Research and Development

The section is pursuing to carry out applied R&D all the time to keep up with the developments in technology and also the radiation protection legislation (IRR99 and IRMER). These processes are integral to maintaining quality in service delivery. As part of the section commitment and the department objective under the Clinical Governance requirement, members of the section have been actively involved in, and contributed to R&D.

The section has close collaboration with the University of Surrey in research, teaching and training capacities. This includes joint research collaboration (PhD students), plus lecturing on the Medical Physics MSc course and contributing to projects and training of MSc students.

Area of research interest and activities are: Imaging probe, PET/MRI application in Prostate cancer, Fast SPECT, Motion correction for GTTV and Gut drug therapy , Drug response therapy (pre and post treatment), Quantitative and Qualitative imaging and optimisation utilising 3D digitised phantoms and optics in cancer response to therapy.