Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

Biophysics in radiotherapy

• Imaging: see also lectures by Uulke, Eirik – Outcome, rather than its associates! – Tissue properties, organ function, cell markers • Outcome modeling: see also lecture of Claudio – Tumor – Normal tissues • “Volume” effects • “RBE” effects when using particles • Facilitating medicine / biology – Specialized irradiation facilities – Quantitative analysis of e.g. pathology, imaging, … – Analysis of large amounts of data