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we will proceed to locate systems where the formalism currently used in high-rate brachytherapy treatment planning is no longer valid.
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.
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.
Study of the properties of baryons and mesons by means of quark models and phenomenological interactions.
This line studies the interactions between hadrons and between hadrons and the nuclear medium, using effective theories, constructed from QCD symmetries, perturbative and non-perturbative methods. Special emphasis is given to topics related to the scientific programme of the FAIR laboratory.
Study of hadron spectra and hadron-hadron interaction using potential models for the interaction between quarks. Relation of phenomenological results to Quantum Chromodynamics.
Study of the quark-quark interaction through the analysis of the hadron spectrum and its application to the search for exotic multi-quark states.
Search for neutrinoless double beta decay in the Xe-136 isotope with gaseous xenon detectors (NEXT experiment).
Analysis and interpretation of the structure and properties of baryons and glueballs from the perspective of constituent models supported by the theory of strong interactions at high energies, temperatures and densities.
Study of nuclear responses to weak probes of intermediate energies: quasi-elastic peak region and the D(1232) resonance.
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.
