Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology
Our Research is focused on:
- image guided radiotherapy with a focus to MR guidance
- novel optimization algorithms for treatment planning
- advanced dosimetry and quality assurance solutions
- radiobiological investigations of ion beams
Detailed information can be found on the webpages of the research groups!
Groups
- E0401 - Computational Patient Models - Dr. Kristina Giske
- E0402 - Applied Medical Radiation Physics - Prof. Dr. Christian Karger
- E0403 - Therapy Planning - Development
- E0404 - Radiotherapy Optimization - Dr. Niklas Wahl
- E0405 - Medical Engineering - Gernot Echner
- E0406 - Novel Detection Techniques for Ion Beams - Dr. Maria Martisikova
- E0407 - Physical Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy - Dr. Peter Häring
- E0408 - Ion Beam Therapy - Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel (in ch.)
- E0409 – MR-guided RadioTherapy – Dr. Asja Pfaffenberger
- Clinical Research Group
Funded / Collaboration Projects
Current projects
- Project: "Center of Excellence in Investigation and Teaching", http://www.heidelbergcenter.cl/medicalphysics/en/home/
Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel (phase 1: 2009 - 2014, phase 2: 2014 - 2019, phase 3: 2019 - 2024, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)) - Project: "Metrology for MR guided Radiotherapy", https://mrgrtmetrology.com/
Prof. Dr. Christian Karger (2016 - 2019, EMPIR) - Project: "Chilean German Consortium for Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology", www.cgcompro.org
Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel (2017 - 2019, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FMER)) - Project: "matrad", www.matrad.org
Dr. Mark Bangert & Dr. Niklas Wahl - Project: SFB "Cognition-Guided Surgery", https://www.cognitionguidedsurgery.de/startseite/
Involved groups: E0401, E0403, E0404 (German Research Foundation (DFG))
- Project C01: Adaptive Photon Therapy in the Treatment of Lung and Liver Tumours
- Project C02: Biological and Time Adaptive Therapy of Pancreatic Carcinoma
Former project:
- Project: "MR guided Proton Therapy"
Prof. Dr. Oliver Jäkel (2017 - 2018, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)) - Project: "SPARTA" (Softwareplattform für die Adaptive Multimodale Radio- und Partikeltherapie mit Autarker Erweiterbarkeit)
Involved groups: E0401, E0402, E0403, E076, SIDT (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FMER)) - Project: "Analytical probabilistic modeling for radiation therapy planning"
Involved groups: E0404 (German Research Foundation (DFG)) - Project: "Low-intensity Therapeutical Ultrasound (LiFu)"