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<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><br />
1 <strong>Personal</strong> <strong>Information</strong><br />
First name: <strong>Sascha</strong><br />
Surname: <strong>Moehrs</strong> (alternative spelling: Möhrs)<br />
Email: sascha.moehrs@gmail.com<br />
2 Academic Education<br />
2.1 Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (1999)<br />
Degree course: European Electrical Engineering Studies;<br />
<strong>Sascha</strong> <strong>Moehrs</strong>, <strong>PhD</strong><br />
Institutions: Six semesters at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany and<br />
two semesters at the University of Cagliari, Italy;<br />
Thesis: “Software components for medical imaging using Java TM<br />
technology”;<br />
Original denomination of the german degree: “Diplom-Ingenieur(FH) der Elektrotechnik”.<br />
2.2 Master of Science in Computational Engineering (2003)<br />
Degree course: International Masters Programme in Computational Engineering;<br />
Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany;<br />
Thesis: “Bioelectric field simulation and visualisation: anisotropic conductivities for the<br />
skull and brain white matter”;<br />
Original denomination of the german degree: “Master of Science des Rechnergestützten<br />
Ingenieurwesen”.<br />
2.3 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (2008)<br />
<strong>PhD</strong> course: Applied Physics / Medical Physics;<br />
Institution: University of Pisa, Department of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Functional Imaging<br />
and Instrumentation Group (FIIG), Pisa, Italy;<br />
Thesis: “Modeling of pixelated and continuous crystals for high-resolution small animal<br />
positron emission tomography”;<br />
Original denomination of the italian degree: “Dottore di ricerca in fisica applicata indirizzo<br />
fisica medica”.<br />
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3 Research Interests<br />
3.1 Medical Imaging<br />
Analytic and iterative image reconstruction methods for transmission and emission tomography<br />
(in particular for PET, SPECT and X-ray CT);<br />
Scintillation detector design, modeling and optimisation (using Monte Carlo simulations);<br />
Medical image processing and visualisation (in particular diffusion weighted images);<br />
Multimodal (functional-) brain imaging using fMRI, EEG and MEG.<br />
3.2 Scientific Computing<br />
Finite element and finite difference methods for bioelectric field simulations;<br />
(Algebraic-) Multigrid methods;<br />
High performance- / parallel- / grid-computing.<br />
3.3 Signal Processing<br />
Audio coding (MP3, AAC, inverse decoding);<br />
EEG signal analysis.<br />
3.4 Medical Informatics<br />
Medical information systems based on Internet technologies.<br />
4 Editorial Activities<br />
Member of the Editorial Board of ISRN Molecular Imaging;<br />
Reviewer of Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics.<br />
5 Awarded Scholarships<br />
1998 Leonardo da Vinci scholarship from the European Union;<br />
1999 Erasmus scholarship from the European Union;<br />
2002 DAAD scholarship from the german academic exchange service;<br />
2008 INFN postdoctoral scholarship from the italian national institute of nuclear physics.<br />
6 Didactics<br />
6.1 Teaching<br />
“Iterative Methods for Tomographic Image Reconstruction”. University of Pisa, Summer<br />
Term 2010.<br />
“Tomographic Image Reconstruction Methods”. University of Pisa, Summer Term 2011.<br />
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6.2 Supervised Thesis<br />
Matteo Cechetti, “A factorized system model for iterative PET image reconstruction using<br />
a Monte Carlo based detector resonse component”. Master Thesis in Physics, Department<br />
of Physics, University of Pisa, Italy, 2012.<br />
7 Work Experience<br />
7.1 Trainee 1991 - 1994 (3 years)<br />
Employer: Deutsche Telekom, Braunschweig, Germany;<br />
Task: professional training as telecommunications electrician.<br />
7.2 Orchestra Musician 1994 - 1995 (1 year)<br />
Employer: Heeresmusikkorps 1, Hannover, Germany;<br />
Task: German military service as orchestra musician (instrument: flute).<br />
7.3 Visiting Student 1998 - 1999 (1 year, 6 months)<br />
Host institution: Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia<br />
(CRS4), BioMedical Group, Cagliari, Italy;<br />
Tasks: Development of electronic patient record systems; medical image processing and<br />
transmission.<br />
7.4 Junior Researcher 1999 - 2001 (1 year, 6 months)<br />
Employer: Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4),<br />
BioMedical Group, Cagliari, Italy;<br />
Tasks: Development of electronic patient record systems; EEG signal analysis; medical<br />
image processing and transmission.<br />
7.5 Research Assistant 2001 - 2002 (2 years part-time, 25%)<br />
Employer: Fraunhofer Institute, Audio & Multimedia Group, Erlangen, Germany;<br />
Task: Analysis of decompressed mp3 audio streams in particular the development of an<br />
inverse decoder to enable lossless tandem encoding.<br />
7.6 Visiting Research Scholar 2003 (6 months)<br />
Host institution: University of Utah, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI),<br />
Salt Lake City, USA;<br />
Task: Development of finite element and finite difference algorithms to solve the inverse<br />
EEG problem.<br />
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7.7 Research Assistant 2003 (3 months)<br />
Employer: Chair of System Simulation (LSS), Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-<br />
Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany;<br />
Task: Development of finite element and finite difference algorithms for anisotropic material<br />
parameters.<br />
7.8 Contract Researcher 2003 - 2008 (5 years)<br />
Employer: University of Pisa, Department of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Functional Imaging<br />
and Instrumentation Group (FIIG), Pisa, Italy;<br />
Tasks: Monte Carlo simulations for scintillation detector design, modeling and optimisation;<br />
tomographic image reconstruction methods for PET and SPECT; multimodal functional<br />
brain imaging using fMRI, MRI, DTI and EEG.<br />
7.8.1 Visiting Scientific Collaborator 2006 (6 months)<br />
Host institution: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brussels,<br />
Belgium;<br />
Task: Development of fully 3D image reconstruction algorithms for small-animal positron<br />
emission tomography.<br />
7.9 Scientific Consultant 2008 - present (4 years, 1 month)<br />
Host Institution: Functional Imaging and Instrumentation Group (FIIG), Pisa, Italy;<br />
Tasks: System design and optimisation of reconstruction algorithms for various kinds of<br />
medical imaging modalilites (PET, SPECT, CT, PEM, in-beam PET).<br />
7.10 European Patent Examiner 2008 - present (4 years, 1 month)<br />
Employer: European Patent Office (EPO), The Hague, Netherlands;<br />
Task: Examination of patent applications related to medical imaging devices and methods<br />
(X-ray CT, Ultrasound, MRI, PET, SPECT).<br />
8 Invited Talks<br />
8.1 “Modeling of pixelated and continuous crystals for high-resolution small-animal PET imaging”.<br />
Seminar at the University of California, Irvine, USA, May 2007.<br />
8.2 “Patent applications: the patent examiners and the researchers perspective”. Seminar at<br />
Sardegna Ricerche, Pula, Italy, September 2009.<br />
8.3 “Computational Issues in Medical Physics”. Seminar at CRS4, Pula, Italy, April 2011.<br />
8.4 “Patents: an introduction and aspects relevant for researchers in medical technology”.<br />
Refresher Course at the IEEE NSS/MIC Conference, Valencia, Spain, October 2011.<br />
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9 Publications<br />
h-index ≈ 10 (according to google scholar);<br />
citations ≈ 275 (according to google scholar).<br />
9.1 Journal Articles<br />
9.1.1 Brelstaff G, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Anedda P, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Internet Patient Records: new<br />
techniques. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 3(1):92-109,<br />
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2001/1/e8/, doi: 10.2196/jmir.3.1.e8, PMID: 11720950, 2001.<br />
9.1.2 Motta A, Del Guerra A, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Panetta D, Righi S and Valentini D. Fast<br />
3D-EM reconstruction using Planograms for stationary planar positron emission mammography<br />
camera. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 29(8):587-596, 2005.<br />
9.1.3 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Del Guerra A, Herbert D J and Mandelkern M A. A detector head design for<br />
small-animal PET with silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). Physics in Medicine and Biology,<br />
51(5):1113-1127, 2006.<br />
9.1.4 Herbert D J, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, D’Ascenzo N, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Morsani F and Saveliev V.<br />
The Silicon Photomultiplier for application to high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography.<br />
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 573(1-2):84-87,<br />
2007.<br />
9.1.5 Llosá G, Belcari N, Collazuol G, Del Guerra A, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Piemonte C, Carpenter<br />
T A, Hawkes R C, Lucas A J, Stevick J W. Solid state evolution. Nuclear Engineering<br />
International, 52(641):18-20, 2007.<br />
9.1.6 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Camarda M, Del Guerra A, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Vecchio S, Lanconelli<br />
N, Cirrone G A P, Di Rosa F, Russo G. Experimental validation of the filtering<br />
approach for dose monitoring in proton therapy at low energy. Physica Medica - European<br />
Journal of Medical Physics, 24(2):102-106, 2008.<br />
9.1.7 Llosá G, Battiston R, Belcari N, Boscardin M, Collazuol G, Corsi F, Dalla Betta G F,<br />
Del Guerra A, Dinu N, Levi G, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Marzocca C, Piemonte C, Pozza A.<br />
Novel Silicon Photomultipliers for PET Applications. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,<br />
55(3):877 - 881, 2008.<br />
9.1.8 Panetta D, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S. An optimization-based method for geometrical<br />
calibration in cone beam CT without dedicated phantoms. Physics in Medicine<br />
and Biology, 53(14):3841-3861, 2008.<br />
9.1.9 Del Guerra A, Belcari N, Lloca LLacer G, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Panetta D. Advanced radiation<br />
measurement techniques in diagnostic radiology and molecular imaging. Radiation<br />
Protection Dosimetry, 131(1):136 - 142, 2008.<br />
9.1.10 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Defrise M, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Bartoli A, Fabbri S, Zanetti G. Multi-ray<br />
based system matrix generation for 3D PET reconstruction. Physics in Medicine and<br />
Biology, 53(23):6925 - 6945, 2008.<br />
9.1.11 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Enghardt W, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Parodi K, Rosso V, Vecchio<br />
S. Comparison of two dedicated “in beam” PET systems via simultaneous imaging of<br />
12 C-induced β + -activity. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54(2):N29 - N35, 2009.<br />
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9.1.12 Vecchio S, Attanasi F, Belcari N, Camarda M, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Di Rosa F,<br />
Lanconelli N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Russo G, Del Guerra A. A PET prototype for “in-beam”<br />
monitoring of proton therapy. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 56(1):51-56, 2009.<br />
9.1.13 Del Guerra A, Belcari N, Bisogni M G, Lloca LLacer G, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S. Advances in<br />
position sensitive photodetectors for PET applications. Nuclear Instruments and Methods<br />
in Physics Research Section A, 604(1-2):319-322, 2009.<br />
9.1.14 Lloca LLacer G, Belcari N, Bisogni M G, Collazuol G, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Morsani F,<br />
Piemonte C, Del Guerra A. Energy and Timing Resolution Studies With Silicon Photomultipliers<br />
(SiPMs) and 4-Pixel SiPM Matrices for PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear<br />
Science, 56(3):543-548, 2009.<br />
9.1.15 Attanasi F, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Vecchio S, Cirrone P G A, Cuttone G, Lojacono<br />
P, Romano F, Lanconelli N, Del Guerra A. Characterization of an In-Beam PET<br />
Prototype for Proton Therapy with Different Target Compositions. IEEE Transactions<br />
on Nuclear Science, 57(3):1563-1569, 2010.<br />
9.1.16 Bonifacio D A B, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Moralles M, Rosso V, Vecchio S, Del Guerra A. A<br />
Time Efficient Optical Model for GATE Simulation of a LYSO Scintillation Matrix Used<br />
in PET Applications. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57(5):2483-2489, 2010.<br />
9.1.17 Cornelio A, Gasperini F, Lo Meo S, Lanconelli N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Marcatili S, Bisogni M G,<br />
Del Guerra A. Comparison of different reconstruction methods for planar images in small<br />
gamma cameras. Journal of Instrumentation, 6(1):C01030, 2011.<br />
9.1.18 Sportelli G, Belcari N, Guerra P, Spinella F, Franchi G, Attanasi F, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V,<br />
Santos A, Del Guerra A. Reprogrammable Acquisition Architecture for Dedicated Positron<br />
Emission Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 58(3):695-702, 2011.<br />
9.1.19 Guiducci L, Liistro T, Burchielli S, Panetta D, Bonora D, Di Cecco P, Bucci M, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S,<br />
Del Guerra A, Salvadori P A, Iozzo P. Contribution of organ blood flow, intrinsic tissue<br />
clearance and glycemia to the regulation of glucose utilization in obese and type 2 diabetic<br />
rats: a PET study. Nutrition, metabolism and cardiovascular disease, 21(9):726-732, 2011.<br />
9.2 Conference Proceedings Papers<br />
9.2.1 Brelstaff G, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Anedda P, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Electronic Patient Records<br />
on the Java InfoBus. In PAJAVA 2000-Conference, ISBN: 1902426096, Manchaster, UK,<br />
2000.<br />
9.2.2 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Brelstaff G, Anedda P, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Internet Patient Records:<br />
new techniques. In MEDNET 2000: 5th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine,<br />
ISBN: 1586031465, Brussels, Belgium, 2000.<br />
9.2.3 Anedda P, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Brelstaff G, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Cartella Clinica Elettronica<br />
su Piattaforma Java InfoBus. In Workshop: Dagli oggetti agli agenti: tendenze evolutive<br />
dei sistemi software, ISBN: 88-371-1195-9, Parma, Italy, 2000.<br />
9.2.4 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Herre J and Geiger R. Analysing Decompressed Audio with the Inverse Decoder<br />
- Towards an Operative Algorithm. In Audio Engineering Society: 112th Convention<br />
Record, CDROM: aes19, Preprint Number 5576, Munich, Germany, 2002.<br />
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9.2.5 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Herbert D J, Mandelkern M A, Motta A, and<br />
Saveliev V. A Small-Animal PET Design Using SiPMs and Anger Logic with Intrinsic<br />
DOI. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference Record, M9-147,<br />
6:3475-3479, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1466635, CDROM: 04CH37604C, ISBN: 0-7803-<br />
8701-5, Rome, Italy, 2004.<br />
9.2.6 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belmonte G, Biagi L, Cosottini M, Del Guerra A, Tosetti M. Bioelectric field<br />
simulations on cartesian grids: accurate treatment of anisotropies, singularities and immersed<br />
interfaces. In Brain Topography, Proceedings of the 17th Meeting of the International<br />
Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET), DOI: 10.1007/s10548-<br />
006-0016-8, ISSN(online):1573-6792, ISSN(print):0896-0267, Springer Netherlands, Chieti,<br />
Italy, 2006.<br />
9.2.7 Llosá G, Battiston R, Bisogni G, Collazuol G, Boscardin M, Corsi F, Dalla Betta G F,<br />
Del Guerra A, Dinu N, Levi G, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Marzocca C, Piemonte C, Pozza A,<br />
Sbarra C, Quadrani L. Novel Silicon Photomultipliers for PET Application. In IEEE<br />
Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference Record, M06-88, 3:1875-1879,<br />
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354259, CDROM: CH37832, ISBN: 1-4244-0560-2, San Diego,<br />
USA, 2006.<br />
9.2.8 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Defrise M, Belcari N, Del Guerra A. Multi-Ray based system matrix generation<br />
for 3D PET reconstruction. In Proceedings of The 9th International Meeting on Fully<br />
Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pages 217-<br />
220, Lindau, Germany, 2007.<br />
9.2.9 Llosá G, Belcari N, Collazuol G, Del Guerra A, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Piemonte C, Carpenter<br />
T A, Hawkes R C, Lucas A J, Stevick J W. Novel Solid State Photomultipliers and<br />
their application to very high resolution PET and Hybrid Systems. In Transactions of<br />
the European Nuclear Conference, ISBN: 978-92-95064-03-4, Brussels, Belgium, September<br />
2007.<br />
9.2.10 Bartoli A, Belcari N, Fabbri S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Del Guerra A. Characterization of the physical<br />
performance of the new PET/SPECT small animal scanner YAP-(S)PET II. In European<br />
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Proceedings of the Annual<br />
Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, 495, 34(Supplement2):S228,<br />
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0545-8, ISSN(online): 1619-7089, ISSN(print): 1619-7070, Copenhagen,<br />
Denmark, 2007.<br />
9.2.11 Vecchio S, Attanasi F, Belcari N, Camarda M, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A,<br />
Di Rosa F, Lanconelli N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Russo G. A PET prototype for in-beam<br />
monitoring of proton therapy. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging<br />
Conference, N24-362, 2:1607-1611, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437306, Honolulu,<br />
Hawaii, 2007.<br />
9.2.12 Llosá G, Belcari N, Bisogni M G, Collazuol G, Del Guerra A, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S,<br />
Piemonte C. Silicon Photomultipliers and SiPM matrices as Photodetectors in Nuclear<br />
Medicine. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference, M14-4,<br />
5:3220-3223, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436825, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2007.<br />
9.2.13 Llosá G, Belcari N, Bisogni M G, Del Guerra A, Marcatili S, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Oliver J F,<br />
Rafecas M, Piemonte C. Nuevos detectores para imgenes mdicas multimodalidad. XXIX<br />
Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Nuclear; Revista Espanola de Medicina<br />
Nuclear (in print), Valencia, Spain, 2008.<br />
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9.2.14 Del Guerra A, Attanasi F, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Vecchio S, Cirrone G A P,<br />
Cuttone G, Lojacono P, Romano S, Lanconelli N. Characterization of an “In-Beam” PET<br />
Prototype for Proton Therapy with Different Target Compositions. In IEEE Nuclear<br />
Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference, N09-1 (invited), Dresden, Germany,<br />
2008.<br />
9.2.15 Bonifacio D A B, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Moralles M, Rosso V, Vecchio S, Del Guerra A. A<br />
time efficient optical model for GATE simulation of a LYSO scintillation matrix used in<br />
PET applications. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference,<br />
N25-102, 1468-1473, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402311, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2009.<br />
9.2.16 Sportelli G, Attanasi F, Belcari N, Franchi G, Guerra P, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Santos A,<br />
Spinella F, Vecchio S, Del Guerra A. A flexible acquisition system for modular dual<br />
head Positron Emission Mammography. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical<br />
Imaging Conference, M09-332, 3395-3398, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401766, Orlando,<br />
Florida, USA, 2009.<br />
9.2.17 Belcari N, Attanasi F, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Santos A, Spinella F, Sportelli G, Del Guerra A.<br />
A novel random counts estimation method for PET using a symmetrical delayed window<br />
technique and random single event acquisition. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium /<br />
Medical Imaging Conference, M13-90, 3611-3614, DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401833,<br />
Orlando, Florida, USA, 2009.<br />
9.2.18 Pennazio F, Barrio J, Bisogni M G, Cerello P, De Luca G, Del Guerra A, Lacasta C,<br />
Llosá G, Magazzù G, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Peroni C, Wheadon R. Simulations of the 4DMPET SiPM-<br />
Based PET Module. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference,<br />
M6-5, 2316-2320, Valencia, Spain, 2011.<br />
9.3 Conference Abstracts<br />
9.3.1 Brelstaff G, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Anedda P, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Records Medici Elettronici:<br />
nuove tecniche. In EuroSalute 2000: Applicazioni Informatiche e Telematiche in Medicina,<br />
Milano, Italy, 2000.<br />
9.3.2 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Motta A and Del Guerra A, A Statistical Image Reconstruction Method for PET<br />
Using Planograms, In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference,<br />
M2-205, Rome, Italy, 2004.<br />
9.3.3 Belmonte G, Biagi L, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Pesaresi I, Bonanni E, Tosetti M, Cosottini M. On the<br />
correlation between EEG and fMRI in epilepsy. In 10th EFOMP Congress (European<br />
Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics), Pisa, Italy, 2007.<br />
9.3.4 Bartoli A, Belcari N, Fabbri S, Panetta D, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Del Guerra A. Implementation of<br />
YAP-(S)PET with high spatial resolution CT smallanimal scanner. Diagnostic Molecular<br />
Imaging (DiMI)/ European Molecular Imaging Laboratories (EMIL) Annual Meeting,<br />
Leuven, Belgium, 2008.<br />
9.3.5 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A, Lanconelli N, Lojacono P,<br />
<strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Romano F, Rosso V, Vecchio S. Caratterizzazione di un prototipo PET in beam<br />
per la dosimetria in adroterapia. XCIV Annual National Congress of the Italian Physical<br />
Society, Genova, Italy, 2008.<br />
9.3.6 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Panetta D. Iterative image reconstruction techniques<br />
in nuclear medicine. XCIV Annual National Congress of the Italian Physical Society,<br />
Genova, Italy, 2008.<br />
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9.4 Oral Presentations<br />
9.4.1 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Brelstaff G, Anedda P, Tuveri M and Zanetti G. Internet Patient Records: new<br />
techniques. MEDNET 2000: 5th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine, Brussels,<br />
Belgium, 2000.<br />
9.4.2 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Herre J and Geiger R. Analysing Decompressed Audio with the Inverse Decoder<br />
- Towards an Operative Algorithm. 112th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society,<br />
Munich, Germany, 2002.<br />
9.4.3 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Defrise M, Belcari N, Del Guerra A. Multi-Ray based system matrix generation<br />
for 3D PET reconstruction. The 9th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional<br />
Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lindau, Germany, 2007.<br />
9.4.4 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Panetta D. Iterative image reconstruction techniques<br />
in nuclear medicine. XCIV Annual National Congress of the Italian Physical Society,<br />
Genova, Italy, 2008.<br />
9.5 Poster Presentations<br />
9.5.1 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Motta A and Del Guerra A, A Statistical Image Reconstruction Method for<br />
PET Using Planograms, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference,<br />
Rome, Italy, 2004.<br />
9.5.2 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belcari N, Del Guerra A, Herbert D J, Mandelkern M A, Motta A, and<br />
Saveliev V. A Small-Animal PET Design Using SiPMs and Anger Logic with Intrinsic<br />
DOI. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference, Rome, Italy, 2004.<br />
9.5.3 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Del Guerra A, Herbert D J, Mandelkern M A. A High Resolution Gamma<br />
Camera for Small-Animal Positron Emission Tomography. IEEE EMBS International<br />
Summer School on Biomedical Imaging, Berder, France, 2006.<br />
9.5.4 <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Belmonte G, Biagi L, Cosottini M, Del Guerra A, Tosetti M. Bioelectric field<br />
simulations on cartesian grids: accurate treatment of anisotropies, singularities and immersed<br />
interfaces. 17th Meeting of the International Society for Brain Electromagnetic<br />
Topography (ISBET), Chieti, Italy, 2006.<br />
9.6 Technical Reports<br />
9.6.1 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Camarda M, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A, Di Rosa F,<br />
Lanconelli N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Rosso V, Russo G, Vecchio S. Preliminary Results from an inbeam<br />
PET system. LNS Activity Report 2007 (Istituto di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori<br />
Nazionali del Sud), http://www.lns.infn.it/, Catania, Italy, 2007.<br />
9.6.2 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A, Lojacono P, Lanconelli N,<br />
<strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Romano F, Rosso V, Vecchio S. An “in-beam PET” prototype for proton therapy:<br />
preliminary results using targets of different composition. LNS Activity Report 2008<br />
(Istituto di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud), http://www.lns.infn.it/, Catania,<br />
Italy, 2008.<br />
9.6.3 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A, Di Rosa F, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S,<br />
Romano F, Rosso V. An “In-Beam PET” Prototype for Proton Therapy: The Experiments<br />
on Inhomogeneous Phantoms. LNS Activity Report 2009 (Istituto di Fisica Nucleare -<br />
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud), http://www.lns.infn.it/, Catania, Italy, 2009.<br />
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9.6.4 Attanasi F, Belcari N, Cirrone G A P, Cuttone G, Del Guerra A, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S, Romano F, Sardina<br />
D, Stancapiano C, Rosso V. An “In-Beam PET” Prototype for Proton Therapy: Preliminary<br />
results on the accuracy of the activity distall fall off localization. LNS Activity Report<br />
2010 (Istituto di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud), http://www.lns.infn.it/,<br />
Catania, Italy, 2010.<br />
9.7 Patent Applications<br />
9.7.1 Del Guerra A, Panetta D, Belcari N, <strong>Moehrs</strong> S. Metodo per la calibrazione geometrica di<br />
un’apparecchiatura per tomografia cone-beam e apparecchiatura che attua tale metodo.<br />
IT-PI2007A000129, Italy, 2007.<br />
10 Attended Summer Schools<br />
Summer Academy of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Technical University<br />
of Munich, topic: Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing, 2001, Sarntal, Italy;<br />
European School of Medical Physics, topic: Medical Computing, 2004, Archamps, France;<br />
CINECA Summer School, topic: Parallel Computing, 2005, Bologna, Italy;<br />
IEEE EMBS International Summer School, topic: Biomedical Imaging, 2006, Berder,<br />
France.<br />
11 Language Skills<br />
German: mother tongue;<br />
English: fluent (CEFR level: C2);<br />
Italian: fluent (CEFR level: C2);<br />
French: fluent (CEFR level: C1);<br />
Dutch: basics (CEFR level: A2).<br />
12 Computer Skills<br />
Programming languages: 10+ years experience with Fortran77/90, C, C++, and Java TM<br />
;<br />
Parallel programming: MPI, OpenMP;<br />
Operating systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Systems;<br />
Mathematical tools: 7+ years experience with Matlab, Maple;<br />
Physics tools: 7+ years experience with Geant4 programming;<br />
Graphics and scientific visualisation: OpenGL, OpenDX.<br />
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13 Other Professional Skills<br />
Intellectual property rights: in-depth knowledge of the European Patent Convention (EPC)<br />
and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).<br />
Pisa, July 1st, 2012<br />
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