Automation of the Monte Carlo simulation of medical linear accelerators 

    Rodríguez Castillo, Miguel Lázaro (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

    The main result of this thesis is a software system, called PRIMO, which simulates clinical linear accelerators and the subsequent dose distributions using the Monte Carlo method. PRIMO has the following features: (i) it ...

    Contributions to new challenges in radiotherapy : from small field dosimetry to stereotactic body radiation therapy 

    Puxeu Vaqué, Josep (Date of defense: 2015-12-22)

    The use of small Fields has substantially increased in radiotherapy during recent years mainly due to expansion in the use of modulated techniques which are also used at some institutions for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy ...

    Development and assessment of estimate methods for internal dosimetry using PET/CT 

    López Vilanova, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2019-04-03)

    The aim of this thesis was to assess and develop internal dose calculations methods in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures to patients undergone PET/CT explorations. Towards this objective, the accuracy ...

    Impacte dels canvis anatòmics sobre la distribució de dosi en els pacients amb càncer de cap i coll tractats amb 3DCRT i IMRT 

    Beltrán Vilagrasa, Mercè (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)

    En aquesta tesi s’estudien les implicacions dosimètriques que comporten els canvis anatòmics que pateixen els pacients afectats de càncer de cap i coll (CCC) durant el tractament de radioteràpia (RT). L’estudi es realitza ...

    Optimization of field matching in external photon beam radiation therapy 

    Hernández Masgrau, Víctor (Date of defense: 2013-11-07)

    Radiation therapy is one of the main modalities used for treating cancer patients, together with surgery and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy treatments can be carried out with a great variety of devices, but most treatments are ...

    Quantification of dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123 l-labelled radioligands 

    Gallego Blanco, Judith (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)

    Dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123I-labelled radioligands can help in the diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson¿s disease and schizophrenia. Nowadays, interpretation of ...