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Hugo Joel de Jesus Simões. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Engenharia Biomédica in 2008/09/16 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia and Doutoramento in Engenharia Biomédica in 2018/07/05 by Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia. Is Postdoc in Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra. Published 9 articles in journals. Participated in 7 event(s). Supervised 1 PhD thesis(es). Co-supervised 5 MSc dissertation(s). Participates and/or participated as Post-doc in 1 project(s), Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s) and Research Fellow in 2 project(s). In their professional activities interacted with 93 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hugo Joel de Jesus Simões

Citation names

  • Simões, Hugo
  • Simões, H.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8F13-57DF-14CD
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4336-6080

Email addresses

  • hugo.simoes@coimbra.lip.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • LIP, Univ. de Coimbra. Dep. de Física, Rua Larga, 3004-516, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/09 - 2018/07/05
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Demonstração de um Dispositivo de Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais para Apoio à Radioterapia Externa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction and Praise by unanimous vote.
2003/09 - 2008/09/16
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Instrumentação Biomédica
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
" Sistema para calibrar um endoscópio rígido dentro da sala de cirurgia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 (final) / 17 (thesis)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2011/03/01 - 2018/07/11 Researcher (Research) Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2008/09 - 2010/08 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2021/06/30 O-PGI: Orthogonal prompt-gamma Imaging for Monitoring Proton Therapy
o-pgi
Post-doc Fellow
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/07/11 Colocação em funcionamento de um sistema de deteção de raios X/gama composto por quatro canais
FIS/50007
Research Fellow
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2015 OR Imaging: Orthogonal Ray Imaging for Radiotherapy Improvement
QREN RAD4LIFE
Research Fellow
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current Optimization, construction and first in-beam tests of range monitoring and quality assurance systems for the improvement of proton therapy
CERN/FIS-TEC/0017/2021
Post-doc
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2021/07/01 - Current TOF-PET for Proton Therapy (TPPT): In-beam Time-of-Flight (TOF) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for proton radiation therapy
TPPT
Post-doc
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. João Silva; Simões, Hugo; Andrey Morozov; José Teodoro; Paulo Crespo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Simulation of a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera for proton beam distal edge determination during pelvic irradiation". Paper presented in 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Milano, 2022.
  2. José Teodoro; Simões, Hugo; Andrey Morozov; João Silva; Paulo Crespo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Simulation of proton range monitoring in an anthropomorphic phantom using a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera". Paper presented in 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Milano, 2022.
  3. Simões, Hugo; Andrey Morozov; João Silva; José Teodoro; Paulo Crespo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam". Paper presented in 2022 MCMA - International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications, Antwerpen, 2022.
  4. José Teodoro; Valéria Lopes; Andrey Morozov; João Silva; Paulo Crespo; Simões, Hugo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Proton therapy monitoring with orthogonal prompt-gamma imaging: the case of prostate irradiation". Paper presented in ISRP-15: The 15th International Symposium on Radiation Physics, Kuala Lumpur, 2021.
  5. Simões, Hugo; Valéria Lopes; Andrey Morozov; Jorge Sampaio; João Silva; Patrícia Gonçalves; Paulo Crespo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Adapting a computed tomogram to Geant4 for monitoring proton therapy via prompt-gamma rays and time-of-flight PET". Paper presented in PANIC2021 - 22nd Particles and Nuclei International Conference, Lisbon, 2021.
  6. Simões, Hugo; Ferreira Marques, Rui; Crespo, Paulo; Rachinhas, Paulo J. B. M.. "OrthoCT for assisting external-beam radiotherapy: 2D morphological image obtained experimentally without X-ray source rotation". Paper presented in 2018 MediNet Network Meeting, Belgrado, 2018.
    Published
  7. Travassos, Carolina; Simões, Hugo; Barros, Mariana Alves; Crespo, Paulo; Lencart, Joana; Rachinhas, Paulo J. B. M.; Santos, Joao A. M.. "Experimental viability of the use of MV beams for orthogonal ray imaging". Paper presented in 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2017.
    Published
  8. Lopes, Ana Luísa; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barata, Joao A. S.; Barros, Mariana Alves; Lencart, Joana; Santos, Joao A. M.. "Simulation study of OrthoCT viability for monitoring lung/head/prostate irradiations". Paper presented in 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2017.
    Published
  9. Simões, Hugo; Lopes, Ana Luísa; Travassos, Carolina; Crespo, Paulo. "Monte Carlo simulation study of orthogonal ray imaging for monitoring head radiotherapy". Paper presented in 2017 MCMA - International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications, Naples, Italy, 2017.
    Published
  10. Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo. "A light-guide optimization for proof-of-principle of a megavoltage orthogonal ray imaging prototype". Paper presented in 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Porto, Portugal, 2015.
    Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088818
  11. Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Borrego, M.; Bravo, Isabel; Capela, Miguel; Cavaco, Ana; Marques, Rui Ferreira; et al. "Imagiologia de raios ortogonais para apoio à radioterapia: estudo de simulação de irradiação no pulmão e na cabeça com fantoma antropomórfico". Paper presented in Workshop sobre Justificação e Optimização das Exposições Médicas a Radiações Ionizantes, Lisboa, 2015.
    Published
  12. Simões, Hugo; Bravo, Isabel; Capela, Miguel; Cavaco, Ana; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fonte, Paulo; Lencart, Joana; et al. "Imagiologia de raios ortogonais para apoio à radioterapia: estudo de simulação de irradiação no pulmão com fantoma antropomórfico". Paper presented in Física 2014 – 19a Conferência Nacional de Física da SPF, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  13. Ghithan, Sharif; Carmo, Sérgio J. C.; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, Francisco A. F.; Simões, Hugo; Alves, Francisco; Rachinhas, Paulo J. B. M.; Crespo, Paulo. "PET cyclotron based irradiation setup for proton radiobiology and radiophysiology". Paper presented in Física 2014 – 19a Conferência Nacional de Física da SPF, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  14. Cambraia Lopes, Patrícia; Simões, Hugo; Parodi, K.; Schaart, D. R.; Crespo, Paulo. "Prompt-gamma imaging by multi-slat collimators for monitoring proton treatment delivery: Monte Carlo study with an anthropomorphic phantom". Paper presented in Física 2014 – 19a Conferência Nacional de Física da SPF, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  15. Sousa, Sonia C. P.; Almeida, Jorge; Cavaleiro Miranda, Pedro; Salvador, Ricardo; Silvestre, Joao; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo. "Deep-brain transcranial magnetic stimulation with a system of coils immersed in conducting liquid". Paper presented in Física 2014 – 19a Conferência Nacional de Física da SPF, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  16. Simões, Hugo; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Bellini, Vincenzo; Capela, Miguel; Cavaco, Ana; Cisbani, Evaristo; Do Carmo Lopes, Maria; et al. "Orthogonal ray imaging: from dose monitoring in external beam therapy to morphologic imaging with scanned megavoltage X-rays". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Braga, 2013.
    Published
  17. Cambraia Lopes, Patrícia; Simões, Hugo; Biegun, A. K.; Dendooven, P.; Oxley, D. C.; Parodi, K.; Schaart, D. R.; Crespo, Paulo; Pinto, Marco. "Monte-Carlo study on prompt-gamma imaging through multi-slat collimators: intrinsic performances with simple and anthropomorphic phantoms, apresentado". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC), Seoul, Korea (South), 2013.
    Published
  18. Ghithan, Sharif; Carmo, Sérgio J. C.; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, Francisco A. F.; Simões, Hugo; Alves, Francisco; Crespo, Paulo. "Towards a high-dynamic dose-range irradiation setup for radiobiology/radiophysiology and other dosimetric studies at PET-dedicated cyclotrons". Paper presented in PTCOG 52 – Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group, Essen, Germany, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Simões, Hugo; Ferreira Marques, Rui; Rachinhas, Paulo J. B. M.; Wagner, Andreas; Crespo, Paulo. "Rotation-free scattered-radiation imaging with a radiotherapy X-ray linac". Paper presented in 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Sidney, 2018.
    Published
  2. Lopes, Ana Luisa; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barata, Joao A. S.; Lencart, Joana; Santos, Joao A. M.. "Impact of tumor contrast in orthogonal ray imaging: A prostate irradiation study". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Estrasburgo, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069392
  3. Simões, Hugo; Barros, Mariana Alves; Crespo, Paulo; Lopes, Ana Luisa. "OrthoCT for tumor lung irradiation: A simulation study". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Estrasburgo, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069391
  4. Travassos, Carolina; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barros, Mariana Alves; Lencart, Joana; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B.M.; Santos, Joao A.M.. "Experimental characterization of megavoltage beams for orthogonal ray imaging". Paper presented in 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), Estrasburgo, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069472
  5. Lopes, Ana Luísa; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo; Barata, Joao A. S.; Lencart, Joana; Santos, Joao A. M.. "Impact of prostatic fiducial markers in orthogonal ray imaging – OrthoCT". Paper presented in FÍSICA2016 – 20a Conferência Nacional de Física da SPF, Braga, 2016.
    Published
  6. Sousa, Sonia C. P.; Almeida, Jorge; Cavaleiro Miranda, Pedro; Salvador, Ricardo; Silvestre, Joao; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo. "Optimization of multiple coils immersed in a conducting liquid for half-hemisphere or whole-brain deep transcranial magnetic stimulation: A simulation study". Paper presented in 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943647
  7. Simões, Hugo; Ghithan, Sharif; Loureiro, Manuel; Crespo, P.. "Characterization of GSO:Ce phosphorescence after low-dose-rate gamma-ray irradiation". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC), Seoul, 2013.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829626
  8. Simoes, Hugo; Bravo, Isabel; Capela, M.; Cavaco, Ana; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fonte, P.; Lencart, Joana; Do Carmo Lopes, Maria; Crespo, P.. "Observation of tumor morphological changes in lung irradiation with orthogonal ray imaging: RTmonitoring - A simulation study". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC), Seoul, 2013.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829313
  9. Ghithan, Sharif; Carmo, S J C do; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, F A F; Simões, Hugo; Alves, F.; Crespo, P.. "Fast and precise verification of proton beam position, range, and dose using a plastic scintillator at PET-dedicated cyclotrons". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC), Seoul, 2013.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829604
  10. Simoes, H.; Dias Silva, Marilia; Vieira Ferreira, Carina; Jesus, L.; Oliveira, H.; Miranda, P. C.; Salvador, R.; Crespo, P.; Silvestre, J.. "Experimental demonstration of induction by means of a transcranial magnetic stimulator coil immersed in a conducting liquid". Paper presented in 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Braga, 2013.
    Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518402
  11. Cambraia Lopes, P.; Simões, Hugo; Pinto, M.; Biegun, A. K.; Dendooven, P.; Oxley, D. C.; Parodi, K.; Schaart, D. R.; Crespo, P.. "Optimization of collimator designs for real-time proton range verification by measuring prompt gamma rays". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2012 NSS/MIC), Anaheim, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551886
  12. Simões, Hugo; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Capela, Miguel; Lopes, Maria do Carmo; Crespo, Paulo. "Rotation-free computed tomography with orthogonal ray imaging: First millimetric experimental results". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2012 NSS/MIC), Anaheim, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551828
  13. Simões, Hugo; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Capela, Miguel; Cavaco, Ana; Lopes, Maria do Carmo; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B.M.; Soares, Paula; Simoes, PauloC.P.S.; Crespo, Paulo. "LYSO scintillators coupled to phototransistors for orthogonal ray imaging: Experimental results at 4 and 6-MV linacs". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2012 NSS/MIC), Anaheim, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551885
  14. Simões, Hugo; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Bellini, Vincenzo; Cisbani, Evaristo; Lopes, Maria do Carmo; Crespo, Paulo. "Orthogonal ray imaging with megavoltage beams: Simulated results with an anthropomorphic phantom". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2012 NSS/MIC), Anaheim, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551884
  15. Ghithan, Sharif; Alves, Francisco; Carmo, Sergio; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, Francisco; Simões, Hugo; Crespo, Paulo. "Towards a high-dynamic dose-range irradiation setup for radiobioloy and radiophysiology". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2012 NSS/MIC), Anaheim, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551307
  16. Ghithan, Sharif; Simões, Hugo; Alves, Francisco; Carmo, Sergio; Cunha, Micaela; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, Francisco; Pinto, Marco; Crespo, Paulo. "Preliminary characterization of the external proton beam from a PET cyclotron for use in neutron and proton radiobiology and other dosimetric studies". Paper presented in 2012 IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2012.
    Published • 10.1109/ENBENG.2012.6331362
  17. Simões, Hugo; Pinto, Marco; Cunha, Micaela; Goncalves, Joana; Sampaio, Liliana; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Saraiva, Henrique M.; et al. "Dose-free monitoring of radiotherapy treatments with scattered photons: First experimental results at a 6-MV Linac". Paper presented in 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2011 NSS/MIC), Valencia, 2011.
    Published • 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153827
  18. Simões, Hugo; Pires, G.; Nunes, U.; Silva, V.. "Feature extraction and selection for automatic sleep staging using EEG". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2010), Funchal, 2010.
Conference poster
  1. Andrey Morozov; Hugo Simões; Paulo Crespo. "Orthogonal prompt-gamma imaging for in-vivo monitoring of proton therapy treatments: ongoing full detection system simulation". Paper presented in 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2019.
Journal article
  1. João Silva; Andrey Morozov; Paulo Crespo; Simões, Hugo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Simulation of a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera for 200 MeV proton beam distal edge determination". Advances in Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine (2024):
    Submitted
  2. F. Miguéis; J. V. Casaña; D. G. Fernández; F. Hueso-González; A. F. Prieto; P.V. Regueiro; I. G. Rivas; et al. Corresponding author: F. Miguéis. "Sensitivity of coaxial prompt gamma-ray monitoring in heterogeneous geometries: a Monte Carlo simulation study". Radiation Physics and Chemistry (2024):
    Submitted
  3. N. Saraiva Santos; S. C. P. Sousa; Simões, Hugo; P. Fonte; P. Crespo. "Multiple coils immersed in a conducting liquid for whole-brain or one-hemisphere deep transcranial magnetic stimulation: a simulation study". Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (2024):
    Submitted
  4. Guerreiro, D R; Saraiva, J G; Peralta, L; Rodrigues, C; Rovituso, M; van der Wal, E; R Schaart, Dennis; et al. "Novel Bragg peak characterization method using proton flux measurements on plastic scintillators". Physics in Medicine & Biology 69 22 (2024): 225005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad8da0.
    Published • 10.1088/1361-6560/ad8da0
  5. Simões, Hugo; Lopes, Luís; Rachinhas, Paulo J. B. M.; Crespo, Paulo. Corresponding author: Simões, Hugo. "Multislit gamma camera for external beam radiotherapy assistance: Experimental proof of concept". Advances in Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine 2 3 (2024): 4099. http://dx.doi.org/10.36922/arnm.4099.
    Published • 10.36922/arnm.4099
  6. Morozov, A.; Simões, H.; Crespo, P.. "Distal edge determination precision for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: A comprehensive simulation and optimization of the detection system". Physica Medica 84 (2021): 85-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.03.028.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.03.028
  7. Cambraia Lopes, Patrícia; Crespo, Paulo; Simões, Hugo; Ferreira Marques, Rui; Parodi, Katia; Schaart, Dennis R. "Simulation of proton range monitoring in an anthropomorphic phantom using multi-slat collimators and time-of-flight detection of prompt-gamma quanta". Physica Medica 54 (2018): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.09.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.09.001
  8. Lopes, Ana Luísa; Simões, Hugo; Travassos, Carolina; Crespo, Paulo. "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. NB: A.L. Lopes e H. Simões contribuíram igualmente para este trabalho.
    Published • 10.18178/ijpmbs.6.3.77-82
  9. Simões, Hugo; Lopes, Ana Luísa; Travassos, Carolina; Crespo, Paulo; Barros, Mariana Alves; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B.M.; Lencart, Joana; Santos, Joao A.M.. "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
  10. Ghithan, Sharif; Carmo, Sérgio J. C.; Crespo, Paulo; Marques, Rui Ferreira; Fraga, Francisco A. F.; Simões, Hugo; Alves, Francisco; Rachinhas, Paulo J.B.M.. "Development of a PET cyclotron based irradiation setup for proton radiobiology". Journal of Instrumentation 10 02 (2015): P02010-P02010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/02/P02010.
    Published • 10.1088/1748-0221/10/02/P02010
  11. Cunha, Micaela; Pinto, Marco; Ferreira, Brigida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria; Fonte, Paulo; Crespo, Paulo. "Dose-Free Monitoring of Radiotherapy Treatments With Scattered Photons: Concept and Simulation Study". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 60 4 (2013): 3119-3126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tns.2013.2265159.
    Published
  12. Ghithan, Sharif; Carmo, Sérgio J. C.; Ferreira Marques, Rui; Fraga, Francisco A. F.; Simões, Hugo; Alves, Francisco; Crespo, Paulo. "On-line measurements of proton beam current from a PET cyclotron using a thin aluminum foil". Journal of Instrumentation 8 07 (2013): P07010-P07010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/07/P07010.
    Published • 10.1088/1748-0221/8/07/P07010
  13. Simões, Hugo; Cunha, Micaela; Pinto, Marco; Gonçalves, Joana; Sampaio, Liliana; Ferreira, Ricardo J.; Saraiva, Henrique M.; et al. "Dose-Free Monitoring of Radiotherapy Treatments With Scattered Photons: First Experimental Results at a 6-MV Linac". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 60 4 (2013): 3110-3118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2265137.
    Published • 10.1109/TNS.2013.2265137
  14. Simões, Hugo. "O sono e o seu ciclo: caracterização, importância e distúrbios". Peritia – Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia 1 (2009): 35-52. Revista de circulação nacional.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/09 Adapting a computed tomogram to Geant4 for monitoring proton therapy via prompt-gamma rays and time-of-flight PET Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 2021)
Laboratory for Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/05/26 O PGI: orthogonal prompt gamma imaging for monitoring proton therapy treatments Dia da Investigação do DF
Universidade de Coimbra
2021/03/11 Influência da tecnologia em medicina: o caso da terapia com protões Sociedade Digital
Universidade de Coimbra
2021/03/04 Orthogonal Ray Imaging Group: Ongoing Work XVI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica
2020/02/16 Orthogonal prompt-gamma imaging (O-PGI) for monitoring proton therapy: feasibility studies Jornadas LIP 2020
(Braga, Portugal)
2018/07 Desafios científicos e tecnológicos da terapia com protões Ciência 2018
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06 In-vivo monitoring in proton radiotherapy with prompt-gamma multi-slat imaging: A realistic Monte Carlo study 20th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors in Sundsval
(Sweden)
2018/04/27 In-vivo monitoring in proton radiotherapy with prompt gamma multi-slat imaging: A realistic Monte Carlo study Symposium on New Horizons for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies in Portugal: health and cancer applications
Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies–C2TN (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/04/19 In-vivo monitoring in particle and photon radiotherapy: Some R&D trends Seminar at Technische Universität Dresden
Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden, Germany)
2018/03/23 In-vivo monitoring in particle and photon radiotherapy: Status and R&D trends Workshop on Future Directions in Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018 OrthoCT for assisting external-beam radiotherapy: 2D morphological image obtained experimentally without X-ray source rotation Jornadas Científicas do LIP 2018, Évora
(Portugal)
2018 In-Vivo Monitoring in Particle and Photon Radiotherapy: Some R&D Trends Seminar at the Ins@tut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik of TU-Dresden
(Germany)
2016 A física e a tecnologia ao serviço da saúde: da radioterapia com raios-X aos feixes de iões Iniciativa Big Bang 2016/17 pelo Departamento de Física da FCTUC, apresentado na Escola Secundária /3 de Santa Comba Dão
(Portugal)
2016 A física e a tecnologia ao serviço da saúde: da radioterapia com raios-X aos feixes de iões Iniciativa Big Bang 2015/16 pelo Departamento de Física da FCTUC, apresentado na Escola Tecnológica e Profissional de Sicó, Penela
(Portugal)
2016 Latest results from OrthoCT imaging: from simulations to experimental preparation Jornadas Científicas do LIP 2016, Universidade do Minho, Braga
(Portugal)
2014 Some potentialities of a multi-slat prompt gamma imager in proton therapy Workshop on Range Assessment and Dose Verification in Particle Therapy, OncoRay, Dresden
(Germany)
2014 May radiobiology and new imaging techniques improve particle and photon radiotherapy? Colloquium at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Garching
(Germany)
2014 RAD4LIFE: Line of Research on Orthogonal Ray Imaging Seminário no LIP, Lisboa
(Portugal)
2014 From radiotherapy dose monitoring to low-dose morphologic imaging with scanned megavoltage X-rays ICTR-PHE 2014: International Conference on Translational Research in Radio-Oncology and Physics for Health in Europe, Genebra
(Switzerland)
2013 Experimental demonstration of induction by means of a transcranial magnetic stimulator coil immersed in a conducting liquid 5as Jornadas do Departamento de Física e Matemática do ISEC, Coimbra
(Portugal)
2013 Orthogonal ray imaging: from dose monitoring in external beam therapy to low-dose morphologic imaging with scanned megavoltage X-rays PRS – Proteção Radiológica na Saúde, Lisboa
(Portugal)
2013 From radiotherapy dose monitoring to low-dose morphologic imaging with scanned megavoltage X-rays Café com Física, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
(Portugal)
2012 Orthogonal-ray imaging for radiotherapy and computed tomography, Jornadas Científicas do LIP 2012, Lisboa
(Portugal)
2011 RTmon: a device for real-time (dose) monitoring of radiotherapeutic treatments afé com Física, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
(Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - Current Helium ion therapy: real-time prompt gamma imaging
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Física Médica (Master)
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/23 Proton range verification for irradiation of anthropomorphic phantoms implemented in Geant4 Monte Carlo simulations
Co-supervisor
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/04 - 2024/08/31 Full-treatment proton therapy verification with simulation-optimized orthogonal prompt-gamma imaging systems
Co-supervisor
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Germany

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/09 Proton beam distal edge determination with a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera for pelvic irradiation
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2022/09 Adaptação de tratamentos de prototerapia ao Geant4 através de planos de tratamento baseados em tomografia computacional no formato DICOM
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/10 Impacto do contraste tumoral em imagiologia de raios ortogonais
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/09 Medida da dose em fantomas submetidos a radiação de megavoltagem para imagiologia de raios ortogonais
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/09 Caracterização experimental de feixes de megavoltagem para imagiologia de raios ortogonais
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/12/12 - 2019/12/13 New challenges in Medical Physics: symposium about medical physics, Coimbra, Portugal
Symposium
2019/10/26 - 2019/11/02 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Manchester, UK (participation and poster presentation)
Conference
2018/11/10 - 2018/11/17 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Sydney, Australia (participation and oral presentation)
Conference
2018/03/11 - 2018/03/14 2018 MediNet Network Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia (participation and oral presentation)
Meeting
 2018 MediNet Network Meeting
2017/10/15 - 2017/10/18 MCMA 2017 - International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications, Naples, Italy (participation and poster presentation)
Conference
2016/10/29 - 2016/11/05 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Strasbourg, France (participation and poster presentation)
Conference
2012/10/29 - 2012/11/03 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), Anaheim, CA, USA (participation and poster presentation)
Conference

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019/02/22 - 2019/02/23 ENBENG 2019 - 6th IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering Lisbon