Christian Richter

Germany

Biography

Prof. Dr. Richter is the Head of the Medical Radiation Physics Department at OncoRay in Dresden, Germany. The focus of Medical Physics research at OncoRay is on the development of online-adaptive proton therapy, enabled by on AI-supported closed feedback-loop of imaging, adaption, QA and verification. His research group High Precision Proton Therapy works on the improvement of the precision and accuracy of proton therapy – on the one hand by increasing the range prediction accuracy by means of Dual-Energy CT (DECT) and on the other hand with in-vivo range verification by making use of prompt gamma ray imaging. Christian Richter has a strong track record in multidisciplinary and translational research projects in Medical Physics, always aiming to bring the research innovations to where they really matter – to the patient. Within the European Particle Therapy Network (EPTN), an ESTRO task group, Prof. Richter serves in a sub-work group for the improvement and better harmonization of the CT-to-SPR conversion in particle therapy.