1 Feb 2025 - 00:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Organisation/Company: University of Melbourne
Department: Physics
Research Field: Physics » Applied physics, Physics » Other
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: Australia
Application Deadline: 1 Feb 2025 - 00:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Type of Contract: Not Applicable
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 Jul 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer DescriptionCharged particle therapy (CPT) is an advanced and highly precise type of radiation therapy which uses hadron beams for the treatment of cancers. The number of facilities worldwide is growing rapidly as CPT has several advantages over conventional X-ray photon radiotherapy and can achieve high-quality treatments for many different tumour sites. Although CPT is a well-established radiotherapy modality, the high costs, complexity, and technological limitations still prohibit its widespread availability and equitable access.
A technical constraint impacting the treatment efficacy and efficiency of CPT is associated with the beam delivery system (BDS). The BDS determines the delivery capabilities where existing clinical BDS experience a bottleneck delay each time the beam energy is varied to irradiate an entire tumour volume. This deadtime can be minimised by a novel redesign of the BDS optics, magnets, and components. TURBO is a proof-of-concept demonstrator being developed as a potential solution to explore and de-risk the physics challenges of a large energy acceptance system using Fixed Field accelerator (FFA) optics. This would enable beams of different energies to be transported using the same fixed magnetic fields, allowing for rapid beam delivery and advanced techniques: cheaper, faster, and more effective treatments in the future.
This project will involve:
Design and optimisation studies of magnets, beam optics, and/or diagnostic components for a laboratory demonstratorSimulation and computational modellingApplication of design methodologies for a scaled-up clinical systemDevelopment of prototypes and experimental testing in the UniMelb Pelletron accelerator labOpportunity for international travel for conferences, workshops, consortium meetings, and/or joint experimentsContributions to project work led by MGH and/or further areas of application such as novel accelerator technologies, biophysics, or clinical-related studiesNumber of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: School of Physics, University of Melbourne
Country: Australia
State/Province: Victoria
City: Melbourne
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