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  1. A Phase 2 Randomized Pilot Study Comparing High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy and Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy as Monotherapy in Localized Prostate Cancer

    Article • Advances in Radiation Oncology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  2. A GPU-based multi-criteria optimization algorithm for HDR brachytherapy

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, May 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  3. pGPUMCD: an efficient GPU-based Monte Carlo code for accurate proton dose calculations

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, April 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  4. A multi-criteria optimization approach for HDR prostate brachytherapy: I. Pareto surface approximation

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, October 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  5. A multi-criteria optimization approach for HDR prostate brachytherapy: II. Benchmark against clinical plans

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, October 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  6. A fast 4D cone beam CT reconstruction method based on the OSC-TV algorithm

    Article • Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, April 2018, IOS Press

    Mr Philippe Després

  7. Does Seed Migration Increase the Risk of Second Malignancies in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Iodine-125 Loose Seeds Brachytherapy?

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, April 2018, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  8. System matrix computation vs storage on GPU: A comparative study in cone beam CT

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2018, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  9. Efficiency improvement in proton dose calculations with an equivalent restricted stopping power formalism

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, December 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  10. COMP report: CQPR technical quality control guidelines for CT simulators

    Article • Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, November 2017, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  11. Multicenter Evaluation of Biochemical Relapse–Free Survival Outcomes for Intraoperatively Planned Prostate Brachytherapy Using an Automated Delivery System

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  12. Validation of the French-Canadian version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) in a French-Canadian population

    Article • Canadian Urological Association Journal, November 2017, Canadian Urological Association Journal

    Mr Philippe Després

  13. A review of GPU-based medical image reconstruction

    Article • Physica Medica, October 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  14. Conception and characterization of a virtual coplanar grid for a 11×11 pixelated CZT detector

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, July 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  15. High-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer treatment: Different combinations of hypofractionated regimens and clinical outcomes

    Article • Radiotherapy and Oncology, July 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  16. Does prostate volume has an impact on biochemical failure in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with HDR boost?

    Article • Radiotherapy and Oncology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  17. Image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost to the dominant intraprostatic lesion using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging including spectroscopy: Results of a prospective study

    Article • Brachytherapy, October 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  18. CT dose reduction: approaches, strategies and results from a province-wide program in Quebec

    Article • Journal of Radiological Protection, June 2016, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  19. Evaluation of the OSC-TV iterative reconstruction algorithm for cone-beam optical CT

    Article • Medical Physics, November 2015, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  20. A study of potential numerical pitfalls in GPU-based Monte Carlo dose calculation

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, June 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  21. Fast GPU-based Monte Carlo simulations for LDR prostate brachytherapy

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, June 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  22. GGEMS-Brachy: GPU GEant4-based Monte Carlo simulation for brachytherapy applications

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, June 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  23. Special section: Selected papers from the Fifth International Workshop on Monte Carlo Techniques in Medical Physics

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, June 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  24. Does Large Prostate Volume Has an Impact on Biochemical Failure in Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer Treated With HDR Boost?

    Article • Brachytherapy, May 2015, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  25. Fast GPU-based computation of spatial multigrid multiframe LMEM for PET

    Article • Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Philippe Després

  26. GPU-accelerated regularized iterative reconstruction for few-view cone beam CT

    Article • Medical Physics, April 2015, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  27. Evaluation of the OSC-TV Reconstruction Algorithm for Optical Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Philippe Després

  28. A CdZnTe-based automated Blood Counter for Quantitative Molecular Imaging

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Philippe Després

  29. Sci-Thur PM: Imaging - 05: Calibration of a SPECT/CT camera for quantitative SPECT with 99m Tc

    Article • Medical Physics, August 2014, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  30. Sci—Thur AM: YIS - 03: irtGPUMCD: a new GPU-calculated dosimetry code for 177Lu-octreotate radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumors

    Article • Medical Physics, August 2014, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  31. HDR Brachytherapy Boost for Prostate: Dosimetry and Toxicity Comparison Study Based on Prostate Volumes

    Article • Brachytherapy, March 2014, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  32. Acute and Late Toxicity in Patients Treated with Selective High-Dose-Rate Image-Guided Boost to Dominant Intraprostatic Lesion

    Article • Brachytherapy, March 2013, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  33. Fast GPU-based computation of the sensitivity matrix for a PET list-mode OSEM algorithm

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, September 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  34. Real-time processing in dynamic ultrasound elastography: A GPU-based implementation using CUDA

    Article • July 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  35. Sci-Sat AM: Brachy - 07: Plastic scintillation detector validation for kV dosimetry

    Article • Medical Physics, July 2012, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  36. TH-F-211-04: A Fast Finite Size Pencil Beam Algorithm for Dose Calculation Using GPUs

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2012, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  37. Special section: Selected papers from the Fourth International Workshop on Recent Advances in Monte Carlo Techniques for Radiation Therapy

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, May 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  38. The importance of an exponential prostate-specific antigen decline after external beam radiotherapy for intermediate risk prostate cancer

    Article • Cancer Epidemiology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  39. Cervical Lymph Node Metastases From Unknown Primary Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience With Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, April 2012, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  40. The Role of Computed Tomography in the Management of the Neck After Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, February 2012, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  41. Simultaneous Integrated Boost Using Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Compared With Conventional Radiotherapy in Patients Treated With Concurrent Carboplatin and 5-Fluorouracil for Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Carcinoma

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, February 2012, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  42. Validating plastic scintillation detectors for photon dosimetry in the radiologic energy range

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2012, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  43. Sub-second high dose rate brachytherapy Monte Carlo dose calculations with bGPUMCD

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2012, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  44. 18F-FDG-PET imaging in radiotherapy tumor volume delineation in treatment of head and neck cancer

    Article • Radiotherapy and Oncology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  45. Fast dose calculation in magnetic fields with GPUMCD

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, July 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  46. Validation of GPUMCD for low-energy brachytherapy seed dosimetry

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2011, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  47. SU-E-I-172: Fast Computation of High Resolution LOR-Based 3D OSEM PET Algorithm Using the GPU Device

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2011, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  48. SU-E-T-683: Improvement of LDR Brachytherapy TG-43 Dose Calculations with a GPU-Accelerated Raytracing Algorithm

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2011, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  49. TU-E-BRB-04: Fast Monte Carlo Calculations in Magnetic Fields with GPUMCD for the MRI-Linac

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2011, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  50. Enteral Feeding During Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience Using a Reactive Approach

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, March 2011, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  51. GPUMCD: A new GPU-oriented Monte Carlo dose calculation platform

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2011, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  52. Concurrent Chemoradiation With Carboplatin–5-Fluorouracil Versus Cisplatin in Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancers: Is More Always Better?

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, February 2010, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  53. A convolution-superposition dose calculation engine for GPUs

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2010, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  54. SU-FF-T-417: Effect of Transverse Magnetic Fields On MV Photon Dose Distributions in Heterogeneous Media

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2009, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  55. SU-FF-T-622: Fast GPU-Based Raytracing Dose Calculations for Brachytherapy in Heterogeneous Media

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2009, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  56. TH-D-BRD-02: Convolution-Superposition Dose Calculations with GPUs

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2009, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  57. Fast convolution-superposition dose calculation on graphics hardware

    Article • Medical Physics, May 2009, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  58. Fast Dose Calculations in Radiation Therapy with GPUs

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Philippe Després

  59. SU-GG-I-144: Validation of a Monte Carlo Model of the PET Component of the Gemini GXL PET/CT

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2008, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  60. TU-EE-A4-06: Fast DRR and CBCT Reconstruction On GPU

    Article • Medical Physics, June 2008, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  61. Stream processors: a new platform for Monte Carlo calculations

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, February 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  62. Monte Carlo simulations of compact gamma cameras based on avalanche photodiodes

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, May 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  63. FFT and cone-beam CT reconstruction on graphics hardware

    Article • March 2007, SPIE

    Mr Philippe Després

  64. Joint registration of multiple images using entropic graphs

    Article • March 2007, SPIE

    Mr Philippe Després

  65. Modeling and Correction of Spatial Distortion in Position-Sensitive Avalanche Photodiodes

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, February 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  66. Evaluation of a MR-compatible CZT detector

    Article • January 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  67. Investigation of a continuous crystal PSAPD-based gamma camera

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, June 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  68. Resolution enhancement in digital x-ray imaging

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, April 2006, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Mr Philippe Després

  69. A multipinhole small animal SPECT system with submillimeter spatial resolution

    Article • Medical Physics, April 2006, Wiley

    Mr Philippe Després

  70. Reducing the Distortion in Resistive Layer Positioning Devices: A Simulation Study

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  71. Comparison of Position-Sensitive versus Discrete Avalanche Photodiodes in a Continuous Crystal Gamma Camera

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  72. Evaluation of a Large Pixellated Cadmium Zinc Telluride Detector for Small Animal Radionuclide Imaging

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  73. A high efficiency small animal imaging system based on position sensitive avalanche photodiodes

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Mr Philippe Després

  74. Resolution enhancement in dual-energy x-ray imaging

    Article • April 2005, SPIE

    Mr Philippe Després

  75. Evaluation of a full-scale gas microstrip detector for low-dose X-ray imaging

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, January 2005, Elsevier

    Mr Philippe Després

  76. Physical characteristics of a low-dose gas microstrip detector for orthopedic x-ray imaging

    Article • Medical Physics, January 2005, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

    Mr Philippe Després

  77. Pincushion Distortion Correction in Position Sensitive Avalanche Photodiodes

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  78. Investigation of a Continuous Crystal PSAPD-Based Gamma Camera

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després

  79. High Resolution Position Sensitive Avalanche Photo Diode Gamma Ray Imaging

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Mr Philippe Després