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March 18, 2010
Strontium Measurement and Microbubbles
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Mira Sibai ("Second Generation of X-ray Flourescence Using a Silver Target Optical System") and Tetyana Yatsenko ("Ultrasound and Microbubble Mediated Sonoporation: Effect of cell biomechanical properties on cell permeability and cell viability") on Monday March 22, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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March 8, 2010
Two Applications of Robust Optimization in Radiation Therapy
- Dr. Timothy Chan of the University or Toronto will be discussing robust optimization and how it can be applied in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) at the Physics Colloquium on Monday March 15, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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March 4, 2010
Biomedical Optics: state of the art technologies for medical diagnostics
- Dr. Kostadinka Bizheva of the University of Waterloo will be discussing how basic optical techniques can be applied in biology and medicine to get a better understanding of disease. This talk is part of the CAP 2010 Lecture Tour and will be held on Thursday March 11, 2010 from 12:10pm in room ENG106...
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March 2, 2010
Optical Properties of Tissue and Near Infrared Spectroscopy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Radoslaw Sadowski ("Temperature-Dependence in the Optical Properties of Tissue") and Irina Schelkanova ("Near Infrared Spectroscopy and MRI for Brain Imaging") on Monday March 8, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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February 2, 2010
Metal-Amyloid Interactions and Alzheimer's Disease
- Dr. Christopher Exley of Keele University will be discussing the role played by metals in the deposition of amyloid and in Alzheimer's Disease at the Physics Colloquium on Monday February 8, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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January 26, 2010
Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Brain Tumor Microvasculature Imaging
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Benjamin Lee ("Signal Processing Techniques for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound and Cerebral Vessel Detection") and Timothy Luk ("Real-time in vivo Brain Tumor Microvasculature Imaging Using Combined Laser Scanning Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography in Preclinical Window-chamber Models") on Monday February 1, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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January 18, 2010
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Stereotactic Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Dr. Daria Comsa of Princess Margaret Hospital will be discussing the potential of volumetric modulated arc therapy technology at the Physics Colloquium on Monday January 25, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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January 12, 2010
Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging and Bubble Dynamics
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Golafsoun Ameri ("Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging") and Amin Jafari Sojahrood ("Numerical Bifurcation Analysis of Bubble Dynamics and its Application in Ultrasonic Imaging") on Monday January 18, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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January 6, 2010
Advancements in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning and Optimization
- Dr. Michael Sharpe of Princess Margaret Hospital will be reviewing the principles of modern radiation therapy at the Physics Colloquium on Monday January 11, 2010 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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December 7, 2009
Integrating Ultrasound and MRI for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer
- Dr. Rajiv Chopra of the University of Toronto will be discussing developments in minimally-invasive methods for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer at the Physics Colloquium on Monday December 14, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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November 24, 2009
MRI Assessment of Pulmonary Impedance
- Dr. C. Macgowan of the Hospital for Sick Children will be discussing non-invasive MRI methods to assess pulmonary vasculature impedence in children at the Physics Colloquium on Monday November 30, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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November 20, 2009
Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Robert Tkaczyk ("The Design and Synthesis of a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Quality Assurance Phantom") and Mohammed Yahya ("Experimental and Theoretical Study of Blood Flow in Brain Arteriovenous Malformation") on Monday November 23, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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November 10, 2009
Physics Department at the 2009 CAA Conference
- Members from the Department of Physics made themselves heard at the annual conference for the Canadian Acoustical Society held at Niagara-on-the-Lake...
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November 10, 2009
Novel Solid State Technology for Positron Emission Tomography Detectors
- Dr. Alla Reznik of Lakehead University will be discussing the development of advanced radiation imaging detectors for a variety of biomedical applications at the Physics Colloquium on Monday November 16, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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November 2, 2009
In-vivo Measurement of Strontium and Post-PDT Vascular Changes in Tumors
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Helen Moise ("In-vivo Measurement of Strontium Incorporation and Retention in Human Bone Using an X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy System") and Cristina Nasui ("Post-Photodynamic Therapy Vascular Changes in Murine Tumours as Detected Through Contrast-Enhanced Micro-CT") on Monday November 9, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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October 13, 2009
The Principles of Instruction
- Dr. Alex Ferworn of Ryerson University will be discussing some principles and methods that can be used to improve teaching and learning on Monday October 19, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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September 29, 2009
Viscoelastic Properties of Dying Cells and Modelling Plasmonic Photo Thermal Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Devesh Bekah ("Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of Cells Undergoing Cell Death Using Passive Microrheology") and Yevgeniy Davletshin ("Computational modeling of Plasmonic Photo Thermal Therapy (PPTT) using the Finite Element Method") on Monday October 5, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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September 22, 2009
Computational Approaches to Drug Re-targeting
- Dr. Justin Schonfeld of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario will be discussing computational approaches to reading scientific literature on Monday September 28, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH 225...
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September 16, 2009
Influenza Modeling and Particle Based Blood Flow
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Marc Baron ("Modeling Within-Host Influenza Infection in a Population of Two Different Cell Types") and Salil Bedkihal ("Particle Based Approach to Simulate Blood Flows in Stenosis") on Monday September 21, 2009 from 12:10pm in room EPH-225...
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June 8, 2009
Physics Grad Students Win Awards at OCT Conference
- Hadi Karimi and Shahrad Jabbary Aslany, both graduate students with the Department of Physics, attended this year's Graduate Summer School of Biophotonics course and claimed two of the top prizes for their presentations...
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May 26, 2009
High-power Ultrasound to Fight Aquatic Parasites
- The Department of Physics' Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Dr. Jeff Davidson of UPEI to investigate how high-power ultrasound can be used to fight aquatic parasites in Atlantic Canada...
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Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli
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April 24, 2009
Accounting for Respiratory Motion and its Uncertainties in Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer
- Dr. Emily Heath of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) will be discussing optimization methods to generate 4 dimensional lung radiotherapy plans on Thursday April 30, 2009 at 12:00pm in room KHS 251...
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April 13, 2009
Omar Falou gets Recognition for Research
- PhD candidate Omar Falou was the recipient of a number of awards and recognition related to his research...
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Omar Falou
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April 13, 2009
Applications of Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance: From Brains to Bombs
- Dr. Michelle Espy of the Los Alamos National Laboratory will be discussing the use ultra-low field magnetic resonance as applied to brain imaging, brain function, and the detection of explosives on Thursday April 16, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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April 8, 2009
4th Year Medical Physics Thesis Presentations
- Our 4th Year Medical Physics Thesis presentations will be held on Thursday, 9 April 2009, from 2-6pm in EPH201 (view map). It is open to anyone with an interest in the Medical Physics program and if you are in the area, feel free to drop by.
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March 30, 2009
Electrical Impedence Tomography and Image-guided Intense Focused Ultrasound
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Ozkan Doganay ("Effect of Electrical Field in Biological Tissues on the Ultrasound Echoes from the Tissues") and Shahrad Jabbary ("Design and Development of an Image-guided IFUS System for Neurology and Neurosurgery") on Thursday April 2, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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March 20, 2009
Physics Education Research in Your Classroom?
- Dr. Nathaniel Lasry of John Abbott College will be presenting how Physics professors can collect and analyse meaningful data in the lecture room on Thursday March 26, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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March 18, 2009
Using Models to Fight the Flu
- The Department's Dr. Catherine Beauchemin has been featured in Ryerson Research News and will be giving a seminar at the Centre for Mathematical Medicine on Friday March 27, 2009...
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Dr. Catherine Beauchemin
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March 13, 2009
Harnessing the Power of Bubbles in Biomedical Ultrasound
- Dr. Tyrone Porter of Boston University will be discussing his work in the Medical Acoustic Laboratory (MedAL) and its applications to Biomedical Ultrasound on Thursday March 19, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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March 10, 2009
Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin Member of the AAPT Executive Board
- The Department's Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin has been named Vice-Chair of the Section Representatives and a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Executive Board...
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Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin
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March 6, 2009
Passive Microrheology and Particle Based Blood Flow Simulations
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Devesh Bekah ("Measurement of Viscoelastic Properties of Cells Undergoing Cell Death Using Passive Microrheology") and Salil Bedkihal ("Particle Based Approach to Simulate Blood Flows in Stenosis") on Thursday March 12, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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March 3, 2009
Using Optical and Magnetic Forces to Probe Mechanical Response from Single Molecules to Biomaterials
- Nancy R. Forde of Simon Fraser University will be discussing her work using optical tweezers to measure the mechanical properties of protein molecules and biomaterials on Thursday March 5, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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February 25, 2009
Influenza and Plasmonic PhotoThermal Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Marc Baron ("Kinetics of Influenza A Virus in a Heterogeneous Cell Population") and Yevgeniy Davletshin ("Computational Modeling of Plasmonic PhotoThermal Therapy (PPTT) using the Finite Element Method") on Thursday February 26, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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February 18, 2009
Improving Ultrasonic Imaging through Quantitative Ultrasound Techniques
- Dr. Michael L. Oelze of the University of Illinois will be discussing some of the latest developments in Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) and how they can improve ultrasonic imaging on Thursday February 19, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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February 11, 2009
X-ray Fluorescence and LIPUS
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Helen Moise ("In-vivo measurement of Strontium Incorporation and Retention in Human Bone using an X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy System") and Judith Weidman ("The Combined Effects of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) and Low Level Heating in Bone Type Cells") on Thursday February 12, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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February 2, 2009
Why Don't We Change How We Teach Upper Level Physics Courses?
- Dr. Robert Hawkes of Mount Allison University will report on his eight years of experience in bringing studio style collaborative learning to first and upper year physics courses on Thursday February 5, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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January 23, 2009
Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Photodynamic Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Robert Tkaczyk ("The Design and Synthesis of a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Quality Assurance Phantom") and Cristina Nasui ("Monitoring Vascular Changes in Mouse Tumours during Photodynamic Therapy Using Micro-CT") on Thursday January 29, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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January 21, 2009
New Directions in Breast Cancer Imaging
- Dr. Martin J. Yaffe of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto will be discussing how physics and chemistry can be used to improve breast cancer imaging on Thursday January 22, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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January 9, 2009
Photoacoustic Imaging and Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Jason Zalev ("Photoacoustic Imaging") and Mohammed Yahya ("Ultrasound-Based Detection and Imaging of Brain Arteriovenous Malformation") on Thursday January 15, 2009 from 3:10pm in room EPH 201...
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December 1, 2008
Image Guided Photothermal Therapy for Focal Prostate Cancer
- Robert Weersink of the University Health Network and Ryerson University will be giving a brief introduction to the Guided Therapeutics program at UHN and presenting results of the collaboration between clinicians and scientists within the GTx Program on Thursday December 4, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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November 17, 2008
Interactive Learning in the Lecture-Class Setting
- Dr. Alan Slavin of Trent University will be speaking about how to make lectures more useful and enjoyable (for both students and intructors) by using Peer Instruction and Just-In-Time Teaching on Thursday November 20, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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Nobember 10, 2008
Modeling and Dose Evaluation for Micro-CT and LITT
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Kyle foster ("Investigatng the Effect of Micro-CT Radiaton Dose on Tumor Growth in Mice") and Hisham Assi ("Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Modeling and Dose Evaluation") on Thursday November 13, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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November 6, 2008
PARADE 2008
- The second annual Physics At Ryerson Architecture Demo Exhibit will be taking place on Monday November 10th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm in the TRS Building...
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November 3, 2008
HIT and the Development of Collimators and Phantoms in Heidelberg
- Professors Günter Hartmann and Gernot Echner of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg will be speaking on the state of affairs of the Heavy Ion Treatment (HIT) unit and on the development of collimators and phantoms during the next Physics Colloquium on Thursday November 6, 2008 from 3:10pm in room KHE 222...
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October 31, 2008
Open House for the Undergraduate Program in Medical Physics
- Do you have an interest in physics and its applications in medicine? Are you currently considering undergraduate studies in the sciences or engineering? Then come to our Open House on November 6 to see what we do and get the opportunity to meet with and talk to faculty and staff...
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Electron beam
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October 28, 2008
Nonlinear HIFU Simulations and Brain Glioma Photodynamic Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Shahram Mashouf ("Enhanced Nonlinear Acoustic Field and Temperature Response Simulations") and Hadi Karimi ("Optimization of Brain Glioma Photodynamic Therapy") on Thursday October 30, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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October 21, 2008
Lung Function in Health and Disease: Effects of Alveolar and Vascular Pressure
- Wolfgang M. Kuebler of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the University of Toronto will be speaking about some of the unique bioimaging techniques that his group have devloped to study how lung function is effected by pressure on Thursday October 23, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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October 10, 2008
Optoacoustic Imaging and UHF Acoustic Microscopy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Mehrnaz Tabibi ("Optoacoustic Imaging for Early Cancer Detection") and Eric Strohm ("Examining the Mechanical Properties of Cells using Ultra High Frequency Acoustic Microscopy") on Thursday October 16, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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October 3, 2008
Faculty Position Advertised in the Department of Physics
- The Department of Physics is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at either the Associate or Assistant Professor level...
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September 29, 2008
Magneto-Acoustic-Electrical Tomography and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Elena Renzhiglova ("Nonlinear Effect in Magneto-Acousto-Electrical Tomography to Improve the Imaging Modality") and Olivia Pucci ("Examining Cerebral Hemodynamics in a Two-layered Model of the Human Head Using a Mobile Near-infrared Sensor") on Thursday October 2, 2008 from 3:10pm in room ENG 288...
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September 3, 2008
Dr. Tavakkoli in the News
- On August 9, 2008, the Iranian National TV News Broadcasting aired an interview with Dr. Jahan Tavakkoli about his recent R&D activities. It was focused on Dr. Tavakkoli's R&D achievements in high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology and its applications as a novel non-invasive surgery tool to treat cancer ...
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Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli
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August 20, 2008
New Algorithms for Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction to Eliminate Artifacts
- M.Sc. in Biomedical Physics candididate Eli Lechtman will be presenting his thesis "New Algorithms for Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction to Eliminate Artifacts" on Wednesday August 27, 2008 from 3:30pm in room ENG-LG12...
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August 18, 2008
Medical Physics Undergraduate wins TRIUMF Student Symposium
- Hamed Basseri, a third year undergraduate student in the Medical Physics program, has won the 2008 TRIUMF Student Symposium and the opportunity to present his research in Banff...
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Photo of Hamed Basseri
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July 14, 2008
Using Raman Spectroscopy to Monitor Thermal Therapy
- M.Sc. in Biomedical Physics candididate Matthew Rodrigues will be presenting his thesis "The Potential of Raman Spectroscopy as a Monitoring Tool for Thermal Therapy" on Thursday July 17, 2008 from 1:10pm in room KHE 225...
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June 20, 2008
OAPT Conference Held at Ryerson
- The 2008 Ontario Association of Physics Teacher (OAPT) Conference was held at Ryerson University last month. Many of the members of the Department participated in the event - especially Prof. Tetyana Antimrirova who helped to organize it...
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Prof. Tetyana Antimirova
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June 10, 2008
Dr. Milner-Bolotin Awarded $77,000 HP Technology Grant
- Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin has been awarded a Hewlett Packard Technology for Teaching grant. The grant includes HP technology (in the form of tablets and wireless equipment) and will be used to improve the learning experience for Physics students at Ryerson University...
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May 16, 2008
The Wonderful World of Physics Education!
- In the next Physics Colloquium John Atherton of the Toronto District School Board will be discussing how high schools and universities can work together to further physics education on Thursday May 22 from 3:00pm in room KHS 335...
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May 9, 2008
Acoustic Cloaking for Harry Potter (?) and Other (Ultrasound) Problems
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Richard Cobbold of the University of Toronto will be discussing recent developments in optics and how these techniques could impact ultrasound technology on Thursday May 15 from 3:00pm in room KHS 335...
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May 1, 2008
Space Radiation Dosimetry: A Trip to Mars?
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Jerry Battista of the University of Western Ontario and the London Regional Cancer Centre will be discussing the radiation risks that astronauts involved in the upcoming lunar and mars missions may face on Thursday May 8 from 12:00pm in room KHS 335...
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April 24, 2008
Ultrasound Mediated Cell Membrane Poration for Intracelluar Delivery of Drug and Gene Delivery
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Cheri X. Deng of the University of Michigan will be discussing the use of ultrasound as a strategy for targeted, non-viral drug and gene delivery on Thursday April 24, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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April 21, 2008
Biophotonics: Emerging Optical Technologies and Applications in Biomedical Sciences
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Eduardo Moriyama of the Ontario Cancer Institute will be discussing optical molecular imaging and photdynamic therapy on Wednesday April 23, 2008 from 2:00pm in room POD 358...
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April 17, 2008
Quantifying the Architectural Complexity of Histology Specimens
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Mauro Tambasco of the University of Calgary and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre will be discussing the use of fractal analysis for cancer diagnosis and prognosis on Monday April 21, 2008 from 2:00pm in room POD 358...
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April 15, 2008
Optoacoustic Devices for High Resolution Ultrasound Imaging
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Shai Ashkenazi of the University of Michigan will be discussing his recent work in optoacoustic based intravascular imaging devices on Thursday April 17, 2008 from 2:00pm in room POD 358...
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April 15, 2008
Acoustic Microscopy and Optoacoustic Imaging
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Eric Strohm ("Acoustic Microscopy") and Mehrnaz Tabibi ("Optoacoustic Imaging for Early Cancer Detection and Treatment Monitoring") on Thursday April 17, 2008 from 3:30pm in room VIC 103...
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April 11, 2008
Enhancing Cancer Treatments Through Ultrasound Activated Microbubbles: How Ultrasound and Microbubbles Will Change Cancer
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Raffi Karshafian of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will be discussing the use of ultrasound and microbubbles to enhance cancer treatment on Tuesday April 15, 2008 from 1:00pm in room POD 358...
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April 7, 2008
Newton Sees The Light! Reasoning and the Making of Science
- In the next Physics Colloquium Dr. Pierre J. Boulos of the University of Windsor will be discussing Newton, his famous prism experiment and the debate that surrounded it on Thursday April 10, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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April 1, 2008
Biomedical Engineering: A Physician's Perspective of Engineering Applications for Patient Care
- Dr. Kenneth Tan of the McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University will be discussing medical devices, information systems, imaging technologies and their application to neonatal intensive care units at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday April 3, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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March 26, 2008
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Micro-CT Radiation
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar features Olivia Pucci ("Examining Cerebral Hemodynamics in a Two-Layered Model of the Human Head Using a Mobile Near-Infrared Sensor") and Kyle Foster ("Investigating the Effect of Micro-CT Radiation Dose on Tumor Growth in Mice") on Thursday March 27, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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March 10, 2008
Photodynamic Therapy and Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Hadi Karimi presenting "Optimization of Brain Photodynamic Therapy" and Hisham Assi discussing "Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT): Studying optothermal changes during treatment" on Thursday March 13, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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March 3, 2008
Use of 3D Ultrasound Imaging in Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
- Aaron Fenster of the Robarts Research Institute will be discussing developments in three dimensional ultrasound and how it can be used for diagnosis, treatment and research at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday March 6, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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February 14, 2008
Paper by Eric Da Silva Featured in Chemical Technology
- Chemical Technology has featured a paper written by graduate student Eric Da Silva on its web site...
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Eric Da Silva
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January 29, 2008
Therapeutic Ultrasound
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Judith Weidman presenting "The cumulative effect of ultrasound and heating: improved bone healing rates" and Shahram Mashouf discussing "Intensive focused ultrasound: theory and experiments" on Thursday January 31, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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January 23, 2008
NSERC USRA Projects
- Are you an undergraduate student interested in gaining valuable research experience over the summer? Visit our NSERC page to see some of the projects that are available...
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January 22, 2008
Does Time Pass?
- Dr. James R. Brown of the University of Toronto will be presenting the first talk in the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Science and Technology seminar series on Thursday January 24, 2008 from 7:00pm in room VIC 501...
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January 22, 2008
Optical Spectroscopy for Disease Risk Assessment Opportunities in Oncology
- Dr. Lothar Lilge of the University of Toronto and the Ontario Cancer Institute will be discussing the use of optical spectrometry in determining breast cancer risk factors at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday January 24, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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January 3, 2008
Harnessing Low Dose Radiation Responses for Radiation Protection
- Dr. Carmel Mothersill of McMaster University will be discussing how low dose radiation can be used for radiation protection at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday January 10, 2008 from 3:00pm in room VIC 103...
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December 20, 2007
Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy Lab Nears Completion
- The Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy Lab is nearing completion. The project is being led by the Physics Department's Dr. Michael Kolios who was awarded over $980,000 in grant funds from the federal government, the Ontario government and Ryerson...
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Dr. Michael Kolios
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December 12, 2007
Faculty Position Advertised in the Department of Physics
- The Department of Physics is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position at either the Associate or Assistant professor level...
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December 10, 2007
What are the Health Risks Associated with Diagnostic Radiation?
- Dr. Doug Boreham of McMaster University will be discussing recent evidence and issues related to diagnostic radiation at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday December 13, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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November 29, 2007
A New Era for in vivo X-ray Fluorescence: Arsenic and Lead
- Dr. David Fleming of Mount Allison University presents at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday December 6, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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November 26, 2007
Synthetic Aperture Imaging and Polymer-Shelled Contrast Agents
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Nazanin Nayebi presenting "Synthetic Aperture Imaging: Applications in high-frequency ultrasound imaging" and Sara Iradji discussing "Subharmonic generation of ultrasound polymer-shelled contrast agents at high frequency" on Thursday November 29, 2007 from 2:30pm in room POD 368...
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November 19, 2007
Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli Elevated to Senior Member in the IEEE
- The IEEE has elevated Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli to the grade of Senior Member, an honour recognising Prof. Tavakkoli's extensive experience in his field, professional maturity and significant professional achievements...
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Prof. Jahan Tavakkoli
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November 16, 2007
Open House for the Undergraduate Program in Medical Physics
- Do you have an interest in physics and its applications in medicine? Are you currently considering undergraduate studies in the sciences or engineering? Then come to our Open House on November 26 and see what we do and get the opportunity to meet with and talk to faculty and staff...
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Electron beam
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November 16, 2007
Science & Religion: Enemies? Strangers? Friends?
- Prof. David R. Chettle of McMaster University presents at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday November 22, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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November 13, 2007
Microrheology and Magneto-Acoustic-Electrical Tomography
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Ahmed El Kaffas presenting "A Study of the Mechanical Properties of Complex Fluids and Cells using Particle Tracking Microrheology" and Elena Renzhiglova discussing "Magneto-Acousto-Electrical Tomography for High Spatial Resolution Imaging of Electrical Impedance of Tissues" on Thursday November 15, 2007 from 2:45pm in room POD 368...
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November 5, 2007
Early Prediction of Neonatal Brain Injury By Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- Dr. Keith St. Lawrence of the Lawson Health Research Institute presents at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday November 8, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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October 30, 2007
Doppler Optical Coherence and CT Image Reconstruction
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Antonio Mauro discussing "Rotational Catheter-Based Transesophageal Doppler Optical Coherence" and Eli Lechtman presenting "New Algorithms for CT Image Reconstruction to Eliminate Image Artifacts" on Thursday November 1, 2007 from 2:30pm in room POD 368...
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October 18, 2007
Adaptive Signal Representations for Biomedical and Biometric Applications
- Dr. Sri Krishnan of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering presents at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday October 25, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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October 11, 2007
IVNAA in Human Bone and Raman Spectroscopy for Laser Thermal Therapy
- The next Medical Physics Graduate Seminar has Kanakam Davis discussing "In-vivo Neutron Activation Analysis in Human Bone" and Matthew Rodrigues presenting "The Potential of Raman Spectroscopy as a Monitoring Tool for Laser Thermal Therapy" on Thursday October 18, 2007 from 2:30pm in room POD 368...
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October 9, 2007
Catherine Beauchemin Profiled in Ryerson News
- Ryerson News has a profile featuring Prof. Catherine Beauchemin and her research on the flu virus...
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Dr. Catherine Beachemin
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October 5, 2007
Image-Guided Ultrasound Therapy
- The Physics Department's Jahan Tavakkoli presents at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday October 11, 2007 from 3:00pm in room POD 368...
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October 4, 2007
Members of Department of Physics Recognised for Teaching Excellence
- Dr. Carl Kumaradas has received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and PhD candidate Omar Falou has received the Faculty Best Graduate Teaching Assistant Award...
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September 27, 2007
Paper by Dr. Nancy L. Ford Featured on Medical Physics Web
- Medical Physics Web has featured a paper by Dr. Nancy L. Ford et al on its website...
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September 24, 2007
Finite-element Modeling of Elastic Surface Modes and Single Biological Cells
- The Physics Department's Omar Falou presents at the Medical Physics Graduate Seminar Series on Thursday September 27, 2007 from 2:30pm in room POD 368...
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Omar Falou
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September 18, 2007
The Importance of Spatial Effects in Influenza Virus Infections
- The Physics Department's Prof. Catherine Beauchemin presents at the Medical Physics Graduate Seminar Series on Thursday September 20, 2007 from 3‐4pm in room ENG-LG21...
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Dr. Catherine Beachemin
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