Research Interests
Imaging and correction of patient motion during radiotherapy planning and delivery
- Measurement of patient motion
- Use of a zero dose transponder tracking system
- Correction strategies including breathing control, gating and tracking
Functional and anatomical imaging in radiotherapy
- Dose painting based on functional information
- Strategies for treatment adaptation
Clinical Trials
- Modelling trials outcome
Novel sensors and their applications
- Intelligent imaging systems for radiotherapy verification
- Instrumentation for proton radiotherapy imaging
Treatment delivery
- Intensity modulated radiotherapy
- Image guided radiotherapy
- Radiotherapy with variable energy x-ray sources
- Radiotherapy with very high energy electron beams
- Markers to measure treatment delivery and response
The physical basis of radiotherapy for breast cancer
- Technology for shaping dose distributions
- Patient and tissue movement characterisation
Team Summary
The research programmes of the radiotherapy physics teams have the common long-term goal of developing the application of the physics sciences in radiotherapy to improve targeting of the cancer whilst limiting the dose to non-target organs
