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Afonso Silvério Xavier de Matos Pinto. Completed his Masters in Biomedical Engineering in 2021/07/27 by Universidade of Aveiro as one of his graduation year's best students. Did his thesis abroad on the Paul Scherrer Instut in Switzerland. Organized 1 event(s). Was part of an academic organization. Participated as Technical development in 1 project as part of his work on the start-up RI-TE as an R&D engineer, which gave him a lot of experience regarding PET systems and the easyPET technology. Authored a conference poster an co-authored various others. He is currently working as a PhD student in a research grant in the University of Aveiro entitled "Optimization and Implementation of the easyPET-CT system"
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Afonso Silvério Xavier de Matos Pinto

Citation names

  • Pinto, Afonso

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7A11-8257-1DCE
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8727-0094

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 964731034 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua do Linheiro, nº217, 3465-130, Castelões, Tondela, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/02/16 - 2026/07/31
Ongoing
 Engenharia Física (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2021/07/27
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"GAN-based synthetic CT for skull base tumour proton planning (Colaboration of the University of Aveiro with the Paul Sherrer Institut)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/16 - 2023/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/08/25 - 2022/11/30 Software Development Engineer RI-TE - Radiation Imaging Technologies, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/15 - 2023/12/31 Optimization and implementation of the easyPET-CT system
PTDC/EMD-EMD /2140/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/08/25 - 2022/09/30 IPET - Sistema PET inteligente para imagiologia pré-clínica
BI-21 (10638/2020)
Technical development
Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. F.M.Ribeiro; A. C. M. Magalhães; A. L. M. Silva; Pinto, Afonso; B. Cruzeiro; I. F. Castro; J. Borges; et al. "PET scanners based on an innovative acquisition method". Paper presented in Jornadas I3N 2023, 2023.
  2. P. M. M.Correia; A. L.M. Silva; F. M. Ribeiro; I. F. Castro; P. M.C.C. Encarnação; R. G. Oliveira; A. C. Magalhães; et al. "iPET: Project overview and current developments of preclinical PET scanners based in easyPET technology.". Paper presented in IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Conference 2022, 2022.
  3. P. M. M. Correia; A. L.M. Silva; F. M. Ribeiro; I. F. Castro; P. M.C.C. Encarnação; R. G. Oliveira; F. M. Rodrigues; et al. "iPET: Pulse waveform data processing using discrete frontend electronics and FPGA". Paper presented in IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Conference 2022, 2022.
  4. Correia, Pedro Manuel Mendes; Encarnação, Pedro Crispim; Sá, André; Mendes, Pedro Manuel; Ribeiro, Fabiana; Castro, Ismael Filipe; Pinto, Afonso Xavier; et al. "EasyPET.3D: a benchtop affordable PET scanner towards the democratization of nuclear medical imaging education and preclinical research". Paper presented in IUPESM - World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2022.
  5. Afonso Pinto; R. G. Oliveira; Ana Tomé; Augusto Silva. "Corpus Callosum Segmentation using UNET and Transfer Learning". Paper presented in RECPAD - Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2020.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "GAN-based synthetic CT for skull base tumour proton planning (Grade: 19)". Master, Paul Scherrer Institut Zentrum für Protonentherapie, 2022.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/01 - 2020/03 XV ENEEB - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica 2020 was a national encounter of Biomedical Engineering students that took place at University of Aveiro (2020/02/27 - 2020/03/01)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/01/01 - 2019/01/01 NEEF - Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Física da Universidade de Aveiro Setor de Comunicação e Imagem

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - 2020/09/01 Comissão de Curso do Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade de Aveiro
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02/13 - 2023/07/07 Biomedical Engineering Labs II Biomedical Engineering Labs II (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 HONOR STUDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF TONDELA
Câmara Municipal de Tondela, Portugal
2021 BEST GRADUATING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT (17/20)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2016 HONOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal