Dr Michael Scholz, Head of the modelling group in the Biophysics Department at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany, gave a science lecture at ANSTO on Hadron Therapy.
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Dr Scholz will give an overview of the major technical developments that have been implemented in the framework of a pilot project for treatment of patients with tumours using carbon ion beams (also called hadron therapy). Concerning treatment planning, a major achievement was implemented by using a biophysical model to describe the increased effectiveness of ion beams within the treatment planning procedure.
As a result of the success of the pilot project, a dedicated facility for ion beam therapy (the Heidelberg Ion Therapy HIT) has been installed at University hospitals in Heidelberg.
In this talk he will also describe signatures in radiation response that result from clustering processes. In order to validate the relevance of these processes, the concept of the Local Effect Model and the Giant-loop Binary Lesion Model are transferred to additional endpoints. In these models different radiation qualities need to be considered.
About the speaker
Dr Scholz is responsible for the development of the Local Effect Model, a biophysical model that is used for biological optimisation in treatment planning using ion beams for tumour therapy. He has worked in radiation biophysics since 1987 and was involved in the pilot project for carbon ion therapy performed at GSI (Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung) between 1997 and 2008, where approx. 440 patients were treated.
This talk is part of our distinguished lecture series. You can see a collection of lectures, podcasts and presentations here.
Published: 29/10/2014