monitoring Head/Lung/Prostate Irradiations ENBENG17 - 5th IEEE Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/05 Das Ciências Biomédicas à Física Médica: Projecto OrthoCT - Monitorização de Radioterapia V Simpósio de Emprego e Oportunidades em Ciências Biomédicas
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2015/10 O Lado X das Ciências Biomédicas Symposium “Cheguei a Biomédicas! E Agora?"
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/01 - 2015/05 Member of the committee responsible for the organization of the "IV Simpósio de Emprego e Oportunidades em Ciências Biomédicas" that occured in UBIMedical (enterprise incubator of the University of Beira Interior). (2015/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2014/01 - 2014/05 Member of the committee responsible for the "V Jornadas de Radioterapia - Atualizações em Radioterapia". (2014/05)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Awarded with a 2021 IEEE NSS/MIC (Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference) trainee grant

Other distinction

2016 Awarded with a 2016 IEEE NSS/MIC (Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference) trainee grant