Using Monte Carlo simulations and the ACE system, to which the group has access thanks to the Elekta-La Fe-UV collaboration, we will proceed to locate systems where the formalism currently used in high-rate brachytherapy treatment planning is no longer valid.
Use of laser speckle techniques to study the activity of cell cultures and body deformations due to dynamic and light stress.
Characterisation of electronic brachytherapy systems using Monte Carlo techniques. The response of commercially available ionisation chambers will then be calculated in order to obtain the correspondence factors that will allow their use in clinical practice.
Pelvic floor surgery. Diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer using advanced surgical techniques. Prehabilitation of patients in colorectal surgery.
The first step consists of migrating to C++ CUDA. Next, the numerical techniques needed to use it as an inverse scheduling algorithm will be improved. The final step would be to include it in a planning system and verify it in clinical practice.
Innovative diagnostic techniques in hyperparathyroidism.
Pathophysiology of patients undergoing metabolic/bariatric surgery.
To develop both analytical techniques to study the properties of the solution of certain fractional evolution problems, and approximation techniques to help solve specific problems suggested by applications.
Pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis. 3D diagnostic reconstruction of liver and pancreatic pathology. Incidence of postoperative complications in the oncological prognosis of liver and pancreatic tumours.
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.
The aim of this line of research is to deepen our understanding of the communication and language difficulties of people with aphasia and dementia, and their relationship with executive functions; to develop tests and protocols for language and communication exploration and rehabilitation.
Influence of the Mediterranean diet on different states of health and disease.
Pre-surgical gastric habilitation in oesophageal cancer surgery. Diagnosis of peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer. Influence of genetic factors on the prognosis of gastric cancer.
Women have a specific disease profile, which is particularly evident in some pathologies, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, etc. It is important to develop prevention policies, especially through healthy lifestyles, including physical activity, and with the support of ICTs.
Once the development of effective algorithms has been completed, the necessary computed tomography-ultrasound fusion-strain techniques will be implemented. They will then be implemented in a commercial planning system and clinically verified.
The following beams will be studied: 6 MV, 12 MV, Esteya, HDR & LDR brachytherapy source; the chambers of PTW: Soft X-Ray Chamber Type 23342, 23344 and 34013, Farmer Chamber Type 30010, 30011, 30012 and 30013, Semiflex Chamber Type 31010, 31013 and 31021, Roos Chamber Type 34001 and Advanced Markus Chamber Type 34045.
