Absorbed dose assessment in the presence of tissue heterogeneities in external radiotherapy 

    Bueno Vizcarra, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)

    The absorbed dose assessment in the presence of tissue heterogeneities in external radiotherapy is an issue that has concerned the medical physics community for almost three decades and it is still a matter of concern. ...

    Clinical evaluation towards the development of a lower limb exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injury: from gait biomechanics to motor learning 

    Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)

    (English) People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may suffer lifelong sequels that influence every aspect of their lives, including motor and/or sensory impairment, difficulty breathing and/or swallowing, bladder/bowel weakness, ...

    Surgical subtask automation for intraluminal procedures using deep reinforcement learning 

    Pore, Ameya Ravindra (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)

    (English) Intraluminal procedures have opened up a new sub-field of minimally invasive surgery that use flexible instruments to navigate through complex luminal structures of the body, resulting in reduced invasiveness and ...

    US signal and image monitoring and diagnosis using computer vision and deep learning 

    Farahi, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-11-03)

    (English) This thesis presents a comprehensive investigation of the reliability and efficacy of Ultra-Sound (US) signals and images for remote monitoring and early diagnosis in medical applications. The main objective of ...