The EBCT (External Beam Cancer Therapy) and Brachytherapy iMERA-Plus JRPs both address metrology for cancer therapy. The EBCT project aims to provide reliable measuring techniques for all forms of cancer therapy that use external radiation such as High Intensity Theraputic Ultrasound, Hadron Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. The Brachytherapy project aims to establish more accurate measurements of radioactive sources used for Brachytherapy, a type of radiotherapy where small encapsulated radioactive sources are placed close to a tumour.
The International Conference on Advanced Metrology for Cancer Therapy will provide a platform for the presentation of current developments in clinical measurement techniques for cancer therapy, along with the achievements of these two iMERA-Plus projects.
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of information and expertise in the community of medical physicists and metrologists at the European level. The conference programme will include keynote talks by invited speakers as well as proffered papers and posters.
