BSc in Physics, 2006-2009, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
MSc in Medical Physics, 2009-2012, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
PhD in Medical Physics, 2012-2016, University College London London (London, United Kingdom)
Research Interests
Image-guided and adaptive radiotherapy
Image processing and artificial intelligence in oncology
Computational methods in medical physics
Paediatric, head and neck, and lung cancers
Research Projects
2024 – 2026, “Smart image guidance for paediatric particle therapy,” The Royal Society International Exchanges cost-share with National Natural Science Foundation of China.
2024 – 2025, “PROVIDENTIA 1000 Proton and radiation data combined with biology, imaging and long term outcomes to advance radiation combined modality treatments in CYP,” Cancer Research UK Children and Young People Data Exemplar Initiative - Pilot Award (PI: Prof Maria Hawkins)
Representative Publications
A-C Ghica, M Simard, S Yu, A Nisbet, J Gains, Y Zhang, P Lim, and C Veiga, "A novel deep-learning approach for monitoring gastrointestinal air variation during radiotherapy in young patients using radiographs," Phys. Med. Biol. 71 9 095025 (2026).
M Bento, VM Anaya, E Baer, H Cook, A Lourenço, M Hussein, A Nisbet, and C Veiga, “Characterisation of 3D-printable thermoplastics to be used as tissue-equivalent materials in photon and proton beam radiotherapy end-to-end quality assurance devices,” Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 10 065005 (2024).
D Botnariuc, S Court, A Lourenço, A Gosling, G Royle, M Hussein, V Rompokos, and C Veiga, “Evaluation of Monte Carlo to support the commissioning of treatment planning system of new pencil beam scanning proton therapy facilities,” Phys. Med. Biol. 69:045027 (2024).
A Szmul, S Taylor, P Lim, J Cantwell, I Moreira, Y Zhang, D D’Souza, S Moinuddin, M Gaze, J Gains, and C Veiga, “Deep-learning based synthetic CT from Cone Beam CT generation for abdominal paediatric proton therapy,” Phys. Med. Biol. 68:105006 (2023).
S Taylor, P Lim, R Ahmad, A Alhadi, W Harris, V Rompokos, D D’Souza, M Gaze, J Gains and C Veiga, “Risk of radiation-induced second malignant neoplasms from photon and proton radiotherapy in paediatric abdominal neuroblastoma,” Phys. Imaging Radiat. Oncol. 19:45-52 (2021).
C Veiga, P Lim, V Anaya, E Chandy, R Ahmad, D D’Souza, M Gaze, S Moinuddin and J Gains, “Atlas construction and spatial normalisation to facilitate radiation-induced late effects research in childhood cancer,” Phys. Med. Biol. 66 10 105005 (2021)
C Veiga, G Janssens, C-L Teng, T Baudier, L Hotoiu, JR McClelland, G Royle, L Lin, L Yin, J Metz, TD Solberg, Z Tochner, CB Simone II, J McDonough, and B-KK Teo, “First clinical investigation of CBCT and deformable registration for adaptive proton therapy of lung cancer,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 95(1):549-59 (2016).
