MSc Graduates

M.Sc. DEGREES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS : 1980 - 2020

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Degrees Nos. 1-18 and Nos. 20-29 are Applied M.Sc. degrees based on course work (30 credits) and a small research project (12 credits). Degrees No.19 and Nos.30-255 are regular M.Sc. degrees based on course work (28 credits) and a research thesis (32 credits). All degrees were conferred through the Medical Physics Unit except for No.19 which was conferred through the Department of Electrical Engineering and Nos.33, 34, 39, 42, 50 which were conferred through the Department of Physics.

Project or thesis supervisors are indicated in parentheses.

* M.Sc. degree conferred through Department of Physics
** M.Sc. degree conferred through Department of Electrical Engineering

1980

1. MOSSERI, Allen (M. Cohen)

Measurements for radiological quality control and for radiation protection in
diagnostic radiology
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, O.C.I., Princess Margaret Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario

1981

2. BEHMANN, Fadel (E.B. Podgorsak)

Some aspects of film and ionization dosimetry for the measurement of high
energy electron beams
Currently employed: Retired

3. CONNORS, Sherry (S. Lehnert)

Computer aided reconstruction from serial sections: Investigations into the
growth characteristics of the KHT sarcoma in the lungs of C3H mice
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta

4. FRECHETTE, Michel (E.B. Podgorsak)

Investigation des effets possibles des micro-ondes sur la réponse
thermoluminescente du TLD-200
Currently employed: Service Cables et Isolants, Dir. Recherche et Dév., IREQ,
Varennes, Québec

5. HERER, Arnold (M. Cohen)

Integral dose
Currently employed: Vice-President, Ion Beam Applications (IBA) Technology Group,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

6. MAWKO, George (C.J. Thompson)

Coincidence time calibration for positron emission tomography
Currently employed: Physicist, Diagnostic Imaging, Queen Elizabeth II Health Centre,
Halifax, Nova Scotia

1982

7. AZIMOV, Philip (G.W. Dean)

A Monte Carlo routine for modelling gamma ray scattering in a sphere
Currently employed: Computer Science Technology, Vanier College, Ville St-Laurent, Québec

8. KODERY, Balachandran (M. Diksic)

Preparation and evaluation of lower fluoroalkanes as myeline tracers
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiology, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Elizabeth, New Jersey

9. KWA, William S.Y. (S. Chenery)

The influence of scattered radiation on the CT numbers of bone on a scanner
with a fixed detector array
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

1983

10. BLAGOEVA, Rossitsa (M. Cohen)

Calculation of dose distribution in a simulated body section in a computed
tomography scan
Currently employed: Physicist, Health Physics, Hydro-Québec, Gentilly, Québec

11. MERRITT, Robert (S.G. Chenery)

The effect of scatter artifact on quantitative CT with the EMI 7070 scanner
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

1984

12. CALDWELL, Curtis (G.W. Dean)

A numerical approach to the problem of the equivalence of counts and volume
in cardiac nuclear medicine
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiological Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre,
Toronto, Ontario

13. CLARK, John (T.M. Peters)

Real time image filtering for digital radiography
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, Wellesley Central Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario

14. DOUESNARD, Jean-Maurice (M. Cohen)

Un outil de contrôle de qualité en medecine nucléaire
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiologie, Hopital Hotel-Dieu, Montreal, Québec

1985

15. EVANS, Michael D.C. (E.B. Podgorsak)

The influence of phantom size on output peak-scatter-factor and percentage
depth dose in large field photon irradiation
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

1986

16. BLAIS, Noël (R. Carrier)

Epaisseurs équivalentes de mannequins en radiologie diagnostique: Analysée
par méthode Monte Carlo
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiothérapie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

17. MAJOLA-MATIMBA, Jongile (E.B. Podgorsak)

X-ray photon contamination in electron beams used for rotational total skin
irradiation at McGill, and a possible solution using a magnetic beam transport system
Currently employed: Canadian Nuclear Safety Comission, Ottawa, Ontario

18. MENON, Ravi (T.M. Peters)

Quantitative spin-spin relaxation images in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Currently employed: Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario

19. WILKINS, David (H. Riml)

Standardized colour magnetic resonance imaging
Currently employed: Physicist, Physics, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

20**. PIKE, Bruce (T.M. Peters, E.B. Podgorsak)

Three dimensional stereotactic intracavitary and external beam isodose calculation for treatment of brain lesions
Currently employed: Head - Image Science & Deputy Head - Research / Department of Radiology,
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

1987

21. SITOMPUL, Tiur ni Ari (E. El-Khatib)

Effects of various configurations of attenuators on dose in homogeneous and
heterogeneous phantoms
Currently employed: Physician, Indonesia

22. DRANGOVA, Maria (T.M. Peters)

Stereotactic neurosurgical planning using magnetic resonance imaging: Image
distortion evaluation
Currently employed: Physicist, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario

23. MITRA, André (H. Riml)

Application of fast Karhunen-Loeve transform block coding to medical image
data compression
Currently employed: Consultant, Geometria Research & Design Inc., Ste. Catherines, Ontario

1988

24. DUZENLI (Moldon), Cheryl (E. El-Khatib)

Electron beam inhomogeneity correction factors for lung density equivalent materials
Currently employed: Head, Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

25. ROBERT, Normand (H. Riml)

The optical CT microscope
Currently employed: CardioView, Toronto, Ontario

26. RANGER, Nicole (C. J. Thompson)

Evaluation of a masked orbiting transmission source for attenuation correction
in PET
Currently employed: Physicist, Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories, Dept. of Radiology,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

1989

27. VALCOURT, Sylvie (E. El-Khatib)

Protection and dosimetry of lungs during total body irradiation
Currently employed: Teaching CEGEP, Québec City, Québec

28. KHALFAN, Amin (S. Lehnert)

Assessment of lung density changes following irradiation
Currently employed: Unknown

29. HENRI, Chris (T.M. Peters)

Application of stereoscopic digital subtraction angiography to stereotactic
neurosurgery planning
Currently employed: CoFounder, IntelRad, Montreal, Québec

30. FUNG, Andrew (M. Cohen)

The role of filtration in diagnostic radiology
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario

1990

31*. PODGORSAK, Matthew B. (L.J. Schreiner)

Fricke radiation dosimetry using nuclear magnetic resonance
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

32. BARTZAKOS, Peter (C.J. Thompson)

Measuring the depth of interaction of PET annihilation photons in scintillation
crystals
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiophysique, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

33. KEMP, Brad (G.W. Dean)

Attenuation correction for spect imaging of the brain
Currently employed: Physicist, Nuclear Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

34*. SIXEL, Katharina (E.B. Podgorsak)

Physical parameters of narrow photon beams in radiosurgery
Currently employed: Chief, Physics, Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario

1991

35. MacDONALD, Brennan (B.G. Fallone)

Surface charge characteristics of a radio-charged electret
Currently employed: Chief Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire

36. RYNER, Lawrence (B.G. Fallone)

An electret dosimeter charged by radiation induced ionization in air
Currently employed: Physicist, Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba

37. AUDET, Chantal (L.J. Schreiner)

NMR-based radiation dosimetry using polymer solutions
Currently employed: Physicist, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California

38. BISSONNETTE, Jean-Pierre (L.J. Schreiner)

Percent depth dose for diagnostic radiology
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Therapy Physics, Princess Margaret Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario

1992

39. CROOKS, Ian (B.G. Fallone)

PC-based contrast enhancement of portal films
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Therapy, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticutt

40. MORENO-CANTU, Jorge (C.J. Thompson)

Optimization of positron imaging systems through the use of tapered collimators
Currently employed: Physicist, PET group, VA Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

41*. BUSSIERE, Marc (L.J. Schreiner)

Monte Carlo study of photon scatter for determination of depth doses at diagnostic
energies
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

42*. GAUVIN, Alain (T.M. Peters)

Geometrical distortion of magnetic resonance images
Currently employed: Manager-PACS Electronic Imaging, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

43. CADMAN, Patrick (E.B. Podgorsak)

Target localization and treatment set-up verification in linear accelerator-based
radiosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Saskatoon Cancer Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

44. MARKOVIC, Alexander (B.G. Fallone)

X-ray-induced currents and conductivity effects in a radiation-charged electret
ionization chamber
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois

1993

45. COMEAU, Roch (B.G. Fallone)

The design and implementation of a three dimensional computerized treatment
planning system
Currently employed: Co-Founder, Rogue Research, Montréal, Québec

46. COURTEAU, Pierre (C. Pla)

Electron arc therapy dose calculation using the angle-ß concept
Currently employed: Physicist, Centre d'Oncologie Dr.L.Richard, Hopital Dr.G-L.Dumont, Moncton, New Brunswick

47. PATROCINIO, Horacio (L.J. Schreiner)

Evaluation of backscatter factors for diagnostic x-ray beams
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

48. VAFAEE, Manouchehr (E. Meyer)

Evaluation and implementation of an automated blood sampling system for positron
emission tomographic studies
Currently employed: Physicist, PET imaging, Aarhus, Denmark

49. MURTHY, Kavita (C.J. Thompson)

A study of the effects of detector width and depth on spatial resolution in PET
Currently employed: Physicist, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, Ontario

50*. WANG, Hui (B.G. Fallone)

Automatic image segmentation and correlation in radiotherapy verification
Currently employed: Physicist, Upstate Medical Physics, Victor, New York

1994

51. CHARLAND, Paule (T.M. Peters)

Visualisation stéréoscopique d'images médicales
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Grand River Regional Cancer Center,
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario

52. KELLER, Brian (L.J. Schreiner)

Characterization of the NMR-based Fricke-gelatin radiation dosimeter
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
Toronto, Ontario

53. NARAYANAN, Sridar (T.M. Peters)

Image analysis for the assessment of stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Québec

54. PICARD, Yani (C.J. Thompson)

Improving the precision and accuracy of Monte Carlo simulation in PET
Currently employed: Physicist, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, Ontario

55. WANG, Xiaofang (E.B. Podgorsak)

Depth doses and photon contamination of electron beams in heterogeneous phantoms
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Northeastern Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury, Ontario

56. ZANKOWSKI, Corey (E.B. Podgorsak)

Monte Carlo analysis of the 10 MV x-ray beam from a Clinac-18 accelerator
Currently employed: Product Manager-Treatment Planning Systems, Varian Oncology Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada

1995

57. LU, Erlian (E. Meyer)

Radiation dosimetry computations for the planning of positron emission tomography procedures
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachussetts

58. LUKBAN, Andrew (G.W. Dean)

Evaluation of SPECT/MR registration error from the internal landmark matching technique
Currently employed: Chief Physicist, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

59. PARKER, William (L.J. Schreiner)

Brachytherapy dosimetry with Fricke-gelatin and MRI
Currently employed: Chief, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

60. CURTIN-SAVARD, Arthur J. (E.B. Podgorsak)

Dose delivery uncertainty in photon beam radiotherapy
Currently employed: Co-Founder, Cardinal Medical Physics Services, Montpelier, Vermont

61. FRENIERE, Normand (E.B. Podgorsak, L.J. Schreiner)

Radiation protection characteristics of high density concrete at 10 MV
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de
Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec

62. ROBAR, Vlado (E.B. Podgorsak, M. Olivares)

Characteristic angle-beta concept in electron arc therapy
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiophysics, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1996

63. DEBLOIS, François (C. Pla)

Implementation of 3D photon external beam dosimetry in the McGill Planning System
Currently employed: Chief Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Sir M.B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

64. FALCO, Tony (B.G. Fallone)

Therapy imaging: Metal plate/film and amorphous selenium detectors
Currently employed: Founder, TFMG Incorporated, Montreal, Québec

65. HOGE, Richard (G.B. Pike)

Fast acquisition strategies for functional magnetic resonance brain imaging
Currently employed: Physicist, MGH-NMR Centre, Charlestown, Massachussetts

66. PISANI, Laura (T.M. Peters)

Incorporation of video into an image-guided neurosurgical system
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California

67. CORNS, Robert A. (R. Richardson)

An implementation of the ICRP66 respiratory tract model in internal dosimetry
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

68. LACHANCE, Bernard (R. Pouliot/U. Laval, E.B. Podgorsak)

A new penumbra generator for matching of electron fields
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-Oncologie, Hopital Hotel-Dieu, Québec, Québec

69. ORFALI, Anas (E.B. Podgorsak)

Verification of a 3D external photon beam treatment planning system
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1997

70. BARRY, Devin (E.B. Podgorsak, M.D.C. Evans)

Dynamic wedge dosimetry on a dual energy linear accelerator
Currently employed: Physicist, Gaerttner Linac Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York

71. ROBAR, James (C.J. Thompson)

Construction and calibration of detectors for high-resolution metabolic
breast cancer imaging
Currently employed: Medical Physicist, QE-II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

72. ANCTIL, Jean-Claude (B.G. Clark)

Experimental characterization of a low dose-rate and a high dose-rate iridium-192
brachytherapy source using the AAPM TG 43 dosimetry protocol
Currently employed: Physicist, Centre d'Oncologie Dr.L.Richard, Hopital Régional
Dr.G.L.Dumont, Moncton, New Brunswick

73. BERGMAN, Alanah (C.J. Thompson)

The evaluation of a positron mammography (PEM) system using images co-registered
with x-ray mammograms
Currently employed: Physicist, Clinical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

74. BOURQUE, Daniel (E.B. Podgorsak)

Static conformal radiation fields in stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Emergency Medicine, Université de Montréal & Hôpital Sacre-Coeur,
Montreal, Québec

75. LACHAINE, Martin (B.G. Fallone)

Monte Carlo optimization of a metal/amorphous-selenium portal imager
Currently employed: Consultant, Resonant Medical Inc., Montreal, Québec

76. OTTO, Karl (B.G. Fallone)

3-dimensional anatomy-based verification in stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia

1998

77. CLONDA, Diego (A.C. Evans)

Automatic thalamic labeling for image-guided neurosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Université de Montréal
Montreal, Québec

78. DOIRON, Annie (S.M. Lehnert)

Radiosensitization of a mouse tumor by implanted BrdU-polymer
Currently employed: Physicist, Service de Radiothérapie, Centre Hospitalier Gatineau,
Gatineau, Québec

79. POFFENBARGER, Brett (E.B. Podgorsak)

The use of a teletherapy cobalt-60 unit for stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California

80. ST-JEAN, Philippe (T.M. Peters)

Computer guidance for thalamotomy and pallidotomy
Currently employed: Post-doctoral fellow, (Institute?), France

81. SIROIS, Luc (B.G. Fallone)

3-D automatic anatomy-based image registration in portal imaging
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire

82. ENGLISH, Michael (S.M. Lehnert)

The role of glutathione in Cisplatin and ⁶⁰Co γ-radiation
Currently employed: Actuarial firm, England

1999

83. AZNAR, Marianne (C.J. Thompson)

Quantitative analysis of metabolic breast images from positron emission mammography
Currently employed: Radiation Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

84. GÉLINAS, Dominic (Evans, M.)

Commissioning a dynamic multileaf collimator on a linear accelerator
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de
Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec

85. DUBÉ, Frédéric (E.B. Podgorsak)

Spiral irradiation in stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Physicist, Physics, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire

86. HEGYI, Gyorgy (R.B. Richardson)

Size determination of alpha-emitting particles using CR-39
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre,Montreal, Québec

87. ABDEL-RAHMAN, Wamied (E.B. Podgorsak)

Scatter factors for megavoltage photon beams in various materials
Currently employed: Chief Physicist, Medical Physics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

88. CAMPBELL, Jennifer (G.B. Pike)

Diffusion tensor imaging in MRI
Currently employed: Researcher, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

89. CORBETT, Jean-François (R.A. Corns)

Local dosimetric modelling of radioactive coronary stents
Currently employed: DONG Energy Wind Power, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000

90. DIMITRIADIS, Doris (B.G. Fallone)

Construction and dosimetric evaluation of compensators for intensity modulated fields
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

91. GILL, Bradford (G.B. Pike)

Multislice perfusion-weighted brain imaging with applications to functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Windsor Cancer Clinic, Windsor, Ontario

92. TREMBLAY, Hugo (C.J. Thompson)

La tomographie par émission de positrons à l'étude
de la réponse hemodynamique temporelle induite par stimulation cérébrale
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiologie, Hopital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Québec

93. BERCIER, Yanic (D.H. Hristov)

A multimodality image fusion and localisation system for radiosurgery treatments
of arteriovenous malformations
Currently employed: Physicist, Systems Engineering (PET/CT), CTI, Knoxville, Tennessee

94. BARKER, Jennifer (E.B. Podgorsak)

A comparison study of multileaf and micro-multileaf collimators
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

95. THOMPSON, Heather (B.G. Fallone)

Numerically produced compensators for conventional and intensity modulated beam therapy
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta

2001

96. LAMBERT, Denise (M.D.C. Evans, M. Olivares)

Dosimetry of irregular field sizes in electron beam therapy
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiotherapy, Mount Diablo Medical Centre, Concord, California

97. RIOUX, Alexandre (C.J. Henri)

Performance evaluation of a picture archiving and communications system
Currently employed: Consultant, IntelRad, Montreal, Québec

98. DUCHESNE, Simon (D.L. Collins, G.B. Pike)

An appearance-based method for the segmentation of medial temporal lobe structures from MR images
Currently employed: INSERM/INRIA Visages, Rennes, France

99. RUO, Russell (M.D.C. Evans, E.B. Podgorsak)

Quality assurance of the DBD toolbox on a linear accelerator
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre,
Montreal, Québec, Canada

100. BELANGER, Philippe (W. Parker)

MR based Fricke-gelatin dosimetry: Uncertainty evaluation and computerised analysis of measured dose distributions
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de
Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec

101. CAMBORDE, Marie-Laure (C.J. Thompson)

Use of beta-gamma coincidence detection to improve the quality of transmission scans for PET
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology Victoria,
Melbourne, Australia

102. DOUCET, Robert (J.P. Seuntjens)

Experimental verification of Monte Carlo calculated dose distributions for clinical electron beams
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Hopital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec

103. REINERTSEN, Ingerid (D.L. Collins, G.B. Pike)

Robust registration volumetric imaging data
Currently employed: Post-doctoral Fellow / Research Associate, Sintef, Trondheim, Norway

2002

104. PETRIC, Peter (G.B. Pike)

Quantitative multislice cerebral perfusion
imaging using arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance techniques
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology Victoria,
Melbourne, Australia

105. SHAM, Edwin (D. Hristov)

Simulated annealing algorithm for inverse treatment planning
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia

106. STEWART, Kristin (J.P. Seuntjens)

Accurate radiation dosimetry using liquid or air filled plane
parallel ionization chamber
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Regina, Saskatchewan

107. AL-YAHYA, Khalid (J.P. Seuntjens)

Implementation and validation of Monte Carlo treatment planning for
lung cancer patients
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, King Fahd University of Petroleum
& Minervals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

108. PASKALEV, Kamen (E.B. Podgorsak)

Dosimetry of very small photon fields
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Fox Chase Cancer Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

109. LAROUCHE, Renée-Xavière (M.D.C. Evans)

Total body photon irradiation with a modified cobalt-60 unit
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Québec

2003

110. BRODEUR, Marylene (W. Parker)

Verification of IMRT beam delivery with a ferrous sulfate gel dosimeter and MRI
Currently employed: Medical Physicist, CVSSSG Hôpital de Gatineau, Gatineau, Québec

111. DAVIS, Stephen (C. Ross, J.P. Seuntjens)

High sensitivity lithium fluoride as a detector for environmental dosimetry
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

112. HOBEILA, Fadi (J.P. Seuntjens)

Monte Carlo study of ion chamber response in low energy photon beams
Currently employed: Chief Physicist, Dépt Radio-oncologie, Centre Intégré de Cancérologie de Laval, Laval, Québec

113. LEVESQUE, Ives (G.B. Pike)

Magnetization transfer imaging of multiple sclerosis
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

114. BOUCHARD, Hugo (J.P. Seuntjens)

Accurate dosimetry of intensity modulated radiation therapy beams using thimble ionization chambers
Currently employed: Physicist, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), London, England

115. DENISSOVA, Svetlana (M. Yewondwossen, E.B. Podgorsak)

A gated breath-hold radiotherapy technique using a linear position transducer
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Health System-Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

116. HEATH, Emily (J.P. Seuntjens)

Evaluation of the PEREGRINE Monte Carlo dose calculation code for 6 MV photon beams
Currently employed: Professor, Medical Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario

117. OLIVEIRA, Silvana (H.J. Patrocinio, E.B. Podgorsak)

Comparison of three linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery techniques
Currently employed: 21st Century Oncology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

118. YUEN, Conrad (M.D.C. Evans)

Characterization of the enhanced dynamic wedge
Currently employed: Division of Medical Physics, B.C. Cancer Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia

119. KUMARASWAMY, Lalith (W. Parker, E.B. Podgorsak)

Comparative study of megavoltage imaging modalities for dosimetric treatment verification
Currently employed: Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

120. TOMIC, Nada (C.J. Thompson)

The origin of the "block effect" which blurs images in positron emission tomography
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

2004

121. HODEFI, Deborah (N. Blais)

Evaluation of CadPlan for electron beam treatment planning
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Therapy, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticutt

122. ALBARET, Claude (J.P. Seuntjens)

Automated system for Monte Carlo determination of cutout factors of arbitrarily shaped electron beams and experimental verification of Monte Carlo calculated dose distributions
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Nôtre-Dame, Montreal, Québec

123. BELEC, Jason (H.J. Patrocinio, F. Verhaegen)

A Monte Carlo approach to the validation of a pencil beam algorithm used in treatment planning for conformal beam radiosurgery with static fields
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Gatineau, Gatineau, Québec

124. BOUDREAU, Chantal (W. Parker)

The use of inhomogeneity corrections for inverse planned IMRT
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Québec

125. HINSE, Martin (C.J. Thompson)

Improving the spatial resolution and image noise in densely pixilated detectors for positron emission mammography
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Centre Intégré de Cancérologie de Laval, Laval, Québec

126. LIANG, Li Heng (T. Falco)

Statistical analysis and biological effects of prostate motion in ultrasound image-guided external beam radiotherapy
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

127. POON, Emily Sau-Chee (F. Verhaegen)

Validation of the GEANT4 Monte Carlo code for radiotherapy applications
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

128. WANG, Yi Zhen (E.B. Podgorsak, M.D.C. Evans)

Photoneutrons and induced activity from medical linear accelerators
Currently employed: Physicist, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario

129. DAI, Jinxian (J.P. Seuntjens)

Validation of Monte Carlo techniques for 3D-CRT of lung cancer patients and comparative evaluation of treatment plans
Currently employed: Physicist, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario

130. HUANG, Vicky (J.P. Seuntjens)

Validation of total skin electron therapy by the Monte Carlo technique
Currently employed: Medical Physics, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Surrey, British Columbia

2005

131. FRASER, Danielle J. (W. Parker, J.P. Seuntjens)

Characterizing ionization chamber dosimetry in inverse planned IMRT fields
Currently employed: Medical Physics, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

132. ST-JAMES, Sara (C.J. Thompson)

The effect of changing gamma-ray interaction depth on the "block effect" in PET
Currently employed: Medical Physicist, Department of Radiology, University of California at
Davis Medical Center, Davis, California

133. STROIAN, Gabriela (J.P. Seuntjens)

Optimized scanning procedures for 4D CT data acquisition in radiation therapy
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

134. CEUSAN, Florin (E.B. Podgorsak, M.D.C. Evans)

An examination of peripheral dose in linac-based cancer treatment
Currently employed: Physics, Montreal, Québec

135. LEMIRE, Matthieu (G. Hegyi, F. Verhaegen)

Accurate surface dose measurements in CT examinations using high sensitivity MOSFET dosimeters calibrated by Monte Carlo simulations
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Nôtre-Dame, Montreal, Québec

136. MARK, Clarisse (F. Verhaegen)

Image-guided radiotherapy using 2D and 3D ultrasounds combined with Monte Carlo dose calculations in prostate treatments
Currently employed: McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Québec

2006

137. DUCHESNE, Caroline (W. Wierzbicki, M. Mondat)

Electron arc therapy on an Elekta SL-25 linear accelerator
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec

138. CHIA, Charmaine (G.B. Pike)

Evaluation of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging based measurement of myelin water
Currently employed: McKesson Medical Imaging Group, Vancouver, British Columbia

139. SARFEHNIA, Arman (E.B. Podgorsak)

The use of orthogonal bremsstrahlung beams for imaging in radiation therapy
Currently employed: Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre / University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

140. ZAKIKHANI, Rumtin (F. Verhaegen)

Calculated perturbation factors for the NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber irradiated in water by megavoltage electron beams
Currently employed: Cox Health, Hulston Cancer Centre, Springfield, Missouri

141. ALEXANDER, Andrew (J.P. Seuntjens, F. DeBlois)

MMCTP: A radiotherapy research environment for patient-treatment planning
Currently employed: Physicist, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

142. ELLIOTT, Adam Spencer (J.P. Seuntjens)

Investigation of properties of a new liquid ionization chamber for radiation dosimetry
Currently employed: Medical Physics, OnCURE Medical Corporation, Jacksonville, Florida

143. FU, Luke (D.L. Collins, G.B. Pike)

Automated analysis of multi-site MRI data for the NIHPD
Currently employed: Medical Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania

144. LI, Rong Ding (E.B. Podgorsak, W. Abdel-Rahman)

Dynamic electron arc therapy with the Clinac-21EX linac
Currently employed: Physicist, Cancer Treatment Center, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee

145. SUK, Joonyoung (C.J. Thompson)

Improving the resolution of the MicroPET R4 scanner by wobbling the bed
Currently employed: President, Wissen Learning Incorporated, Vancouver, British Columbia

2007

146. ASIEV, Krum (W. Parker, S. Devic)

Validation of a Monte Carlo based treatment planning system (TPS) for electron beams
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

147. REYNARD, Eric (M.D.C. Evans, E.B. Podgorsak)

Rotational total skin electron irradiation (RTSEI with a 6 MeV electron linear accelerator
Currently employed: Medical physicist, PEI Cancer Treatment Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

148. SERBAN, Monica (J.P. Seuntjens, G. Stroian)

A novel deformable phantom for 4D radiotherapy verification
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, Québec

149. HANCOCK, Jason (C.J. Thompson)

Evaluation of the timing characteristics of various PET detectors using a time alignment probe
Currently employed: Research Technician, Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta

150. WOCH, Katherine Marie (C.J. Thompson)

Use of the Polaris Vicra for monitorng subject head movement during neurological PET scans
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

151. CHARPENTIER, Pierre (E.B. Podgorsak, H. Patrocinio)

Dosimetric evaluation of four techniques used in stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Dept Radiation Oncology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

152. CHIN, Erika (F. Verhaegen, J.P. Seuntjens

Calculation of water and graphite perturbation correction factors for the NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber in high-energy electron beams
Currently employed: Physicist, BC Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

153. LIU, Derek (F. Verhaegen)

Characterization of novel electronic brachytherapy system
Currently employed: Research technician, Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta

154. TANTOT, Laurent (F. Verhaegen)

Modelling ionisation chamber response to non-standard beam configurations
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

2008

155. ALDAHLAWI, Ismail (W. Parker, J.P. Seuntjens)

Calibration of a radiobiological irradiator: The Faxitron cabinet x-ray system model CP160
Currently employed: Physicist, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

156. BERTRAND, Marie-Joelle (F. Verhaegen, B. Reniers)

Interseed and tissue-composition effects in permanent low dose rate brachytherapy
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Centre Hospitalier de Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec

157. BENSON, Richard (M.D.C. Evans)

A dosimetric analysis of the varian enhanced dynamic wedge for symmetric and asymmetric configurations
Currently employed: Physicist, Three Rivers Community Hospital, Spears Cancer Center, Grants Pass, Oregon

158. SERRÉ, Luc (W. Abdel-Rahman)

Transfer of ionization chamber calibration coefficients in linac MV x-ray beams
Currently employed: Physicist, Windsor Regional Cancer Center, Windsor, Ontario

159. YAN, Jason (F. Verhaegen)

Dose distribution studies of rectal cancer patients treated with brachytherapy
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology & CyberKnife, St Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

2009

160. AYLES, Michael (G. Stroian, J. Seuntjens)

Minimizing errors in treatment planning and delivery during external beam radiotherapy for lung cancer patients
Currently employed: Physicist, Dépt de Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

161. BRUNET-BENKHOUCHA, Malik (J-F. Carrier, F. Verhaegen)

Tomosynthesis-based intraoperative dosimetry for low dose rate prostate brachytherapy
Currently employed: Physicist, Dépt de Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

162. CURTIS, James (G.B. Pike)

A novel MRI pulse sequence for quantitative 3D perfusion imaging in mice
Currently employed: Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

163. PATER, Piotr (H.J. Patrocinio, F. DeBlois)

Determination of internal organ motion in stereotactic body radiotherapy using electronic portal imaging
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec

164. STINSON, Eric (G.B. Pike)

Distortion correction for diffusion weighted magnetic resonance images
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Dept of Medical Physics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

165. SUTHERLAND, Justin (J. Seuntjens)

Investigating techniques to accurately calibrate non-standard beam
Currently employed: Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

166. CHAAL, Kahena (W. Parker, R. Ruo)

Film dosimetry for intensity modulated beams quality assurance
Currently employed: Physicist, Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional, Gatineau, Québec

167. CHUNG, Eunah (E.B. Podgorsak, W. Abdel-Rahman)

Comparison of measured and Monte Carlo-calculated peak scatter factors for 10x10 cm2 field size in 6 MV and 18 MV photon beams
Currently employed: Resident, Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California

168. LAGMAGO-KAMTA, Gérard (B. Reniers)

Evaluation of Eclipse Monte Carlo dose calculation for clinical electron beams using heterogeneous phantoms
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, Brossard, Québec

169. LAST, Jurgen (F. DeBlois, J. Seuntjens)

Cut-out manager - A stand-alone software system to calculate output factors for artibrarily shaped inserts with the Monte Carlo technique
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, Brossard, Québec

170. CHEN, Yong (F. Verhaegen)

Daily 3D ultrasound imaging for Monte Carlo based adaptive radiotherapy of prostate cancer
Currently employed: Physicist, B.C. Cancer Agency Abbotsford Center, Abbotsford, British Columbia

171. COHALAN, Claire (G.B. Pike)

Cerebral blood volume changes during human neuronal activation: A comparative study of VASO and VERVE
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec

172. CONNELL, Tanner (J. Robar, E.B. Podgorsak)

Low-Z target optimization for spatial resolution improvement in planar imaging and cone-beam CT
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

173. EL-JABY, Samy (J. Seuntjens, S. Devic)

An illustrated re-visitation of energy transfer and energy absorption in photon interactions with matter
Currently employed: Postdoctoral Fellow, Radiological Protection Research & Instrumentation, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Chalk River, Ontario

174. LANDRY, Guillaume (F. DeBlois, F. Verhaegen)

ImaSim, A simulation software package for the teaching of medical x-ray imaging
Currently employed: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

175. THEBAUT, Jonathan (F. DeBlois)

Measurement driven, electron beam modeling and commissioning for Monte Carlo treatment planning system with improved accuracy
Currently employed: Physicist, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah

176. XU, Mark (M. McEwen, S. Devic)

Commissioning of a GafChromic EBT film dosimetry protocol at Ionizing Radiation Standards group of NRC
Currently employed: NRC-IRAP internship, Best Theratronics, Kanata, Ontario

2010

177. KILDEA, John (M.D.C. Evans, E.B. Podgorsak)

An evaluation of NCRP Report No.151 - Radiation shielding design for radiotherapy facilities, and a feasibility study for 6 MV open-door treatments in an existing high-energy radiation therapy bunker
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

178. ALDELAIJAN, Saad (S. Devic)

Reference dosimetry of HDR Ir-192 brachytherapy source using radiochromic film
Currently employed: Biomedical Physics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

179. GILES, Matt (F. DeBlois)

Cone-beam computed tomography: Imaging dose during CBCT scan acquisition and accuracy of CBCT based dose calculations
Currently employed: Clinical physicist, Georgia Center for Total Cancer Care, Atlanta, Georgia

180. HOLMES, Joseph (F. DeBlois)

Three-dimensional dose reconstruction using non-transmission and Monte Carlo calculations
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Kootenai Medical Centre, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

181. JELESCU, Ileana (G.B. Pike)

Measuring blood-brain barrier permeability in multiple sclerosis enhancing lesions
Currently: Ph.D. student, France

182. LEE, Sangkyu (J. Seuntjens)

Image-based dose correlation studies on radiation-induced lung...
Currently employed: Physicist, (to be confirmed)

183. MOHAMMED, Huriyyah (S. Devic)

Differential uptake volume histograms: A novel avenue towards delineation of biological target volumes (BTVs) in radiotherapy
Currently employed: Clinical physicist, Trinidad & Tobago

184. DELAGE, Patrick (G. Hegyi, S. Devic)

Radiochromic film dosimetry system: From calibration to in vivo measurements and intensity-modulated radiation therapy quality assurance measurements
Currently employed: Clinical physicist, Radio-oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec

2011

185. ALONSO ORTIZ, Eva (G.B. Pike, I. Levesque)

The effect of caffeine on the whole brain oxygen extraction fraction (OEF)
Currently employed: Physicist, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario

186. CARLINI, Lina (J. Nadeau)

Quantum dots as photosynthesizers for photodynamic therapy
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Biophysics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Québec

187. MITROU, Ellis (F. DeBlois)

Monte Carlo based electron treatment planning and cutout output factor calculations
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, CIUSS de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec, Trois-Rivières, Québec

188. MORCOS, Marc (F. DeBlois)

Applications of deformable image registration: Automatic segmentation and deformable dose accumulation
Currently employed: Senior Clinical Physicist, Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

189. PAPACONSTADOPOULOS, Pavlos (J. Seuntjens)

Modulated electron radiation therapy: an investigation on fast beam models and radiation-tolerant solutions for automated motion control of a few leaf electron collimator
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, NKI - Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

190. SHIN, Naomi (Parker)

Modeling secondary cancer risk following paediatric radiotherapy: A comparison of intensity modulated proton therapy and photon therapy
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Centre d'Oncologie Dr.Léon-Richard, Moncton, New Brunswick

191. TWORK, Gregory (H.J. Patrocinio)

Validation of the spatial accuracy of the ExacTracÂ® Adaptive Gating System
Currently employed: Physicist, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

2012

192. BERMAN, Avery (Pike)

Development of a funtional magnetic resonance imaging simulator: deterministic simulation of the transverse magnetization in microvasulature
Currently employed: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

193. LEDUC, Vincent (Wierzbicki)

Beam data acquisition with the IC Profiler: A feasibility study
Currently employed: Clinical Physicist, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec

194. LETOURNEAU, Étienne (Reader)

Impact of algorithm, iterations, post-smoothing, count-level and tracer distribution on single-frame PET quantification using a generalized image space reconstruction algorithm
Currently employed: Physicist, CSSL, Laval, Québec

195. MILROY, Desmond (Patrocinio, Seuntjens)

Validation of a commercial Monte Carlo algorithm for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy
Currently employed: Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

196. RENAUD, James (Sarfehnia)

Development of a graphite probe calorimeter for absolute clinical dosimetry: numerical design optimization, prototyping and experimental proof-of-concept
Currently employed: Postdoctoral Fellow, Metrology Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

197. SINGH, Khushdeep (Devic)

Investigating of the energy response of EBT-2 GAFCHROMICÃ¸ film model
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

198. THAKUR, Varun (Parker)

Planning and delivery comparison of six Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery techniques
Currently employed: Physicist, Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

199. TOLTZ, Allison (Parker, Seuntjens)

Prediction of risks of cardiac mortality and secondary cancers after thoracic radiotherapy in adolescents and young adults
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

200. ARCHAMBAULT, Laurie (Wierzbicki)

Validation of XiO's electron Monte Carlo module in heterogeneous phantoms
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

201. BEKERAT, Hamed (Devic, Sarfehnia)

Improving the energy response of external beam therapy (EBT) Gafchromic dosimetry fils at low
energies (s100keV)
Currently employed: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

202. CARRIER-VALLIÈRES, Martin (El Naqa)

Outcome prediction of sarcoma tumors using PET/MR imaging
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

203. DYESS, Amanda (Parker)

Patient dose verification for image-guided radiation therapy using a deformable registration tool
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, St Peter's Cancer Care, Albany, NY

204. KHATCHADOURIAN, Rafael (Kildea, Evans)

Monte Carlo simulations and physical measurements of neutron equivalent dose in the maze area of linac bunkers
Currently employed: Physicist, Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec

205. NASONKIN, Sergey (Syme)

Characterization of scintillating optical fibres
Currently employed: (Unknown), Montreal, Québec

206. WATSON, Peter (Seuntjens)

Scatter artifact correction in cone-beam CT images
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

2013:

207. ALDOSARY, Ghada (Sarfehnia)

The measurement of the linear energy transfer of various radiotheraapeutic beams in the clinic: A feasibility study
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

208. BOURQUE, Alexandra (Carrier, Seuntjens)

A stoichiometric calibration method for dual energy computed tomography
Currently: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec

209. FAN, Michael (Stroian, DeBlois)

Web application in radiotherapy: The standardization of treatment planning and development of quantitative plan metrics
Currently: Resident, Medical Physics, Jacksonville, Florida

210. GERARD, Ian (Collins)

An analysis of tracking error in image-guided neurosurgery
Currently: Ph.D. student, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

211. GHOLAMPOURKASHI, Sara (DeBlois)

Web-based system for quality assurance of radiation oncology equipment and procedures
Currently: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

212. RENAUD, Marc-André (Seuntjens)

Pre-calculated track Monte Carlo dose calculation engine
Currently: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

213. ZLATEVA, Yana (El Naqa)

Investigation of Cherenkov emission with applications in dosimetry, image guidance and intensity modulation in radiation therapy
Currently: Ph.D. student, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

2014:

214. ASGHARIZADEH, Saeid (Syme, Devic)

Patient specific quality assurance tool for high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer patients
Currently: Physicist, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

215. DESROCHES, Joannie (Leblond, Seuntjens)

Intraoperative use of Raman spectroscopy for brain tumor resection guidance
Currently: PhD student, École Polytechnique, Montreal, Québec

216. GUILLET, Dominique (DeBlois)

Use of the Microsoft kinect for applications of patient surface data to radiotherapy
Currently: Physicist, Radiation Oncology, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

217. HICKLING, Susannah (El Naqa)

Feasbility of x-ray acoustic computed tomography as a relative and in vivo dosimeter in radiotherapy applications
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

218. MAGLIERI, Robert (Kildea, Seuntjens)

A study of photoneutron spectra around high-energy medical linear accelerators using Monte Carlo simulations and measurements
Currently: PhD student, Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec

219. MULLINS, Joel (Seuntjens)

Evaluation of eclipse dose calculations and TrueBeam couch positional accuracy in the context of dynamic couch trajectories
Currently: Clinical resident, Medical Physics, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario

220. NOVOSAD, Philip (Collins)

Atlas-based segmentation for HRRT brain PET
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

221. QUINTERO MATEUS, Chrystian (Tomic, Devic, Seuntjens)

Radiochromic film dosimetry system for clinical CTDI measurements
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec

222. WANG, Judy (El Naqa)

Theory of heavy-hole spin-echo dynamics
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

2015:

223. AHMED, Zaki (Levesque)

Quantitative perfusion mapping using a novel reference region-based model for DCE-MRI
Currently: Resident, Imaging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

224. CHRISTIANSEN, Eric (Vandervoort, Seuntjens)

Calculation of correction factors for three detectors in small composite clinical fields for the CyberKnife radiosurgery system
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

225. MIRZAKHANIAN, Lalageh (Enger)

Investigation of the uncertainties involved in the low energy proton interactions in Geant
Currently: Resident, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario

226. XING, Stella (Levesque)

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the characterization of soft tissue sarcoma
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

2016:

227. DIAMANT-BOUSTEAD, André (Ybarra)

Modelling lung SBRT treatment outcomes using Bayesian network averaging
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

228. DOBRI, Simon (Ybarra)

An exploration of the radiation-induced electro-optic effect and its suitability as the basis for a novel medical radiation dosimeter
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

229. FAMULARI, Gabriel (Enger)

Production and evaluation of novel brachytherapy sources
Currently: Clinical resident, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Montréal, Montreal, Québec

230. FORTIER, Véronique (Levesque)

Implementation and validation of a quantitative susceptibility mapping approach
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

231. JOSEPH, Ackeem (Kildea)

Predicting waiting times in radiation oncology using machine learning
Currently: Research Assistant, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

232. MONTGOMERY, Logan (Kildea)

Validation of the national system for incident report - Radiation therapy
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

233. O’GRADY, Kyle (Davis)

Monte Carlo modeling of the Varian TrueBeam, with chamber effects included in determination of the source parameters
Currently: Resident, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

234. SCHNEIDER, James (Devic)

Decomposition of FDG-PET based differential uptake volume histograms in rectal cancer patients
Currently: Resident, Medical Physics, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

235. SIMARD, Mikaël (Levesque)

Quantitative magnetization transfer evaluation of the knee joint in magnetic resonance imaging
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

236. VALLIÈRES, Simon (Seuntjens)

Nanoparticle-enhanced radiation therapy using gold-doxorubicin
Currently: PhD student, Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre d'énergie, matériaux et télécommunication (INRS-EMT), Varennes, Québec

2017:

237. ALMAKDESSI, Georges (Davis)

Secondary neutrons around clinical electron and proton beams
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow / Resident, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

238. MODCHALINGAM, Mithunan (Levesque)

Distortion field quantification and multi-echo gradient optimization for radiation therapy planning images
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

239. OSUNKWOR, Emmanuel (Davis)

Commissioning of an optically-stimulated luminescence dosimetry (OSLD) system for in-vivo dosimetry
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

2018:

240. ALBERS, Julia (Parker)

Software development for prospective and retrospective analysis of lung stereotactic body radiation therapy treatment
Currently: Clinical Physicist / Resident, Medical Physics, CHUQ, Québec, Québec

241. PATRICK, Haley (Kildea)

Development of a DVH registry for plan evaluation, dose accumulation, and cohort analysis
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

242. TURGEON, Vincent (Enger)

Non-invasive positron detector to monitor the arterial input function in Positron Emission Tomography
Currently: Clinical Physicist / Resident, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec

2019:

243. AYALA ALVAREZ, Santiago (Seuntjens)

Dosimetric studies on the INTRABEAM electronic brachytherapy source
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

244. BANCHERI, Julien (Seuntjens)

Calculation of kilovoltage beam radiotherapy ionization chamber correction factors
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

245. CARROLL, Liam (Enger)

Non-invasive positron detector to monitor the arterial input function in dynamic PET
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

246. CÔTÉ, Benjamin (Renaud)

Numerical design and development of a probe-format graphite absorbed dose calorimeter for use in small-field radiotherapy
Currently: MSc student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

247. HENG, Jean (Seuntjens)

Dose-to-outcome modeling for lung robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

248. LUND, Christopher (supervisor to be confirmed)

A microdosimetric analysis of the interactions of mono-energetic neutrons with human tissue
Currently: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

249. MATHEW, Felix (Kildea)

Measurement of neutron fluence spectra using a passive Nested Neutron Spectrometer with gold foils
Currently: MSc student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

250. MÉGROURÈCHE, Julien (Enger)

Development of a hydrated electron dosimeter for radiotherapy applications: A proof of concept
Currently: Resident, Radiation Oncology, CHUM, Montreal, Québec

2020:

251. ANDRADE HERNANDEZ, Aixa (Kildea)

Exploration of potential parameters that influence when to replan head and neck cancer patients during radiotherapy
Currently: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

252. KOLOKOTRONIS, Anastasia (Levesque)

Robust characterization of longitudinal magnetic resonance relaxation with application to novel naonparticles
Currently: Residency, Medical Physics, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal

253. LEFEBVRE, Thierry (Savadjiev, Seuntjens)

Computational methodologies for solid tumor characterization and outcome prediction in volumetric medical images
Currently: PhD, University of Cambridge, England

254. SEPULVEDA ZULUAGA, Esteban (Kildea)

Standardisation of CSI treatment planning and its evaluation using a DVH registry
Currently: Lab Technician, Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal

255. YEO, Jonathan (Kildea)

Characterizing the mutational signature of photons through single cell whole genome sequencing
Currently: Research staff, Medical Physics, National University of Singapore

Expected completion by February 2021:

256. DECUNHA, Joseph (Enger)

Microdosimetric evaluation of photon emitting brachytherapy sources in tissue-specific models
Currently: PhD program, Medical Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas

257. ENSWORTH, Alex (Levesque)

Development of magnetic resonance imaging methods to quantify cortical damage in brain injury
Currently: PhD, Medical Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

258. KESZTI, Federico (Seuntjens)

Development of the "Aerrow Mini": A miniature graphite calorimeter for absolute clinical dosimetry of high-energy photon beams
Currently: MSc student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

Accepted to: PhD, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

259. PATEL, Dipal (Levesque)

(title "to be confirmed")
Currently: PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Expected in 2021:

260. BUI, Alaina (Enger)