Hurkmans Professor of Clinical Physics and Radiotherapy Eindhoven University of Technology

Hurkmans’ goal is to irradiate patients with cancer less often, but with high doses in order to significantly improve the quality of the treatment. With radiation data from many patients, his department of clinical physics and radiotherapy has already succeeded in automatically creating a model for patients with breast cancer. A model that can process specific characteristics for each patient, resulting in an individual radiation plan.

Quickly applicable

Thanks to this collaboration between the Catharina Hospital and TU/e, the technology can be quickly applied in the hospital. A total of seven medical specialists from the hospital now work as professors at TU/e.