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Research Activities

  • Medical Physics:
    Brachytherapy (HDR and radioembolization with 90Y microspheres)
    Civa-sheet dosimetry and applications
    β+ activation of tissues exposed to high energy photon, or particle beams
    Clinical applications of Mote Carlo dose calculation techniques
    Applications of protons and heavy ions in radiation therapy
    Quality assurance for IMRT and VMAT radiation treatments
    Planar and volumetric dosimetry of X-rays
    Advanced optimization algorithms and applications for IMRT
    Applications of nano-particles and radio-sensitizers in radiation therapy
    Photodynamic therapy
    Intensity modulated proton and carbon ion therapy (optimization and delivery)
    Radiobiological efficiency of heavy ions
    Shielding of Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy Facilities
    IGRT and target localization techniques
    Proton/ion dose reconstruction using PET imaging
    Calculation of dose for microsphere treatments of hepatic tumors
  • Numerical modeling of nonlinear processes:
    Cancer cell proliferation
    Cell response to radiation damage