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 Physical dose conformation
We explore and develop radiation treatment techniques for optimum physical dose conformation to the tumor target volume. Our efforts are focused on proton radiotherapy and advanced photon treatments, as well as on their comparison.
Biological modeling
As a basis for treatment optimization we model the relationship between the dose distribution and the clinical outcome. Also, for proton radiotherapy we model the relative biological effectiveness.
IMXT/IMPT
Intensity modulation is crucial both in photon radiotherapy (IMXT) and in proton radiotherapy (IMPT). In particular, we develop new IMPT methods.
4D
We develop concepts and methods to consider the time component in the whole radiotherapy chain, from imaging over planning and optimization to treatment delivery.
Precision
To increase the precision of the dose application we develop new targeting techniques. To increase the accuracy of the dose prediction we perform Monte Carlo simulations.
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Antje Knopf wins 2008 ESTRO Varian award |
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Antje Knopf will receive the 2008 ESTRO Varian award for her
work on "Quantitative assessment of the reproducibility and the
consistency of proton beam range verification with PET/CT", which is part
of her PhD thesis. The awards committee found this work to "have been
conducted in a skillful and scientifically admirable way".
Congratulations, Antje!
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Timothy Chan wins George B Dantzig dissertation award (2007) |
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Timothy Chan won first place in the 2007 George B. Dantzig dissertation competition held by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Tim did his research at MGH, and defended his PhD thesis titled "The Management of Uncertainties in Radiation Treatments of Lung Tumors" at MIT in May 2007.
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