Research group Medical Radiation Physics

Emely Kjellsson Lindblom is a senior lecturer and researcher at Medical Radiation Physics, one of Fysikum's seven research departments. She will give an open lecture on October 23 at AlbaNova. She will demonstrate how advanced calculations are used in hospital physics to plan and optimize radiation treatments. How do you know that a tumor is receiving a sufficient dose of radiation—but that healthy tissue is spared? The answer lies in mathematical models.

The rapid growth of deep learning-based methods has led to the development of a large number of unprecedented solutions for a variety of applications including in medicine. However, before the clinical application of such methods, their performance must be evaluated and validated extensively and objectively.

The government is making a special investment in the training of medical physicists, of which Medical Radiation Physics at Fysikum is one of the four educational sites in Sweden. Today, the management consists of three women: Iuliana Toma-Dasu, Emely Kjellsson Lindblom and Marta Lazzeroni. Medical Radiation Physics is a broad and complex field of research in which radiation physics is applied to medicine and biology.

Emely Kjellsson Lindblom is a senior lecturer at Fysikum, Stockholm University. She works with Medical Radiation Physics. "Research in medical radiation physics focuses primarily on optimization of radiation therapy, but also on radiation protection aspects in and outside of the clinical setting. We have several ongoing projects in collaboration with the clinic as well as with industrial partners, the radiation safety authority and the Department for Molecular Biosciences at Stockholm University."