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Take a look at this video introducing our Master's Degree career path in Physics applied to health, energy and environment - you might spot someone from our research group! 🙂
👇Further information on the career path, with a specific focus on medical applications below
🎓 You can also explore the other videos presenting the Master’s Degree in Physics on the official University of Ferrara YouTube channelÂ
Ferrara University offers a Master's Degree Course in Physics with a specific track dedicated to Medical Physics
The track includes a number of courses specifically tailored for the Medical Physicist education and training:
Take a look at the suggested study plan for a curriculum in Medical Physics at Ferrara University:
🎓 Some examples of recent graduation thesis works of our students...
🎓 Some examples of recent graduation thesis works of our students...
Master's Degree in Physics 🎓
"First-Order Radiomic Analysis of Advanced DSC Perfusion Biomarkers for Prognostic Assessment in H3K27-Altered Diffuse Midline Glioma" Advisor Prof. A. Taib, Dr. C. Satragno
"Development of a Timepix4-CdTe X-ray System for High-Resolution Hyperspectral Biomedical Imaging" Advisor: Dr. P. Cardarelli; Co-Advisor: : Dr. S. Velardita 2026
"Evaluation of x-ray focal spot size in clinical systems via circular penumbra analysis". Advisor: Dr. P. Cardarelli; Co-Advisor: Dr J. Altieri 2026
"Application of Deep Learning algorithms for automatic classification of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis images". Advisor: Dr G. Paternò; Co-Advisor: Prof. A. Taibi. 2024
"Characterization of a hybrid photon-counting detector based on Timepix4 for spectral X-ray imaging applications". Advisor: Dr. P. Cardarelli; Co-Advisor: Prof. M. Fiorini. 2024
"Study of edge-preserving denoising filters for Digital Subtraction Angiography in a clinical setting". Advisors: Prof. A. Taibi, Dr P. Cardarelli; Co-Advisor: Dr. C. Andreoli. 2024
"Radiomic analysis and predictive models in [18F]-Fluorocholine PET/CT". Advisor: Prof Di Domenico, Co-Advisor: Dr Manco. 2023
"Monte Carlo dosimetry in radio-ligand therapy with Lu-177". Advisors: Prof. G. Di Domenico, Dr E. Tonini. 2022
“Dosimetric characterization of a mobile accelerator for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy ”. Advisors: Prof Di Domenico, Dr Mastella. 2022
“Effect of Local Energy Distribution of X-ray Beams from Inverse Compton Scattering sources on the Performance in Dual-energy Imaging”. Advisors: Dr Cardarelli, Dr Paternò. 2021
“Physical characterization and pre-clinical assessment of a wearable plethysmographic system for the analysis of physiological signals”. Advisor: Prof Taibi, Co-Advisor: Dr Gadda. 2021
“Synthetic mammography: quantitative comparison with clinical mammograms to evaluate its role in digital breast tomosynthesis”. Advisor: Prof Taibi, Co-Advisors: Dr Cardarelli and Dr Paternò. 2021
“K-edge subtraction imaging with X-ray beams from inverse Compton sources: a simulation study”. Advisors: Dr Cardarelli and Dr Paternò. 2020
“Prospects for implementing artificial intelligence in breast CT scatter correction”. Advisor: Prof Taibi, Co-Advisors: Marco Caballo and Dr Koen Michielsen (RadboudUMC, Nijmegen NL)
Bachelor's Degree in Physics 🎓
“Studio di tecniche per la caratterizzazione multi-materiale di tessuti osteocondrali tramite microtomografie spettrali a raggi X” Relatore: Dr Cardarelli 2025
"Applicabilità di un protocollo per controlli di qualità in mammografia dual-energy con mezzo di contrasto (CEDEM)". Relatore: Prof Taibi, Correlatore: Dr. Calderoni 2024
"Analisi e caratterizzazione di sensori pletismografici per il progetto Drain Brain 2.0". Relatore: Prof Brancaccio, Correlatore: Dr Proto 2024
"Decomposizione spettrale di microtomografie a raggi X su campioni osteocondrali acquisite con un sistema basato su rivelatore photon-counting". Relatore: Dr Cardarelli, Correlatore: Dr Brombal (Università di Trieste) 2023
"Studio per la segmentazione di immagini tomografiche di campioni biomimetici acquisite presso la sorgente di raggi-X da Compton inverso MuCLS". Relatore: Dr Cardarelli, Correlatore: Prof Taibi 2021
“Rivelatore a pixel ibrido per la misura di fotoni e particelle cariche”. Relatori: Prof Fiorini, Prof Calabrese; Correlatore Dr Cardarelli. 2021
“Sviluppo di codici di simulazione Monte Carlo per l’esecuzione di Virtual Clinical Trials in mammografia". Relatore: Dr Paternò, Correlatore: Prof Taibi. 2021
“Sviluppo e validazione di un’applicazione Geant4 per la simulazione di sorgenti di raggi-X da Compton inverso”. Relatori: Dr Paternò, Dr Cardarelli. 2021
“Qualità dell’immagine sintetica in tomosintesi mammaria: uno studio della letteratura”. Relatore: prof Taibi; Correlatore: Dr Cardarelli. 2020
“Progettazione e sviluppo di un fantoccio emodinamico per training ecografico”. Relatore: prof Taibi; Correlatori: Dr Gadda, Dr Astolfi. 2020
"Simulazione di biforcazione carotidea tramite l’uso di un fantoccio emodinamico”. Relatore: prof Taibi; Correlatore: Dr Gadda, 2020
Medical Physicist's role and career
Medical Physicist's role and career
Medical Physics applies the concepts and methodologies of Physics to Medicine, contributing to the fields of diagnosis, therapy and prevention.Â
 Research in this area is aimed at the optimization and improvement of diagnostic and therapeutic methodologies, as well as the development and evaluation of new technologies in the clinical setting.
Some of the professional careers accessible to a Medical Physicists:
Research in University and research Institutions, after a Ph.D.
Employment in bio-medical or health industries
Hospital Medical Physicist, after a post-graduate specializationÂ
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