ELogs/FernPannell

Electronic Log for Fern Pannell

MSci Project

Measuring the Range of Proton Therapy Beams

Dr Simon Jolly, Prof. Ruben Saakyan

Literature Review

• Submission Deadline: 17:00, 28th October 2020
• Splitting the review into sections on Cancer Biology, Cancer Treatment, Proton Therapy, Quality Assurance, QuARC, Project Outline and Timeline.
• Literature Review Submission
• Feedback Received 3rd December 2020

Progress Report & Interview

Progress Report

• Submission Deadline: 17:00, 18th January 2021
• Progress Report Submission

Interview

• Submission Deadline (Interview Slides): 9:00, 11th January 2021.
• Interview Scheduled: 15:00, 13th January 2021.
• Interview completed with Jenny Thomas, went well.
• Presentation Slides

Final Report & Presentation

Dissertation

• Submission Deadline: 17:00, 12th April 2021.

Presentation

• Presentation Date: 11:50, 2nd June 2021

Outside Engagement

March 2021

• Requested to deliver an accelerator physics module and research task for In2Science 2021.
  • Will develop Proton Therapy and/or Novel Acceleration content for delivery in July.

February 2021

• Invited to deliver a lecture for the UCL Science Centre lecture series.
  • Will most likely produce a presentation on accelerator physics and their applications (with a focus on PBT on the medical side).

October 2020

• Registered with the IBA Dosimetry Clinical Presentations Hub.
  • Following the series "Best Practice and Experience about Dosimetry and QA Solutions".

September 2020

• Enrolled on MPHY0038 "Treatment with Ionising Radiation" with Gary Royle as term 1 elective.

August 2020

• Completed online course with Lund University, Sweden. "Medical Applications of Particle Accelerators".
  • Covered Radiotherapy, LINAC, Proton Therapy, PBT Accelerators, Heavy-Ion Therapy, Radionuclides.

July 2020

• Attended IBA Dosimetry ESTRO Webinar "Innovation & Evolution in Radiation and Proton Therapy Quality Assurance".