Radiation delivered superficially via internal sources (i.e. Biology Image Guided Radiotherapyįrom basic research to clinical studies, assessing the merits of incorporating functional or biological imaging into treatment targeting is currently an on-going multidisciplinary research item. On-going innovations in this area include the application of adaptive radiotherapy such as plan-of-the-day for cervix, bladder, pancreas, and oligometistatic disease thanks to our one-of-a-kind dedicated in-room CT on rails. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) are performed using one of two in house CyberKnife devices. On-going innovations in this area include extensions into automated planning for the CyberKnife as well as in Brachytherapy. Research has resulted in the development of the well-known automated planning program iCycle, which automatically generates the best possible treatment plan based on a wish-list of dosimetric objectives.
The medical physics and technology group assumes the lead research roles in a few key areas, including: Automated Treatment Planning
The medical physics and technology research group supports a diverse and wide-variety of research-related activities from fundamental pre-clinical studies, to clinical development and technological implementation, to education. Research is a core component of the Department of Radiotherapy and a primary function for all medical physicists and support staff.
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