Five sites within British Columbia participate in the Medical Physics Residency program
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BC Cancer – Abbotsford
- IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, Gated RT
- SABR
- HDR Brachytherapy (Gyne, Esophagus, Bronchus, Skin)
- LDR Brachytherapy (prostate)
- Treatment Planning Systems: Varian (Eclipse, BrachyVision,VariSeed)
- Varian iX/TrueBeam Linacs (6 dof couch, HDMLC).
- Varian ARIA Radiation Oncology Information System and Eclipse Treatment Planning System
- VariSource afterloader
- GE Multislice CT Simulator
- MIM
- Diffuse optical spectroscopy for breast cancer treatment response prediction
- 4D lung phantom development
- Treatment delivery quality assurance
BC Cancer – Kelowna
- IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, Gated RT
- Stereotactic treatments: SRS, SABR
- Orthovoltage
- HDR Brachytherapy (gyne, prostate, and other sites)
- LDR Brachytherapy (prostate, permanent breast seed implant)
- Treatment planning systems: Varian (Eclipse, BrachyVision, VariSeed)
- Three Varian iX Linacs, two TrueBeam Linacs
- Varian ARIA Oncology Information System for Radiation Oncology
- Varian GammaMed HDR afterloader
- Xstrahl Orthovoltage
- Two GE Multislice CT Simulators
- A GE PET/CT
- MIM
- Automation in RT plan quality analysis
- Optimizing the design of protective stents for H&N RT
- 3DUS guidance for Brachytherapy
- Personalized gynaecological brachytherapy
- 4D VMAT – Calculation using ESAPI & Fx Specific Respiratory motion
- Non-coplanar trajectory based treatment planning and delivery
- 3D gel dosimetry
- Predicting skin toxicity in breast brachytherapy
- Radiation induced lung injury
BC Cancer – Surrey
- IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, gated RT
- Orthovoltage
- Stereotactic treatments: SRS/SRT, SABR
- Treatment Planning Systems: Varian (Eclipse, BrachyVision)
- Five Varian TrueBeam Linacs, 2 with 6 dof couch
- Varian ARIA Radiation Oncology Information System and Eclipse Treatment Planning System
- GE Multislice CT scanner equipped with RPM tracking system
- Xstrahl Orthovoltage unit
- MIM
- Flash radiotherapy
- Simultaneous tracking of respiratory and cardiac motion for radiotherapy treatment
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology
- Monte Carlo based Dosimetry
- Plan & Machine QA
- Application of electrical impedance spectroscopy in Radiation Oncology
- Electrical impedance tomography
- Adaptive radiotherapy
BC Cancer – Vancouver
- IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, Gated RT
- Dynamic wave arc, tumour tracking and conformal arc treatments
- TBI, TNI, CSRT
- Stereotactic treatments: SRS, SABR
- HDR Brachytherapy (gyne and other sites)
- LDR Brachytherapy (prostate, eye plaques)
- Paediatric radiotherapy
- Treatment Planning Systems: Varian (Eclipse, BrachyVision,VariSeed), Ray Station, iPlan
- Three Varian iX Linacs, 4 TrueBeam Linacs, 2 TrueBeam STx Linacs, 1 with 6 dof couch and Brainlab ExacTrac.
- Varian ARIA Radiation Oncology Information System and Eclipse Treatment Planning System
- Brainlab Vero
- Varian GammaMed HDR afterloader
- Theratronics Cobalt
- GE Multislice CT Simulators with RPM tracking system and PET/CT
- MIM
- Intra-operative dosimetry for interstitial brachytherapy
- Cardiac synchronized stereotactic radiosurgery
- Dynamic wave arc: Monte Carlo modelling, 4pi optimization
- VMAT-based total body irradiation
- Deep learning based image segmentation
- Quality Assurance and safety related research
- Immobilization for breast RT
- Flash radiotherapy
- Sub-OAR dose painting
- Markerless dynamic tumour tracking
BC Cancer – Victoria
- IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, Gated RT
- Stereotactic treatments: SRS, SABR
- Orthovoltage
- HDR Brachytherapy (gyne)
- LDR Brachytherapy (Prostate Permanent Seed Implant Brachytherapy)
- Six Varian TrueBeam Linacs
- Two GE Multislice CT Simulators
- GE PET/CT Scanner
- In-house developed 3D Brachytherapy Dose Calculation Software
- Use of SpaceOAR Hydrogel in prostate RT
- Monte Carlo verification of radiotherapy treatment plans
- Nanotechnology in cancer therapeutics
- Table top x-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT)
- Spatially fractionated FLASH radiotherapy (small animal research)
