Theses
Theses on different topics of image-guided radiotherapy, bioengineering or medical physics aspects of proton therapy are available at different times of the year.
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Open projects
Modeling proton therapy treatment outcomes from treatment and patient specific parameters
Level: Master.
Requirements: Basics of medical physics and phyton.
Period: to be defined.
Extraction of quantitative biomarkers from longitudinal MR imaging of cancer patients
Level: Master.
Requirements: Basics image processing and python.
Period: to be defined.
Eye tracking with optical imaging and surface processing
Level: Master.
Requirements: Basics image processing and python.
Period: to be defined.
Modeling of the spatial effects of the cells survival fraction in TCP calculations
Level: Master.
Requirements: Basics of python and image processing.
Period: to be defined.
Current and past projects
2025
Predicting tumour relapse from anatomical and ADC-derived radiomics biomarkers in brain tumor patients
Principal Investigator: Luca Ackermann
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-ITET
Type: MSc Semester project
Uncovering hidden patterns in dose delivery timing for RICE prediction: an explainable AI approach
Principal Investigator: Marco Rossi
Institution: Politecnico di Milano, DEIB
Type: MSc thesis
Development and exploratory testing of an analysis pipeline for ADC-derived radiomics biomarkers in brain tumor patients
Principal Investigator: Chandra Tresch
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: BSc semester project
Eye Pose Estimation in Ocular Proton Therapy Using Anatomical Modeling and Refraction-Corrected Optical Imaging
Principal Investigator: Elena Morandini
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-ITET
Type: MSc Semester project
2024
Improving the accuracy of eye patients’ registration with kappa-angle calibration and surface imaging
Principal Investigator: Marina Crespo
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-ITET
Type: MSc Semester project
2023
4DMRI for organ motion management in lung cancer treated with proton therapy: evaluating image reconstruction, visual feedback and 4D dose calculation
Principal Investigator: Giulia Peteani
Institution: Politecnico di Milano, DEIB
Type: Master thesis
An investigation into robustness and linear energy transfer as potential contributory factors to radiation-induced optic neuropathy
Principal Investigator: Fritsak Maksym
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Master Thesis
An investigation into the robustness of proton therapy treatments against rotational and translational setup errors
Principal Investigator: Alina Paunoiu
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Semester Project
2022
Calibration and application of a mechanistic tumour control probability model to evaluate hypoxa-guided proton therapy in non-small cell lung cancer
Principal Investigator: Marius Eichler
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Master in Advanced Science
2D/3D registration of topogram images to Computed Tomography volume data for patient alignment in external beam radiotherapy
Principal Investigator: Reto Ansorge
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Master in Advanced Science
2021
Evaluating the impact of variable LET on hypoxia-guided treatment planning for NSCLC
Principal Investigator: Alain Hügli
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-MATH
Type: Bachelor Thesis
Tumour tracking beam data optimization for lung cancer proton therapy
Principal Investigator: Manuel Mekkatku
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Bachelor Thesis
2017
Development of an anthropomorphic breathing phantom for proton therapy verification
Principal Investigator: Patrick Bosshard
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-ITET
Type: Bachelor Thesis
2016
Prediction algorithms for real-time respiratory motion monitoring
Principal Investigator: Florian Aymanns
Institution: ETH Zürich, D-PHYS
Type: Master Thesis