Publications

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

Testi D, Lattanzi R, Benvegnu M, Petrone M, Zannoni C, Viceconti M and Cappello A, "Efficacy of stereoscopic visualization and six degreed of freedom interaction in preoperative planning of total hip replacement"; Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, vol. 31 (3), 2006, p. 205-218.

Lattanzi R, Baruffaldi F, Viceconti M and Zannoni C, "Specialised CT scan protocols for 3D preoperative planning of total hip replacement"; Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 26 (3), 2004, p. 237-245.

Lattanzi R, Grazi E, Testi D, Viceconti M, Cappello A and Toni A, "Accuracy and repeatability of cementless total hip replacement surgery in patients with deformed anatomies"; Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, vol. 28 (1), 2003, p. 59-71.

Viceconti M, Lattanzi R, Antonietti B, Paderni S, Olmi R, Sudanese A and Toni A, "CT-based surgical planning software improves the accuracy of THR preoperative planning"; Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 25 (5), 2003, p. 371-377.

Lattanzi R, Viceconti M, Zannoni C, Quadrani P and Toni A, "Hip-Op: an innovative software to plan total hip replacement surgery"; Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, vol. 27 (2), 2002, p. 71-83.

Viceconti M, Lattanzi R, Zannoni C and Cappello A, "Effect of the display modality on the spatial accuracy of orthopaedic surgery preoperative planning applications"; Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, vol. 27 (1), 2002, p. 21-32.

Publications in Conference and Workshop Peer Reviewed Proceedings

Lattanzi R, Grant AK, Zhu Y and Sodickson DK, "Ultimate SAR and ideal current patterns in parallel transmission"; proceedings of the 24th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS). Cambridge, MA, 2-6 July 2008. (talk)

Lattanzi R, Sodickson DK, Grant AK and Zhu Y, "Electrodynamic constraints on homogeneity and RF power deposition in multiple coil excitations"; proceedings of the 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Toronto, CA, 3-9 May 2008, p. 614. (talk, I.I. Rabi Young Investigator Award)

Lattanzi R and Sodickson DK, "Dyadic Green's functions for electrodynamic calculations of ideal current patterns for optimal SNR and SAR"; proceedings of the 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Toronto, CA, 3-9 May 2008, p. 78. (talk)

Lattanzi R, Grant AK and Sodickson DK, "Approaching ultimate SNR and ideal current patterns with finite surface coil arrays on a dielectric cylinder"; proceedings of the 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Toronto, CA, 3-9 May 2008, p. 1074. (poster)

Robson PM, Grant AK, Madhuranthakam AJ, Lattanzi R, Sodickson DK and McKenzie CA, "Quantification of SNR and g-factor for parallel MRI: universal application to image-based and k-space-based image reconstructions"; proceedings of the 16th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Toronto, CA, 3-9 May 2008, p. 1295. (poster)

Lattanzi R, Grant AK, Sodickson DK and Zhu Y, "Electrodynamic constraints on minimum SAR in parallel excitation"; proceedings of the 15th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Berlin, GE, 19-25 May 2007, p. 675. (talk)

Lin FH, Lattanzi R, Grant AK and Sodickson DK, "Ultimate intrinsic SNR for regularized parallel imaging and inverse imaging"; proceedings of the 15th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Berlin, GE, 19-25 May 2007, p. 3346. (electronic poster)

Robson PM, Grant AK, Madhuranthakam AJ, Lattanzi R, Sodickson DK and McKenzie CA, "Universal approach to quantification of SNR and g-factor for parallel MRI"; proceedings of the 15th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Berlin, GE, 19-25 May 2007, p. 1747. (poster)

Lattanzi R, Grant AK, Sodickson DK and Zhu Y, "Electrodynamic analysis of minimum RF power deposition in parallel excitation"; proceedings of the ISMRM Workshop on Advances in High Field MR. Pacific Grove, CA, 25-28 March 2007. (talk)

Lattanzi R, Grant AK, Ohliger MA and Sodickson DK, "Measuring practical coil array performance with respect to ultimate intrinsic SNR: a tool for array design and assessment"; proceedings of the 14th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Seattle, WA, 6-12 May 2006, p. 424. (talk)

Jaramaz B, Nikou C, Lattanzi R and DiGioia AM, "Accuracy requirements in THR surgical navigation: effect of cup alignment error"; proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference of the International Society of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS). Marbella, Spain, 18-21 June 2003. (talk)

Eckman K, Nikou C, Lattanzi R, Jaramaz B and DiGioia AM, "Experimental validation of hip range of motion simulator"; proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference of the International Society of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS). Marbella, Spain, 18-21 June 2003. (poster)

Viceconti M, Zannoni C, Lattanzi R and Petrone M, "Efficacy of fully 3D monomodal interface in pre-operative planning of total hip replacement"; proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Computer Assisted Surgery and Radiology (CARS). London, UK, 25-28 June 2003, p. 648-653. (talk)

Lattanzi R, Petrone M, Quadrani P, Zannoni C and Viceconti M, "Applications of 3D medical imaging in orthopaedic surgery: introducing the Hip-op system"; proceedings of the First International Symphosium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT2002), Padova, Italy, 19-21 June 2002, p. 808-811. (poster)

Lattanzi R, Viceconti M, Quadrani P and Toni A, "The Hip-Op surgical planning system"; poster presentation at the BIONET Event “Biomechanics in the decade of bone & joints”, Brussels 27-29 April 2002. (poster)

Lattanzi R, Testi D, Quadrani P, Zannoni C and Toni A, "The Hip-Op surgical system: validation and early clinical experience"; 5th International Symphosium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Rome, 31 October – 3 November 2001. (talk)

Zannoni C, Quadrani P, Lattanzi R and Viceconti M, "Evaluation of the effectiveness of 2D and 3D interfaces in Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery"; proceedings of 2nd DIRECT European Workshop on High Performance Graphics System and Applications, Bologna, 16-17 October 2000, p. 79-80. (talk)

Other Abstracts

Lattanzi R, Grant AK and Sodickson DK, "Fundamental physical constraints on minimum energy deposition in parallel radiofrequency excitation for MRI"; HST Forum 2007. Download poster (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

Lattanzi R, Grant AK and Sodickson DK, "Radiofrequency detector coil performance maps for parallel MRI applications"; HST Forum 2006. Download poster (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

Other Articles

Lattanzi R, "Gli ultimi Mohicani dell'atomo tricolore." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 26 March 2008. Download PDF (850 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "Fai Hip-Op prima dell'operazione." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 19 March 2008. Download PDF (500 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "Fatevi consigliare da tre Nobel." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 21 November 2007. Download PDF (500 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "Il petrolio dai microbi Ogm." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 17 October 2007. Download PDF (400 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "I cervelli ritornati riprendono la strada delle universita' USA." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 5 September 2007. Download PDF (350 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "I neuroni e anche i pensieri nessuno sa indagarli cosi'." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 7 March 2007. Download PDF (500 Kb, in Italian).

Lattanzi R, "Cervelli in fuga? Sbagliato." La Stampa, TuttoScienze, 24 January 2007. Download PDF (1.4 Mb, in Italian).

Theses

Tesi di Laurea, "Valutazione dell'efficacia e della usabilita' di una interfaccia multimodale per un simulatore chirurgico ortopedico" (Evaluation of the effectiveness and the usability of a multimodal user-interface for a surgical simulator for orthopaedic surgery). University of Bologna, Faculty of Engineering, A.A. 1999-2000. Supervisors: Prof. Angelo Cappello and Dr. Marco Viceconti. Download PDF (4.4 Mb, in Italian).

MS Thesis, "Radiofrequency detector coil performance maps for parallel MRI applications". Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2006. Supervisor: Prof. Daniel K. Sodickson.