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The Department of Medical Physics at CancerCare Manitoba offers an excellent M.Sc. degree program through the University of Manitoba, a program that may lead to a Ph.D. for those who are research oriented and/or a clinical residency position to provide practical skills and hands on training in the areas of either radiotherapy or diagnostic imaging. Feel free to contact me regarding our graduate program, or if you are interested in becoming my graduate student and would like information on current research projects.

I am an energetic and dynamic young member of our Medical Physics Department, and have worked well in collaborative situations with other researchers. If you have a project you would like me involved with, please contact me.

January 2004
"Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging for Improved Treatment Planning of Prostate Cancer".

Granting agency: Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada (http://www.prostatecancer.ca).
The grant covers $58,500 for one year (possible extension for a second year to a total of $117,000).

Dr. Lawrence Ryner (Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council), Primary Investigator

Co-investigators include:
Boyd McCurdy, Ph.D. (CancerCare MB)
Tedros Bezabeh, Ph.D. (Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council)
Leonard LeBoldus, MD, FRCSC (Winnipeg Clinic)
James Butler, MD, CM, FRCPC (CancerCare MB)
Deloar Hossain, MBBS (Department of Pathology, Winnipeg Health Sciences Center)
Ian C. P. Smith, Ph.D. (Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council)

Publications

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McCurdy, B.M., K. Luchka & S. Pistorius (2001). Dosimetric investigation and portal dose image prediction using an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device. Med Phys 28(6), 911-24.URL = PMID: 11439488

B.M.C. McCurdy, K. Luchka, and S. Pistorius (2001). Dosimetric investigation and portal dose image prediction using an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device. in press in Med. Phys.

McCurdy, B.M. & S. Pistorius (2000). Photon scatter in portal images: accuracy of a fluence based pencil beam superposition algorithm. Med Phys 27(5), 913-22. URL = 20298089

McCurdy, B.M. & S. Pistorius (2000). Photon scatter in portal images: physical characteristics of pencil beam kernels generated using the EGS Monte Carlo code. Med Phys 27(2), 312-20. URL = 20181062

McCurdy, B.M. & S. Pistorius (2000). A two-step algorithm for predicting portal dose images in arbitrary detectors. Med Phys 27(9), 2109-16. URL = 11011740

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “A two step algorithm for predicting portal dose images in arbitrary detectors”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, 2000.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “A fast, 2D pencil beam algorithm for predicting dose deposition in arbitrary portal imaging systems”, South African Conference, South Africa, 2000.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “Development of a fast, 2D pencil beam algorithm for predicting dose deposition in arbitrary portal imaging systems”, Western Canadian Medical Physics Conference, Saskatoon, SK, 2000.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “Assessment of the accuracy of a pencil beam algorithm to predict scattered photon fluence in portal images”, Med. Phys. 26(7):1427, 2000.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “Physical characteristics of Monte Carlo generated pencil beam kernels used for portal image scatter prediction”, Western Canadian Medical Physics Conference, Kelowna, BC, 2000.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (2000). “Analytical Prediction of First Scatter Energy Fluence into an Electronic Portal Imaging Device”, 5th International Workshop on Electronic Portal Imaging, Program and Abstract Book p104-5, Phoenix, AZ, 1998

McCurdy, B.M. & S. Pistorius (1999). Determination of equivalent photon fields through integrated 1D convolution kernels. Phys Med Biol 44(12), 2971-85. URL = 20081895

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (1998). “Examination of Equivalent Fields through Monte Carlo Generated Convolution Kernels”, Medical Physics 25(7) Part I:A143, 1998.

Miller, S., A. Berndt, J. Bews, B.M. McCurdy & W. Kinsner (1998). An implementation of a virtual reality interstitial brachytherapy system. In: Hornsey, R., IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE Catalog Number: 98TH8341, p. 870-873.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (1997). “Validation of One Dimensional Convolution Methods for Kerma Calculation” World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 35(Supplement Part 2): 1107, 1997.

B.M.C. McCurdy and S. Pistorius (1997). “Deriving an Equivalent Fields Relationship Through Monte Carlo Simulation”, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 35(Supplement Part 2): 1109, 1997.

B.M.C. McCurdy, N. Davison, and R. Palser (1995). “Automated Left Ventricle Detection in Gated Radionuclide Ventriculography via Fuzzy Clustering”, Medical Physics 22(5):668-9, 1995.

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