The Medical Physics Group of INFN-LNS operates in the field of Nuclear, Laser, Accelerators, radiobiology, imaging and computing physics with a particular focus on their applications to the medicine and laser science;

It is funded by the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics as well as by European, Regional and University initiatives.

The Group collaborates with local research institutions (the University of Catania, "S Cannizzaro" and "Policlinic " hospitals, Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare and Struttura della Materia), National Research Institutes (CNR) and International Research Institutes (CERN (CH), ELI-Beamlines (CZ), Vinka Institute (SB), Queens University (UK), Wollongong University (Australia))

The Group is active in the fields of:

• • Research in the field of Hadrontherapy

  • Acceleration of radiation by laser-matter interaction

  • External radiotherapy 

  • Monte Carlo simulations 

  • Development of dosimetric systems 

  • Imaging and nuclear medicine

  • Radiobiology