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Physics and medical physics aspects of particle physicsSubjects: Physics interactions and beam characteristics; medical accelerators; beam delivery; pencil beam scanning; dosimetry and QA; treatment planning; precision and uncertainties; in-vivo dose verification; proton therapy biology.

Scanning probe and diffraction techniques allow studying activated atomic processes during early stages of epitaxial growth. For quantitative description, rate equation analysis, mean-field nucleation and scaling theories are applied on systems ranging from simple metallic to complex organic materials. The knowledge is expanded to optical and electronic properties as well as to proteins and cells.

The aim of this lecture series is to introduce the role of physics in state-of-the art medical research and clinical practice. Topics to be covered range from applications of physics in medical implant technology and tissue engineering, with a strong focus on X-ray-based imaging, to its role in interventional and non-interventional therapies.