M.Sc. DEGREES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS : 1980 - 2013

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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.30-206 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: Director-McConnell Brain Imaging, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Québec

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. MOLDEN, Cheryl (E. El-Khatib)
Electron beam inhomogeneity correction factors for lung density equivalent materials
Currently employed: Physicist, Medical Physics, Fraser Valley Cancer Centre (BCCA), 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: Co-Founder, Resonant Medical Inc., 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: Physicist, Medical Physics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

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: Physicist, Centre Hospitalier Trois-Rivières,
Trois-Rivières, 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: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, California
114. BOUCHARD, Hugo (J.P. Seuntjens)
Accurate dosimetry of intensity modulated radiation therapy beams
using thimble ionization chambers
Currently employed: Département de Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Nôtre-Dame, Montreal, Québec
115. DENISSOVA, Svetlana (M. Yewondwossen, E.B. Podgorsak)
A gated breath-hold radiotherapy technique using a linear position transducer
Currently employed: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
116. HEATH, Emily (J.P. Seuntjens)
Evaluation of the PEREGRINE Monte Carlo dose calculation code for
6 MV photon beams
Currently employed: Professor, Dept 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: Lehigh Valley Hospital, John & Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania
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: Ph.D. student, State University of New York at Buffalo, 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: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec
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: Resident, Dept of 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: 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: 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: Unknown, 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: 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: Ph.D. student, Dept Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec

2006

137. DUCHESNE, Caroline (W. Wierzbicki, M. Mondat)
Electron arc therapy on an Elekta SL-25 linear accelerator
Currently: 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: 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: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
140. ZAKIKHANI, Rumtin (F. Verhaegen)
Calculated perturbation factors for the NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization
chamber irradiated in water by megavoltage electron beams
Currently: 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: Resident, 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: 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: Resident, Dept of Medical Physics, U Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
144. LI, Rong Ding (E.B. Podgorsak, W. Abdel-Rahman)
Dynamic electron arc therapy with the Clinac-21EX linac
Currently: 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: Physicist, University of British Columbia, 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: Resident, Radiation Oncology, 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: Medical physicist, PEI Cancer Treatment Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
148. MARGEANU, Monica (J.P. Seuntjens, G. Stroian)
A novel deformable phantom for 4D radiotherapy verification
Currently: 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: Research Technician, Dept 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: Resident, Dept 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: Clinical physicist, Dept Radiation Oncology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
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: Resident, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
153. LIU, Derek (F. Verhaegen)
Characterization of novel electronic brachytherapy system
Currently: Research technician, Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta
154. TANTOT, Laurent (F. Verhaegen)
Modelling ionisation chamber response to non-standard beam configurations
Currently: 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: Clinical physicist, Dept Oncology, King Fahd Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
156. BERTRAND, Marie-Joelle (F. Verhaegen, B. Reniers)
Interseed and tissue-composition effects in permanent low dose rate brachytherapy
Currently: Physicist, Dépt de 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: Physicist, DUBS Cancer Center, Medford, Oregon and 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: Physicist, Windsor Regional Cancer Center, Windsor, Ontario
159. YAN, Jason (F. Verhaegen)
Dose distribution studies of rectal cancer patients treated with brachytherapy
Currently: King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2009

160. AYLES, Michael (G. Stroian, J. Seuntjens)
Minimizing errors in treatment planning and delivery during external beam radiotherapy for lung cancer patients
Currently: 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: 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: Resident, Dept 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: PhD student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
164. STINSON, Eric (G.B. Pike)
Distortion correction for diffusion weighted magnetic resonance images
Currently: 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: Ph.D. student, Dept of Medical Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
166. CHAAL, Kahena (W. Parker, R. Ruo)
Film dosimetry for intensity modulated beams quality assurance
Currently: Physicist, Dépt. d'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: Resident, Dept 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: Physicist, Dept of 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: Physicist, Dept of 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: 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: Ph.D. / Residency
172. CONNELL, Tanner (J. Robar, E.B. Podgorsak)
Low-Z target optimization for spatial resolution improvement in planar imaging and cone-beam CT
Currently: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, 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: Ph.D. student, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
174. LANDRY, Guillaume (F. DeBlois, F. Verhaegen)
ImaSim, A simulation software package for the teaching of medical x-ray imaging
Currently: Ph.D. student, Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
175. THEBAUT, Jonathan (F. DeBlois)
Measurement driven, electron beam modeling and commissioning for Monte Carlo treatment planning system with improved accuracy
Currently: Resident / Clinical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec
176. XU, Mark (M. McEwen, S. Devic)
Commissioning of a GafChromic EBT film dosimetry protocol at Ionizing Radiation Standards group of NRC
Currently: 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: Resident, Dept of 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: Clinical physicist, Dept Oncology, King Fahd Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, 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: 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: 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: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
183. MOHAMMED, Huriyyah (S. Devic)
Differential uptake volume histograms: A novel avenue towards delineation of biological target volumes (BTVs) in radiotherapy
Currently: 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: Clinical physicist, Dépt de radio-oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec
2011

185. ALONSO ORTIZ, Eva (G.B. Pike)
The effect of caffeine on the whole brain oxygen extraction fraction (OEF)
Currently: Ph.D. student, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
186. CARLINI, Lina (J. Nadeau)
Quantum dots as photosynthesizers for photodynamic therapy
Currently: 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: Resident, Radiation Oncology Physics, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec
188. MORCOS, Marc (F. DeBlois)
Applications of deformable image registration: Automatic segmentation and deformable dose accumulation
Currently: Resident, Radiation Oncology Physics, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec
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: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
190. SHIN, Naomi (Parker)
Modeling secondary cancer risk following paediatric radiotherapy: A comparison of intensity modulated proton therapy and photon therapy
Currently: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
191. TWORK, Gregory (H.J. Patrocinio)
Validation of the spatial accuracy of the ExacTrac® Adaptive Gating System
Currently: Resident, Radiation Oncology Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec
2012

192. BERMAN, Avery (Pike)
Development of a funtional magnetic resonance imaging simulator: deterministic simulation of the transverse magnetization in microvasulature
Currently: Ph.D. student, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Québec
193. LEDUC, Vincent (Wierzbicki)
Beam data acquisition with the IC Profiler: A feasibility study
Currently: 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: 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: 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: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
197. SINGH, Khushdeep (Devic)
Investigating of the energy response of EBT-2 GAFCHROMICø film model
Currently: Physicist, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
198. THAKUR, Varun (Parker)
Planning and delivery comparison of six Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery techniques
Currently: Physicist, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal, Québec
199. TOLTZ, Allison (Parker, Seuntjens)
Prediction of risks of cardiac mortality and secondary cancers after thoracic radiotherapy in adolescents and young adults
Currently: 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: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
201. BEKERAT, Hamed (Devic, Sarfehnia)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
202. CARRIER-VALLIÈRES, Martin (El Naqa)
Outcome prediction of sarcoma tumors using PET/MR imaging
Currently: M.Sc. 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: Resident, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec &
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: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
205. NASONKIN, Sergey (Syme)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
206. WATSON, Peter (Seuntjens)
Scatter artifact correction in cone-beam CT images
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
Expected to graduate in 2013:

207. ALDOSARY, Ghada (Sarfehnia)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
208. ASGHARIZADEH, Saeid (Syme, Devic)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
209. BOURQUE, Alexandra (Carrier, Seuntjens)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
210. FAN, Michael (Stroian, DeBlois)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
211. GERARD, Ian (Collins)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
212. GHOLAMPOURKASHI, Sara (DeBlois)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
213. MULLINS, Joel (Syme)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
214. RENAUD, Marc-André (Seuntjens)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
215. ZLATEVA, Yana (El Naqa)
(title "to be announced")
Currently: M.Sc. student, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Québec