Antony Lomax
Department of Physics, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Date
27 February 2019
Host
Günther Dissertori
Title
The Problem of the Patient: Interfacing between Physics and Medicine in Proton Therapy
Abstract
Proton therapy for cancer treatment requires a thorough understanding of proton physics and the bio-physical processes of tissue damage. Such a multiscale problem poses many interesting challenges. Starting with the physics based advantages of proton therapy, in this presentation we will investigate the different layers of complexity and uncertainty encountered in the daily treatment of the biologically complex, and changing patient, to reveal the fascinating problems facing medical physics research in the future.
Antony Lomax (right) with Günther Dissertori (left)