Research Group on Medical Physics

Description

The research group on Medical Physics develops its activity in the application of imaging techniques and physical applications to the medical and sports fields. In particular, it focuses on: the applicability of Infrared Thermography to the diagnosis and monitoring of pathologies that involve variations in surface body temperature and the study of sporting activity, assessing muscular activity and muscle overload due to overexertion; the determination of topographic maps of the body using structured light for the assessment of asymmetries that enable the diagnosis and monitoring of spinal pathologies; the use of laser speckle techniques for the study of the evolution of cell cultures and deformations in bodies subjected to dynamic and light stress, etc.

Goals CT

Infrared thermography analysis of sports efficiency and performance and prevention of overexertion injuries.
Use of infrared thermography in hospitals to monitor the evolution of medical treatments.
Application of infrared thermography in dentistry.
Use of laser speckle techniques to study the activity of cell cultures.
Laser metrology.
Application of structured light in the analysis of the effect of sports practice on the morphology of athletes.
Study of spinal deformities using structured light.

Research lines

Biospeckle laser
Use of laser speckle techniques to study the activity of cell cultures and body deformations due to dynamic and light stress.
Infrared thermography
Infrared thermography is a completely non-injurious technique that allows the evaluation of surface temperature changes due to superficial vascular variations and in general alteration of thermoregulation, and is therefore applicable to the medical and sports fields.
Structured light

Management