2023/2024
SEPTEMBER 2023
Fridays, 12:00-1:00 pm (MJH Room 2279)
Sept. 8, 2023 Enabling Adaptive Gynecologic Brachytherapy: MP Seminar
Advancements in Technology for Image-Guided
Cancer Therapy
Presented by Jessica R. Rodgers, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Manitoba
Sept. 29, 2023 Radiation Dose Calculation using CBCT: Supplementing MP Seminar
the Decision for Offline Adaptive Radiotherapy
Presented by Satyapal Rathee, PhD
Senior Medical Physicist, CCI
Associate Professor, Dept. of Oncology,
University of Alberta
OCTOBER 2023
Fridays, 12:00-1:00 pm (see locations below)
October 20 Sensitivity of Portable Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Journal Club
Imaging for Multiple Sclerosis Lesions
Arnold TC, Tu D, Okar SV, et al.
Neuroimage Clin. 2022; 35: 103101.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103101
Presented by Chris Sedlock, PhD student
Dept. of Oncology, U of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI
*** Location: CCI Room 0277 ***
October 27 Real-time Radial Reconstruction with Domain Transform Journal Club
Manifold Learning for MRI-guided Radiotherapy
Waddington DEJ, Hindley N, Koonjoo N, et al.
Med Phys. 2023; 50: 1962–1974.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16224
Presented by Mark Wright, PhD student
Dept. of Oncology, U of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI
*** Location: CCI MJH Room 2279 ***
MEDICAL PHYSICS SEMINARS & JOURNAL CLUB DISCUSSIONS November 2023 Fridays, 12:00-1:00 pm (MJH Room 2279) |
Nov. 3, 2023 4D Monte Carlo Simulation of Non-invasive Intra- MP Seminar fractional Tumour-tracked Radiotherapy (nifteRT)
For Mobile Tumours
Presented by Odunola Grace Babawale, PhD Student
Dept. of Oncology, U. of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI
Nov. 10, 2023 Reducing Uncertainty, Increasing Confidence: MP Seminar Ionizing Radiation Metrology at NRC (virtual)
Presented by Malcolm McEwen, PhD
Team Leader, Medical and Industrial Dosimetry,
Metrology Research Center, NRC;
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Carleton University;
Executive Director, Ottawa Medical Physics Institute
********NOTE: This is a ZOOM presentation********
Nov. 17, 2023 No Seminar or Journal Club Scheduled
Nov. 24, 2023 MRI-based Radiomics Analysis Improves Preoperative Journal Club Diagnostic Performance for the Depth of Stromal Invasion
In Patients with Early Stage Cervical Cancer
Ren, J., Li, Y., Yang, JJ. et al. Insights Imaging 13, 17 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-022-01156-0
Presented by Patricia Oliva, MSc Student
Dept. of Oncology, U. of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI
Dec. 1, 2023 AI and Precision Health MP Seminar
Presented by J. Ross Mitchell, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UofA
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Dec. 8, 2023 An Artificial Dielectric Slab for Ultra High-field MRI: Journal Club
Proof of Concept
Vsevolod Vorobyev et al,
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 320:1-6 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106835
Presented by Leo Remillard, MSc Student
Dept. of Oncology, U. of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI
MEDICAL PHYSICS SEMINARS & JOURNAL CLUB DISCUSSIONS
February 2024
Fridays, 12:00-1:00 pm (MJH Room 2279)
February 2 - "A Spatial-temporal Hybrid PCA Acceleration Method for Seminar
Real-time MR Imaging"
Presented by Mark Wright, PhD Student
Dept. of Oncology, U. of Alberta, Medical Physics Dept., CCI
February 9 - "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Guided Proton Journal Club
Therapy: A Review of the Clinical Challenges, Potential Benefits and Pathway to Implementation"
Presented by Ben Schultz, MSc Student
Dept. of Oncology, U. of Alberta
Medical Physics Dept., CCI