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Abstract:
Proton/ion radiation therapy is a rapidly advancing and expanding treatment modality in the world of medical oncology. Compared with conventional photon (x-ray or gamma ray) radiation therapy, proton/ion therapy is a much more targeted treatment tool that can destroy cancerous cells while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissues. Due to the highly localized nature of such therapies, any uncertainty in the dose deposition volume becomes an important limiting factor in the overall treatment effectiveness. In this talk, we will discuss the efforts of our UTAustin-Portugal consortium in designing and building a time-of-flight positron emission tomography (PET) scanner with the specific aim of addressing the aforementioned issue by providing in-situ range verification and feedback during proton therapy treatments.
Biography:
Dr. John Cesar is a Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin working in the group of Prof. Karol Lang. He obtained his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Texas A&M University in 2010 and his Ph.D in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2016, where he was first introduced to Prof. Lang’s group. He wrote his thesis on the search for periodic variations in double-beta decay rates as measured by the NEMO-3 experiment and met and worked alongside fellow graduate student (at the time), Junting Huang. He then continued his research career working with Prof. Jenny Thomas at University College London on construction of the CHIPS prototype long-baseline neutrino detector experiment. He was attracted back to Texas and Prof. Lang’s group by the prospect of working on an exciting new field: medical physics. His focus now is on the group’s research into advancing positron emission tomography (PET) imaging as part of the Time-of-Flight PET for Proton Therapy project.
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Prof. Junting Huang