Ballarini, Francesca

BIANCA, a biophysical model of cell survival and chromosome damage by protons, C-ions and He-ions at energies and doses used in hadrontherapy

Carante, M. P., Aimè, C., Cajiao, J. J. T., & Ballarini, F. (2018) · Physics in Medicine & Biology

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryEffects of Radiation Exposure

Cited by 52

Simulation of light ion induced DNA damage patterns

Friedland, W., Jacob, P., Paretzke, H. G., Ottolenghi, A., Ballarini, F., & Liotta, M. (2006) · Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryEffects of Radiation Exposure

Cited by 50

Chromosome aberrations and cell death by ionizing radiation: evolution of a biophysical model

Ballarini, F., & Carante, M. P. (2016) · Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 45

Chromosome aberrations as biomarkers of radiation exposure: modelling basic mechanisms

Ballarini, F., & Ottolenghi, A. (2003) · Advances in Space Research

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 41

GCR and SPE organ doses in deep space with different shielding: monte Carlo simulations based on the FLUKA code coupled to anthropomorphic phantoms

Ballarini, F., Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., Gadioli, E., Garzelli, M. V., Mairani, A., Ottolenghi, A., Paretzke, H. G., et al. (2006) · Advances in Space Research

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryRadiation Dose and Imaging

Cited by 39

Modelling radiation induced biological lesions: from initial energy depositions to chromosome aberrations

Ottolenghi, A., Ballarini, F., & Merzagora, M. (1999) · Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 36

DNA Fragmentation Induced in Human Fibroblasts by 56 Fe Ions: Experimental Data and Monte Carlo Simulations

Campa, A., Alloni, D., Antonelli, F., Ballarini, F., Belli, M., Dini, V., Esposito, G., Facoetti, A., Friedland, W., Furusawa, Y., et al. (2009) · Radiation Research

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryEffects of Radiation Exposure

Cited by 35

A model of chromosome aberration induction: applications to space research

Ballarini, F., & Ottolenghi, A. (2005) · Radiation Research

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 33

Proximity effects in chromosome aberration induction by low-LET ionizing radiation

Tello Cajiao, J. J., Carante, M. P., Bernal Rodriguez, M. A., & Ballarini, F. (2017) · DNA Repair

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 25

First benchmarking of the BIANCA model for cell survival prediction in a clinical hadron therapy scenario

Carante, M. P., Aricò, G., Ferrari, A., Kozlowska, W., Mairani, A., & Ballarini, F. (2019) · Physics in Medicine & Biology

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Cited by 23

In vivo validation of the BIANCA biophysical model: benchmarking against rat spinal cord RBE data

Carante, M. P., Aricò, G., Ferrari, A., Karger, C. P., Kozlowska, W., Mairani, A., Sala, P., & Ballarini, F. (2020) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Cited by 21

Proximity effects in chromosome aberration induction: dependence on radiation quality, cell type and dose

Tello Cajiao, J. J., Carante, M. P., Bernal Rodriguez, M. A., & Ballarini, F. (2018) · DNA Repair

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Cited by 19

Radiobiological damage by space radiation: extension of the BIANCA model to heavy ions up to iron, and pilot application to cosmic ray exposure

Ramos, R. L., Embriaco, A., Carante, M. P., Ferrari, A., Sala, P., Vercesi, V., & Ballarini, F. (2022) · Journal of Radiological Protection

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryEffects of Radiation Exposure

Cited by 17

Biological effectiveness of He-3 and He-4 ion beams for cancer hadrontherapy: a study based on the BIANCA biophysical model

Carante, M. P., Embriaco, A., Aricò, G., Ferrari, A., Mairani, A., Mein, S., Ramos, R., Sala, P., & Ballarini, F. (2021) · Physics in Medicine & Biology

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Cited by 15

Healthy Tissue Damage Following Cancer Ion Therapy: A Radiobiological Database Predicting Lymphocyte Chromosome Aberrations Based on the BIANCA Biophysical Model

Embriaco, A., Ramos, R., Carante, M., Ferrari, A., Sala, P., Vercesi, V., & Ballarini, F. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Radiation Therapy and DosimetryEffects of Radiation Exposure

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