Projects

The list below depics the institutions and their projects.

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Project 1: Upright time-resolved MRI

The open design of the Evo MRI scanner with horizontal main field direction and vertical pole plates permits unique posi...

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Project 2: Machine learning based deformable registration

The accurate registration of 3D multi-modal medical images taken in different patient positions—such as supine and uprig...

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Project 3: Advanced upright treatment planning

RaySearch Laboratories have been conducting research and development within advanced radiotherapy treatment planning for...

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Project 4: Motion mitigation in upright position

Changes and uncertainties of the irradiated anatomy are a major challenge for radiotherapy and particle therapy in parti...

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Project 5: Upright particle arc therapy

Spot-scanning proton and heavy ion arc (SHArc) is an emerging topic in the field of ion beam therapy. Other than the con...

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Project 6: Clinical upright radiotherapy workflow at a photon centre

In radiotherapy, patients are typically treated in supine position, with the arm of the linear accelerator rotating arou...

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Project 7: Clinical upright radiotherapy workflow at a particle centre

Typically, radiotherapy patients are positioned supine, with a gantry rotating around them to deliver treatment from var...

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Project 8: Quality assurance software for upright radiotherapy

The project focuses on developing and defining quality assurance protocols for the innovative upright radiotherapy treat...

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Project 9: Quality assurance workflow and dosimetry

Patient specific quality assurance (PSQA) is an essential part of the radiotherapy workflow for both particles and photo...

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Project 10: Upright immobilization and positioning

Proton therapy is an emerging radiation therapy technique to deliver highly-targeted doses with ionizing radiation beams...

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Project 11: Design of isocentric MRI guided upright particle therapy

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the capability to provide unrivalled soft-tissue contrast images in real-time. Howe...

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Project 12: Upright PET imaging

The recently established (2022) Center for Theranostics (CfT) is the flagship project of the Jagiellonian University in ...

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Project 13: Antropomorphic phantoms for upright treatment validation

We are offering an exciting research task for a PhD thesis in the above-mentioned subject areas in the medical physics d...

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Project 14: Patient empowerment: The human aspect of particle therapy

Within the UPLIFT Consortium, CNAO will make all its skills available to the candidate to investigate the human aspects ...

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Project 15: Socio-economic impact analysis of upright radiotherapy

In radiotherapy, patients are typically treated in supine position, with the arm of the linear accelerator rotating arou...

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Project 16: Multimodal imaging for upright posture

Background and Motivation:  Not all treatment centres will have access to upright imaging modalities, so there is a crit...

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Project 17: Anatomical differences analysis between upright and supine position

Background and Motivation:  The anatomical differences between upright and conventional supine or prone positioning in r...

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Project 18: Human factors and ergonomics to evaluate and improve patient positioning for upright radiotherapy

Delivering radiotherapy to patients positioned upright, rather than lying supine, represents a significant paradigm shif...

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Project 19: Patient empowerment: The human aspect of radiotherapy

We know that patients can find the process of undergoing radiotherapy disempowering, and this may hamper patients’ abili...

UPLIFT brings together 20+ partner organizations, to bring upright radiotherapy to the clinic.