LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:



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PUBLICATION STATISTICS (last update: June 16, 2020; source: SCOPUS) :

JOURNALS (with official IF):

  1. G. Landini, G. Martinelli, F. Piccinini. Colour Deconvolution – stain unmixing in histological imaging. BioInformatics, btaa847, September 2020, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa847. IF(2019): 5.610/Q1. Download

  2. S. Pignatta, M. Cortesi, C. Arienti, M. Zanoni, C. Cocchi, A. Sarnelli, D. Arpa, F. Piccinini, A. Tesei. Effects of radiotherapy and short-term starvation combination on metastatic and non-tumor cell lines. DNA Repair, 95: 102949, August 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102949. IF(2019): 3.339/Q2. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  3. F. Piccinini, T. Balassa, A. Carbonaro, A. Diosdi, T. Toth, N. Moshkov, E.A. Tasnadi, P. Horvath. Software tools for 3D nuclei segmentation and quantitative analysis in multicellular aggregates. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 18: 1287-1300, June 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.05.022. IF(2019): 6.018/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  4. V. Turri, O.S. Latinovic, M. Bonafè, N. Toyang, M. Parigi, M. Calassanzio, P.L. Martelli, A. Vagheggini, G. Abbati, A. Sarnelli, R. Casadio, C. Ratti, P. Massi, J.E. Schoelz, M.S. Salvato, F. Piccinini, G. Martinelli. Cauliflower mosaic virus TAV, a plant virus protein that functions like ribonuclease H1 and is cytotoxic to glioma cells. BioMed Research International, 2020: 7465242, March 2020, DOI: 10.1155/2020/7465242. IF(2019): 2.276/Q3. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  5. E.A. Tasnadi, T. Toth, M. Kovacs, A. Diosdi, F. Pampaloni, J. Molnar, F. Piccinini, P. Horvath. 3D-Cell-Annotator: an open-source active surface tool for single cell segmentation in 3D microscopy images. BioInformatics, btaa029, January 2020, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa029. IF(2019): 5.610/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  6. M. Harmati, E. Gyukity-Sebestyen, G. Dobra, L. Janovak, I. Dekany, O. Saydam, E. Hunyadi-Gulyas, I. Nagy, A. Farkas, T. Pankotai, Z. Ujfaludi, P. Horvath, F. Piccinini, M. Kovacs, T. Biro, K. Buzas. Small extracellular vesicles convey the stress-induced adaptive responses of melanoma cells. Scientific Reports, 9:15329, October 2019, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51778-6. IF(2019): 3.998/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  7. J. Bulgarelli, M. Tazzari, A.M. Granato, L. Ridolfi, S. Maiocchi, F. de Rosa, M. Petrini, E. Pancisi, G. Gentili, B. Vergani, F. Piccinini, A. Carbonaro, B.E. Leone, G. Foschi, V. Ancarani, M. Framarini, M. Guidoboni. Dendritic cell vaccination in metastatic melanoma turns “non-T cell inflamed” into “T-cell inflamed” tumors. Frontiers in Immunology, 10:2353, October 2019, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02353. IF(2019): 5.085/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  8. A. Sarnelli, E. Mezzenga, A. Vagheggini, F. Piccinini, G. Feliciani, M.L. Belli, F. Monti, M. Cremonesi, C. Cittanti, G. Martinelli, G. Paganelli. Texture analysis in 177Lu SPECT phantom images: Statistical assessment of uniformity requirements using texture features. PLoS ONE, 14(7):e0218814, July 2019, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218814. IF(2019): 2.740/Q2. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  9. I. De Santis, E. Tasnadi, P. Horvath, A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini. Open-source tools for volume estimation of 3D multicellular aggregates. Applied Sciences, 9(8):1616, April 2019, DOI: 10.3390/app9081616. IF(2019): 2.474/Q2. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  10. F. Piccinini, I. De Santis, A. Bevilacqua. Advances in cancer modeling: fluidic systems for increasing representativeness of large 3D multicellular spheroids. BioTechniques, 65(6):312-314, November 2018, DOI: 10.2144/btn-2018-0153. IF(2018): 1.659/Q4. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  11. N. Carragher, F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, O.J. Trask Jr, M. Bickle, P. Horvath. Concerns, challenges and promises of high-content analysis of 3D cellular models. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 17(8):606, July 2018, DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2018.99. IF(2018): 57.618/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  12. K. Smith, F. Piccinini, T. Balassa, K. Koos, T. Danka, H. Azizpour, P. Horvath. Phenotypic image analysis software tools for exploring and understanding big image data from cell-based assays. Cell Systems, 6(6):636-653, June 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2018.06.001. IF(2018): 8.640/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  13. F. Piccinini, A. Bevilacqua. Colour vignetting correction for microscopy image mosaics used for quantitative analyses. BioMed Research International, 2018:7082154, June 2018. DOI: 10.1155/2018/7082154. IF(2018): 2.197/Q3. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  14. G. Gallerani, C. Cocchi, M. Bocchini, F. Piccinini, F. Fabbri. Characterization of tumor cells using a medical wire for capturing circulating tumor cells: a 3D approach based on immunofluorescence and DNA FISH. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 130:e56936, December 2017. DOI: 10.3791/56936. IF(2017): 1.184/Q2. Download

  15. C. Arienti, S. Pignatta, M. Zanoni, M. Cortesi, A. Zamagni, F. Piccinini, A. Tesei. Looking for driver pathways of acquired resistance to targeted therapy: drug resistant subclone generation and sensitivity restoring by gene knock-down. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 130:e56583, December 2017. DOI: 10.3791/56583. IF(2017): 1.184/Q2. Download

  16. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, M. Zanoni, A. Bevilacqua, ReViMS: Software tool for estimating the volumes of 3-D multicellular spheroids imaged using a light sheet fluorescence microscope. BioTechniques, 63(5):227–229, November 2017. DOI: 10.2144/000114609. IF(2017): 2.098/Q3. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  17. S. Duchi*, F. Piccinini*, M. Pierini, A. Bevilacqua, M.L. Torre, E. Lucarelli, S. Santi, A new holistic 3D non-invasive analysis of cellular distribution and motility on fibroin-alginate microcarriers using light sheet fluorescent microscopy. PLoS ONE, 12(8):e0183336, August 2017. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183336. IF(2017): 2.766/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  18. F. Piccinini*, A. Tesei*, C. Arienti, A. Bevilacqua, Cell counting and viability assessment of 2D and 3D cell cultures: expected reliability of the Trypan Blue assay. Biological Procedures Online, 19(8):1-12, July 2017. DOI: 10.1186/s12575-017-0056-3. IF(2017): 3.581/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  19. F. Piccinini*, T. Balassa*, A. Szkalisity, C. Molnar, L. Paavolainen, K. Kujala, K. Buzas, M. Sarazova, V. Pietiainen, U. Kutay, K. Smith, P. Horvath, Advanced Cell Classifier: user-friendly machine-learning-based software for discovering phenotypes in high-content imaging data. Cell Systems, 4(6):651–655, June 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2017.05.012. IF(2017): 8.982/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  20. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, A. Bevilacqua, Single-image based methods used for non-invasive volume estimation of cancer spheroids: a practical assessing approach based on entry-level equipment. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 135:51-60, October 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.07.024. IF(2016): 2.503/Q1. Download

  21. C. Bellotti, S. Duchi, A. Bevilacqua, E. Lucarelli, F. Piccinini, Long term morphological characterization of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells 3D spheroids built with a rapid method based on entry-level equipment. Cytotechnology, 68(6):2479–2490, December 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10616-016-9969-y. IF(2016): 1.857/Q3. Download

  22. M. Zanoni, F. Piccinini, C. Arienti, A. Zamagni, S. Santi, R. Polico, A. Bevilacqua, A. Tesei, 3D tumor spheroid models for in vitro therapeutic screening: a systematic approach to enhance the biological relevance of data obtained. Scientific Reports, 6:19103, January 2016. DOI: 10.1038/srep19103. IF(2016): 4.259/Q1. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  23. F. Piccinini*, A. Kiss*, P. Horvath, CellTracker (not only) for dummies. Bioinformatics, 32(6):955-957, March 2016. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv686. IF(2016): 7.307/Q1. Download

  24. K. Smith, Y. Li, F. Piccinini, G. Csucs, C. Balazs, A. Bevilacqua, P. Horvath, CIDRE: an illumination-correction method for optical microscopy. Nature Methods, 12(5):404-406, May 2015. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3323. IF(2015): 25.328/Q1. Download (the nice story of this article).

  25. F. Piccinini, AnaSP: a software suite for automatic image analysis of multicellular spheroids. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 119(1):43-52, April 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.02.006. IF(2015): 1.862/Q1. Download

  26. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, C. Arienti, A. Bevilacqua, Cancer multicellular spheroids: Volume assessment from a single 2D projection. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 118(2):95–106, February 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.12.003. IF(2015): 1.862/Q1. Download

  27. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, G. Paganelli, W. Zoli, A. Bevilacqua, Improving reliability of live/dead cell counting through automated image mosaicing. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 117(3):448-463, December 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.09.004. IF(2014): 1.897/Q1. Download

  28. F. Piccinini, M. Pierini, E. Lucarelli, A. Bevilacqua, Semi-quantitative monitoring of confluence of adherent mesenchymal stromal cells on calcium-phosphate granules by using widefield microscopy images. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 25(10):2395-2410, October 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10856-014-5242-0. IF(2014): 2.587/Q2. Download

  29. F. Piccinini, A. Bevilacqua, E. Lucarelli, Automated image mosaics by non-automated light microscopes: the MicroMos software tool. Journal of Microscopy, 252(3):226-250, December 2013. DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12084. IF(2013): 2.150/Q2. Download

  30. Z. Bulj, S. Duchi, A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, B. Dozza, F. Piccinini, G. A. Mariani, E. Lucarelli, S. Giannini, D. Donati, S. Marmiroli, Protein kinase B/AKT isoform 2 drives migration of human mesenchymal stem cells. International Journal of Oncology, 42(1):118-126, January 2013. DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1700. IF(2013): 2.773/Q2. Download -OPEN ACCESS-

  31. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, W. Zoli, A. Bevilacqua, Extended depth of focus in optical microscopy: assessment of existing methods and a new proposal. Microscopy Research and Technique, 15(11):1582-1592, November 2012. DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22104. IF(2012): 1.593/Q2. Download

  32. F. Piccinini, E. Lucarelli, A. Gherardi, A. Bevilacqua, Multi-image based method to correct vignetting effect in light microscopy images. Journal of Microscopy, 248(1):6-22, October 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03645.x. IF(2012): 1.633/Q3. Download


JOURNALS (without official IF):

  1. R. Reda, F. Piccinini, A. Carbonaro, Semantic modelling of smart healthcare data. In: Arai K., Kapoor S., Bhatia R. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham, 869:399-411. November 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01057-7_32. Download

  2. A. Carbonaro, F. Piccinini, R. Reda. Integrating heterogeneous data of healthcare devices to enable domain data management. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 14(1):45-56, January 2018. DOI: 10.20368/1971-8829/1450. ISSN: 1826-6223. Download

  3. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, W. Zoli, A. Bevilacqua, Extending the Universal Quality Index to assess N-image fusion in light microscopy. International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 14(4):217-222, December 2012. ISSN: 1456-7857. Download


BOOKS/BOOK-CHAPTERS:

  1. J. Dal Col, A. López-Soto, R. Dolcetti, eds., Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Solid and Haematologic Tumors. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. 2020. DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88963-726-3. Chapter, J. Bulgarelli, M. Tazzari, A.M. Granato, L. Ridolfi, S. Maiocchi, F. de Rosa, M. Petrini, E. Pancisi, G. Gentili, B. Vergani, F. Piccinini, A. Carbonaro, B.E. Leone, G. Foschi, V. Ancarani, M. Framarini, M. Guidoboni, Dendritic cell vaccination in metastatic melanoma turns “non-T cell inflamed” into “T-cell inflamed” tumors pp. 56-68. Download


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

  1. R. Reda, F. Piccinini, A. Carbonaro, Semantic modelling of smart healthcare data. In Proceedings of the Intelligent Systems Conference 2018 (IntelliSys2018), London, England, September 6-7, 2018, pp. 399-411. Download

  2. A. Carbonaro, F. Piccinini, R. Reda, Semantic description of healthcare devices to enable data integration. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2018), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, April 16-18, 2018, pp. 627-630. Download

  3. R. Reda, F. Piccinini, A. Carbonaro, Towards consistent data representation in the IoT healthcare landscape. In Proceedings of the 8th International Digital Health Conference (DH’18), Lyon, France, April 23-26, 2018, pp. 1-6. Download

  4. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, W. Zoli, A. Bevilacqua, Image processing method for 3D volume rendering from one 2D projection: application to cancer spheroid. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA), Paris, France, October 14-17, 2014, pp. 105-110. Download

  5. F. Piccinini, A. Bevilacqua, K. Smith, P. Horvath, Vignetting and photo-bleaching correction in automated fluorescence microscopy from an array of overlapping images. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), San Francisco, CA, USA, April 7-11, 2013, pp. 464-467. Download

  6. A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini, Is an empty field the best reference to correct vignetting in microscopy? In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation (BSI), Como, Italy, July 2-4, 2012, pp. 267-270. Download

  7. F. Piccinini, A. Tesei, W. Zoli, L. Carozza, D. Pollini and A. Bevilacqua, Extending the Universal Quality Index to assess N-image fusion in optical microscopy In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Biosignal Interpretation (BSI), Como, Italy, July 2-4, 2012, pp. 259-262. Download

  8. L. Carozza, A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini, Mosaicing of optical microscope imagery based on visual information. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Boston, USA, August 30 – September 3, 2011, pp. 6162-6165. Download

  9. A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini, A. Gherardi, Vignetting correction by exploiting an optical microscopy image sequence. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Boston, USA, August 30 – September 3, 2011, pp. 6166-6169. Download

  10. A. Gherardi, A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini, Illumination field estimation through background detection in optical microscopy. In Proceedings of the 8th annual IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB), Paris, France, April 11-15, 2011, pp. 49-54. Download

  11. L. Carozza, A. Bevilacqua, F. Piccinini, An incremental method for mosaicing of optical microscope imagery. In Proceedings of the 8th annual IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB), Paris, France, April 11-15, 2011, pp. 55-60. Download

  12. A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, F. Piccinini, Multichannel image mosaicing of stem cells. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological Science and Engineering (ICBSE), Venice, Italy, November 24-26, 2010, pp. 271-274. Download

  13. A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, L. Carozza, F. Piccinini, Semi-automatic background detection in microscopic images. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological Science and Engineering (ICBSE), Venice, Italy, November 24-26, 2010, pp. 275-278. Download

  14. A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, F. Piccinini, On-line image mosaicing of live stem cells. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological Science and Engineering (ICBSE), Venice, Italy, November 24-26, 2010, pp. 279-282. Download

  15. A. Bevilacqua, A. Gherardi, F. Piccinini, Quantitative quality assessment of microscopic image mosaicing. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological Science and Engineering (ICBSE), Venice, Italy, November 24-26, 2010, pp. 283-286. Download

  16. S. Lazzari, A. Barletta, E. Magyari, F. Piccinini, Dual solutions for viscous mixed convection flows in a vertical circular duct: a numerical benchmark. In Proceedings of the European Comsol Conference 2007, Grenoble (Paris), France, October 23-24, 2007, pp. 343-349. Download


PH.D THESIS:

  1. F. Piccinini, Solutions to common issues in widefield microscopy: vignetting, mosaicing and depth of focus. Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, April 19, 2013. Tutor: Prof. Alessandro Bevilacqua. Co-tutor: Prof. Mauro Ursino. External reviewers: Prof. Emanuele Trucco, Prof. Walter G. Kropatsch. Ph.D exam board: Prof. Claudio Fiegna, Prof. Francesca Odone, Prof. Emanuele Trucco. Download


EDITORIAL MEMBER OF:

  1. BioMed Research International, Section: Computational Biology, Hindawi Limited . Member since 10/07/2020. Editorial Board Webpage

  2. Pharmaceutical Sciences And Biomedical Analysis Journal, Scientific Literature. Member since 01/09/2017. Certificate

  3. Current Updates in Stem Cell Research and Therapy, OPR Science. Member since 01/02/2017. Certificate

  4. Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Science Publishing Group. Member since 28/11/2016. Certificate

  5. SL Clinical And Medical Oncology, Scientific Literature. Member since 01/11/2016. Certificate


REVIEWER FOR:

  1. BioMed Research International, Hindawi Limited, ISSN:2314-6133.

  2. Analytical Biochemistry: Methods in the Biological Sciences, Elsevier, ISSN:0003-2697.

  3. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Elsevier, ISSN:0169-2607.

  4. ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., ISSN:1540-658X.

  5. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (BSPC), Elsevier, ISSN:1746-8094.

  6. Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (JBT), American Scientific Publishers, ISSN:2157-9083.

  7. Biological Procedures Online, BioMed Central, ISSN:1480-9222.

  8. Micron, Elsevier, ISSN:0968-4328.

  9. Microscopy Research and Technique (MRT), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISSN:1097-0029.

  10. Signal, Image and Video Processing (SIVP), Springer, ISSN:1863-1711.

  11. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Elsevier, ISSN:0933-3657.

  12. Biomedical Engineering Research (BER), World Academic Publishing, ISSN:2306-5990.

  13. SpringerPlus, Springer, ISSN:2193-1801.