Missions of the laboratory

• TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND TECHING IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON ADVANCES IN PRE-CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY FOR A WIDE RANGE OF BEAM MODALITES, FROM ESTABLISHED CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF PHOTONS AND HADRONS UP TO LASER-BASED SYSTEMS

ACTIONS

Applied biomedical Research:

• Dosimetry and beam monitoring

• Medical imaging

• Treatment planning and plan adaptation

• Monte-Carlo simulations

• Laser ion acceleration

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Fundamental Research:

• Nuclear science
• R&D towards a nuclear frequency standard: study of the exotic nucleus 229mTh.

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Innovation activities:

• Detector development for medical imaging and beam monitoring

• Technologies for laser-driven proton acceleration for bio-medical applications

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Services:

• Hosting students in the framework of Erasmus and Marie-Curie programs

• Workshops, networking activities

• Expertise in the fi elds of the above listed research areas

• Translational research in collaboration with industrial partners

KEY DATA (2016)

• Staff: Professors/Lecturers: 4, Staff/Postdocs: 7, PhD students: 23, MSc students: 17

Scientific Production: ca. 40 publications in refereed journals and ca. 25 conference proceedings per year, 55 PhD and MSc theses completed since 2012, organization of international workshops

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Developmental projects:

- Compton camera for in-vivo ion beam monitoring in particle therapy

- Ion based imaging

- High-power laser-driven ion acceleration research infrastructure

- EU, DFG, BMBF projects

- DFG Cluster of Excellence

- Coordination of European networking activity

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PD Dr. Peter G. Thirolf
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Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi
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