Completed PhD, Master and Bachelor Theses on medical Applications of Particle Physics
To obtain a copy of a thesis, please contact saverio.braccini@lhep.unibe.ch
PhD theses
Tommaso Stefano Carzaniga (2019), Study of Scandium Radio-isotope Production for Theranostics with Medical Cyclotrons
Konrad Pawel Nesteruk (2017), A New System for Online Measurement of the Beam Emittance of Particle Accelerators for Research and medical Applications
Martina Bucciantonio (2015, in collaboration with CERN), Development of an advanced proton range radiography system for hadrontherapy
Francesco Paolo La Torre (2014, in collaboration with CERN), Study of induced radioactivity in Proton Accelerator facilities
Clizia Tecla Severino (2014, in collaboration with CERN), Real-time measurements of radon activity and mixed radiation fields characterization with silicon pixel detector
Master theses
Diana Wüthrich (2018), Study of 68-Ga production with a solid target at a medical cyclotron
Maria Antonietta Gilio (2017, in collaboration with University of Pisa), A very short beam line for a medical PET cyclotron
Gamze Sökmen (2017, in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara), Cross-section measurements of Sc-43 and V-48 produced at the Bern medical cyclotron
Yves Bandi (2016), Study of the transverse beam emittence of the Bern medical cyclotron in the pA range
Elena Kirillova (2015), Study and test of a Beam Monitor Detector for the Bern Medical Cyclotron
Maryam Mostafaei (2015), Measurement of Sc-43 production cross section with a medical cyclotron
Kevin Zihlmann (2015), Study of the Transverse Beam Emittance of the Medical Cyclotron at the University of Bern
Marcel Häberli (2014), Beam Diagnostics and Characterization of a Medical Cyclotron Transport Line
Bachelor theses
Andreas Gsponer (2019), Development and first test of a novel three-dimensional beam monitor
Melina Lüthi (2019), Measurement of the Beam Energy Distribution of a Medical Cyclotron Using a Low Density Wedge-Shaped Passive Absorber and Radiochromic Films
Fiona Bär (2018), A Compact Apparatus to Measure Beta Radioactivity in Air with Gamma Compensation
Luca Ramseyer (2018), Measurement of the beam energy distribution of the Bern medical cyclotron
Meinrad Schefer (2018), Study of a novel two-dimensional online beam monitoring detector
Matthias Schmid (2018), Development and Optimization of a Two-Dimensional Beam Monitoring Detector at the Bern Medical Cyclotron Laboratory
Noëlle Harte (2017), Development of a Portable Apparatus to Measure Radioactivity in Air
Nils Kipfer (2016), Study of 41Ar production by neutrons in air at the Bern medical cyclotron
Diana Wüthrich (2016), Study of a novel compact beam line at a medical cyclotron
Yves Bandi (2015), Study of optical fibers as beam monitoring detectors for high currents
Christa Biberstein (2015), Messung des Strahlengangs eines Protonenstrahls in der Luft
Raphael Blümli (2015), Proton Radiography: a novel approach based on multiple scattering assessment using nuclear emulsion films
Francesca Stocker (2015), Measurement of the maximum beam energy of the Bern medical cyclotron
Dario Modica (2014), Study of the beam characteristics of the new Bern medical cyclotron for radioisotope production
Terence Risse (2014), Tritium, a danger for the human body: hunting for traces at the Bern medical cyclotron
Kevin Zihlmann (2014), Study of Radioactive Isotope Production by 15 MeV Protons in Air
Steve Wenger (2014), Studie über die Neutronenstrahlung und die Kalibrierung einer Neutronensonde am Zyklotron in Bern