Lorna Tu
Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics (PhD)
Predicting lung cancer recurrence after radiotherapy
Overview
Medical physicists are health care professionals with specialized training in the medical applications of physics. Their work often involves the use of x-rays and accelerated charged particles, radioactive substances, ultrasound, magnetic and electric fields, infra-red and ultraviolet light, heat and lasers in diagnosis and therapy. Most medical physicists work in hospital diagnostic imaging departments, cancer treatment facilities, or hospital-based research establishments. Others work in universities, government, and industry.
Graduates of the Ph.D. in Medical Physics program will:
- understand the physics of medical imaging and radiation oncology;
- achieve independence in original medical physics research;
- work effectively in clinical and research environments that include oncologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, cardiologists, neuroscientists, radiation therapy professionals and biomedical engineers;
- be prepared for positions at medical physics research institutions as well as healthcare institutions.
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Program Components Dissertation
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- Ford, Nancy (micro-computed tomography; physiological gating; contrast agents; models of respiratory disease; image-based measurements; dental imaging; x-ray imaging; micro-computed tomography, physiological gating, contrast agents, models of respiratory disease, image-based measurements, dental imaging, x-ray imaging)
- Kolind, Shannon (brain; Imaging; MRI; medical physics; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Neurological Disease; spinal cord; Brain, Imaging, MRI, Medical Physics, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelin, Neurological Disease, Spinal Cord)
- Laule, Cornelia (Auto-Immune Diseases; Axons; brain; Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases; Cerebral Atrophy; Histology; image analysis; Imaging; Inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Nervous System Development; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; Auto-Immune Diseases, Axons, Brain, Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases, Cerebral Atrophy, Histology, Image analysis, Imaging, Inflammation, Magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelin, Nervous System Development, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological Diseases, Neurological diseases, Neuronal Systems, Pain, Pathology, Schizophrenia, Spinal Cord Diseases, Spinal cord, Spinal cord injury)
- Rahmim, Arman (Image Reconstruction; Machine learning and radiomics; medical physics; Molecular imaging; Quantitative Imaging; Theranostics; Image Reconstruction, Machine learning and radiomics, Medical Physics, Molecular imaging, Quantitative Imaging, Theranostics)
- Rauscher, Alexander (magnetic resonance imaging; physics; quantitative susceptibility mapping; myelin water imaging; brain; maschine learning; magnetic resonance imaging, physics, quantitative susceptibility mapping, myelin water imaging, brain, maschine learning)
- Reinsberg, Stefan (Medical physics, MRIs)
- Sossi, Vesna (Medical Imaging, Brain imaging)
- Zeng, Haishan (Family practice, dermatology)
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