Measuring radiation dose for cancer therapy
Professor Dave Rogers
Department of Physics
Carleton University
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
6:30pm, dinner at 7:00pm
Al's Steak House, 327 Elgin Street (free parking in back, access from
Lewis)
Abstract
Radiation is one of the three main treatments for cancer. The
accurate assessment of the quantity and distribution of radiation
delivered to a patient is critical to the success of such treatments. I
will discuss the role that Monte Carlo simulations of radiation
transport have played in ensuring this accuracy, from the role in
primary standards for measuring radiation, to the protocols for
measuring the radiation dose in a water tank in a clinic to the
calculation of the dose distribution in a patient based on a CT scan.
About the speaker
BSc,MSc, Phd (1972) all at U of Toronto
Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada, 1973-2003 in
the Ionizing Radiation Standards Group of
the Institute of National Measurement Standards.
-Group leader 1985 - 2003
Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics at Carleton University, 2003-
Research Interests:
Development and application of Monte Carlo techniques for the simulation
of the transport of electrons
and photons with energies above 1 keV.
Applications in cancer radiotherapy and primary standards of ionizing
radiation..
About Al's Steak House
Note that there is a free parking
lot behind the restaurant: Go east on Gilmour St, one block down Cartier
and then out Lewis to the lot. You can use the back entrance for
convenience.
Standard Menu, $35.00 (includes choice of meal and tea/coffee). Drinks and
desert extra. Vegetarian or other meals can be ordered with a few
days notice.
Please confirm by October 17 that you will be coming so we
can arrange for the meals and space. As always, guests are
welcome.
David Amundsen dave@math.carleton.ca
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