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Carleton Laboratory for Radiotherapy Physics, Department of Physics, Carleton University
Championing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are strategic goals of the AAPM and COMP, however, actions to advance EDI in education are limited. The current work describes the development of innovative resources to support integration of EDI in teaching...
This study investigates the magnitude of systematic uncertainties that arise from ignoring quantum effects in semi-classical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of low-energy electron transport through biological systems. We focus on microdosimetric quantities often...
The overarching goal is to develop a novel system for microdosimetry integrated with cellular molecular radiation response using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, Raman spectroscopy (RS), and radiobiological assays. MC simulations of the system and initial invest...
To develop a Raman spectroscopy (RS)-based experimental microdosimetry system capable of read-out of a model system of cells cultured on a radiochromic film (RCF) dosimeter substrate that can measure energy deposited by ionizing radiation within individual ce...
TH- Brachytherapy
To quantify the dosimetric impact of transitioning from water-based TG-43 dose evaluations to advanced model-based TG-186 calculations in permanent prostate brachytherapy, and to assess the effects on target coverage, organ-at-risk doses, and the appropriaten...