Berthon Béatrice

Education

2014 – PhD in Physics, Cardiff University, UK
“Optimisation of Positron Emission Tomography based target volume delineation in head and neck radiotherapy”
2011 – Master of Science in Nanophotonics, Université Orsay Paris XI, France
2011 – Engineering degree and Master of Science in Applied Physics, Ecole Centrale Paris, France

Professional experience

since 2019 – Tenured research officer at INSERM, Paris, France
2016 – Postdoctoral researcher at Institut Langevin Ondes et Images, Paris, France
2015 – Postdoctoral resaercher, Cardiff University, UK

Main awards and distinctions

2017 – Best oral presentation of the Congrès National d’Imagerie du Vivant (acoustoelectric imaging)
2017 – Young Investigator Award at the European Molecular Imaging Meeting (acoustoelectric imaging in vivo)
2016 – Best Poster Presentation of the Annual Conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ATLAAS machine learning segmentation algorithm)
2015 – Manufacturer’s award for Innovation of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (ATLAAS machine learning segmentation algorithm)
2013 – Travel award of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (PET segmentation for radiotherapy treatment planning)

Research topics

Acoustoelectric imaging
Identification of multiparametric biomarkers for tumour monitoring
Deep learning for image classification
Radiomics and texture analysis
Quantification of vascular networks

Main publications

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Guillaumin J-B, Djerroudi L, Aubry J-F, Tardivon A, Tanter M, Vincent-Salomon A, et al. Proof of Concept of 3-D Backscatter Tensor Imaging Tomography for Non-invasive Assessment of Human Breast Cancer Collagen Organization. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.05.017.

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Berthon B, Behaghel A, Mateo P, Dansette P-M, Favre H, Ialy-Radio N, et al. Mapping Biological Current Densities With Ultrafast Acoustoelectric Imaging: Application to the Beating Rat Heart. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2019;38:1852–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2019.2898090.

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Provost J, Garofalakis A, Sourdon J, Bouda D, Berthon B, Viel T, et al. Simultaneous positron emission tomography and ultrafast ultrasound for hybrid molecular, anatomical and functional imaging. NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2018;2:85–94. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-018-0188-z.

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Berthon B, Dansette P-M, Tanter M, Pernot M, Provost J. An integrated and highly sensitive ultrafast acoustoelectric imaging system for biomedical applications. Phys Med Biol 2017;62:5808–22. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aa6ee7.

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Berthon B, Häggström I, Apte A, Beattie BJ, Kirov AS, Humm JL, et al. PETSTEP: Generation of synthetic PET lesions for fast evaluation of segmentation methods. Physica Medica 2015;31:969–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.07.139.

Berthon Béatrice