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Therapeutic Medical Physics Specialization
Goal
The goal of the Ph.D. degree in Therapeutic Medical Physics is to prepare students for careers as independent investigators in the field of medical physics. Graduates will be qualified to work in university departments, research institutes, laboratories, and industry as well as clinical residencies.
Active areas of research interest include:
- 4pi Radiation Therapy
- Automation of Treatment Planning & Treatment Quality
- Brachytherapy Related Projects
- Breathing Motion Modeling in Radiation Therapy
- Mechanical modeling of the tissue deformation
- Monte Carlo Method in Radiation Oncology
- MR Guided Radiation Therapy (Viewray)
- MRI Guided Radiotherapy
- Quantum dots/Photofrin conjugate as the energy mediator to enhance radiation therapy (on hiatus)
- Radiobiological modling of the heterogeneous tumor cell populations
- Tomotherapy Related Projects
- Viewray Related Project
