Public Thesis Defences

Event Title:PhD Defence: DEVELOPMENT OF FRACTAL METHODS TO ASSESS AIRWAY STRUCTURE AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS WITH LUNG FUNCTION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Event Summary:Jason Bartlett, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
March 07, 2025
11:00 AM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND (LIPUS)-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF DRUG LOADED GOLD NANOPARTICLES: SPHEROID IN VITRO CELL CULTURE STUDY
Event Summary:Kevin Lee, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
February 03, 2025
9:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: The Effect of Anatomic Noise Associated with Ribs in Digital Chest Tomosynthesis
Event Summary:Joshua Valerio, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
January 17, 2025
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: TISSUE THERMOMETRY USING SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT APERTURE ULTRASOUND IMAGING
Event Summary:Revin Toquero, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
December 19, 2024
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:PhD Defence: The Effect of Inter-Bubble Interactions on The Effective Resonance Frequency of Ultrasonically Excited Lipid Coated Microbubbles
Event Summary:Hossein Haghi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
December 19, 2024
10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF METASTATIC BRAIN TUMOURS USING MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Event Summary:Celine Dubroy-McArdle, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 05, 2024
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: Microdosimetric Modelling of the Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) of Antiproton Annihilation
Event Summary:Armando Spina, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
August 30, 2024
3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: QUANTITATIVE MODELING OF SELECTION MECHANISMS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
Event Summary:Eshan Merali, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
August 21, 2024
10:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: PREDICTING HEAD AND NECK CANCER TREATMENT OUTCOMES WITH QUS, CT AND MRI RADIOMICS ENHANCED WITH DEEP TEXTURE ANALYSIS, A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH
Event Summary:Aryan Safakish, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
June 24, 2024
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: Using Task Based fMRI to Analyze Autonomic Function
Event Summary:Andrew Hadfield, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
June 21, 2024
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: THE USE OF COMPTON SCATTERED RADIATION FOR THE ESTIMATION OF SOFT TISSUE THICKNESS IN THE CONTEXT OF I-125 INDUCED IN VIVO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE BONE STRONTIUM MEASUREMENTS
Event Summary:Khalil Oussalah, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
June 19, 2024
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING NORMALIZED JOIN COUNT FOR QUANTIFYING EMPHYSEMA
Event Summary:Sukhraj Virdee, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
June 12, 2024
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD defence: Insights from Random Language Model
Event Summary:Fatemeh Lalegani Dezaki, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
May 06, 2024
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: THE USE OF SPECKLE DECORRELATION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY TO DETECT NANOBUBBLES IN PROSTATE CANCER CELL PELLET AGGREGATES
Event Summary:Arash Javanmardi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
April 25, 2024
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: Assessment of Cadmium Telluride Photon-Counting Detectors for Breast Imaging Applications
Event Summary:James Day, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
April 01, 2024
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL AND CUSTOM RADIOCHROMIC FILMS FOR RAPID LOW PHOTON EQUIVALENT RADIATION DOSE (≤50 mSv) FOR THE USE OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
Event Summary:Nicky Nivi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
January 18, 2024
10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: The Effect of Different Surrounding Factors on the Heating Rate of GNR Containing Solutions at Different Concentrations with Photothermal Laser Therapy
Event Summary:Roya Rezaee, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
December 21, 2023
11:00 AM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence:RADIOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNOGENICITY AND RADIOTHERAPY RESPONSE IN BREAST CANCER
Event Summary:Mateusz Bielecki, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
December 06, 2023
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SHELL AND SIZE ENGINEERED NANOBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS USING ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS
Event Summary:Mahshid Yaali, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
October 04, 2023
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: CELLULAR UPTAKE OF SPHERICAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN PC-3 CELLS: LONG-TERM EXPOSURE AND DUAL-PHASE KINETIC MODELLING
Event Summary:Gabriela Traplin, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
October 04, 2023
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: DRUG INCORPORATION AND RELEASE BEHAVIOUR OF CITREM SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES
Event Summary:Kayla Schneider, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 11, 2023
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: Holographic Interferometry for Monitoring of PDT Reactions and Surface Displacement
Event Summary:Krishtee Dyuti, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 07, 2023
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: EVALUATING THE STABILITY OF HYDROXYAPATITE PHANTOMS AND THE POTENTIAL OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE GLASSES AS PHANTOM MATERIALS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF IN VIVO X-RAY SPECTROMETRY-BASED SYSTEM OF BONE STRONTIUM QUANTIFICATION
Event Summary:Matthew Micsa, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 07, 2023
12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: REMOTE OPTICAL MONITORING OF PULSE WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE NECK VESSELS
Event Summary:Meiyun Cao, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 07, 2023
8:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANELLE TUBE GEOMETRY ON IRE1 PROTEIN CLUSTER DYNAMICS USING STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS
Event Summary:Liam Kischuck, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
August 23, 2023
10:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: ADVANCEMENTS IN WATER CALORIMETRY DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS TO MODERN RADIOTHERAPY
Event Summary:Mark D'Souza, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
August 03, 2023
1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: FEASIBILITY OF ENERGY-RESOLVED ANGIOGRAPHY
Event Summary:Sarah Aubert, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
July 11, 2023
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: ULTRASOUND ACTIVATION OF NANODRUG CARRIERS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH ANTICANCER DRUGS: MODELING AND MEASUREMENTS
Event Summary:Tyler Hornsby, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
June 20, 2023
3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: INVESTIGATION OF 2.5 MV BEAM FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
Event Summary:Navid Khaledi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
May 17, 2023
3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: On the fine-tuning of the size and resonance frequency of microfluidically-generated monodisperse microbubbles
Event Summary:Intesar Zalloum, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
April 25, 2023
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: INVESTIGATING THE PERFORMANCE OF T2-WEIGHTED FAST SPIN ECHO (T2W-FSE) MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) METHODS IN DETECTING HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) THERMAL LESIONS: AN EX VIVO TISSUE STUDY
Event Summary:Gabrielle Lee, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
March 16, 2023
1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: Phase Aberration Estimation in Synthetic Transmit Aperture Ultrasound Imaging and Its Application to Estimating Sound Speed
Event Summary:Dena Monjazebi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
February 08, 2023
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:PhD Defence: LOW-DOSE, X-RAY-BASED IMAGING OF LUNG FUNCTION
Event Summary:Fateen Basharat, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
February 02, 2023
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Event Title:Msc Defence: FACTORS OF CHEMOTHERAPY FROM DIFFERENT CLASSES COMBINED WITH USMB EFFECTS DRUG EFFICACY IN BREAST CANCER CELLS
Event Summary:Simran Pattar, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
January 20, 2023
2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: A DEEP LEARNING APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT OF THE NUCLEUS-TO-CYTOPLASM RATIO
Event Summary:Zachary Anstey, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
January 20, 2023
12:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: CYTOTOXICITY AND CELLULAR UPTAKE OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN BREAST CANCER CELLS QUANTIFIED USING TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
Event Summary:Natasha Hedden, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
January 11, 2023
10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Hyperspectral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for the clinical monitoring of the brain: Can we measure the brain of patients experiencing severe changes in the entire body?
Event Summary:Zahida Guerouah, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
December 21, 2022
10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Event Title:PhD Defence: Impact of the discrete, stochastic nature of cell-virus interactions on the likelihood of infection establishment, interpretations of experimental infectivity measurements, and parameter estimation from such measurements
Event Summary:Christian Quirouette, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
November 30, 2022
8:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Monitoring Focused Ultrasound Thermal Therapy using Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging with Decorrelated Compounding
Event Summary:Michael Nguyen, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 09, 2022
2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: Characterization of Liposomal Release Temperature Using a Low Field Magnetic Resonance System
Event Summary:Khalid Noori, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 08, 2022
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: THE SEARCH FOR NON-EQUILIBRIUM STATES IN CHEMICAL REACTION NETWORKS
Event Summary:Mark Persic, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 06, 2022
3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: Quantitative Computed Tomography Imaging and Machine Learning for Evaluating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Event Summary:Amir Moslemi, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University
July 08, 2022
2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Title:PhD Defence: DECORRELATED COMPOUNDING IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES
Event Summary:Na Zhao, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
May 31, 2022
11:30 AM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: OPTIMIZING PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT OF LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN PIGMENTED MICE FOR MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS
Event Summary:Balal Mian, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
May 05, 2022
2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Title:MSc Defence: Investigating methods of normalization for X-ray fluorescence measurements of zinc in nail clippings using the TOPAS Monte Carlo code
Event Summary:Utsav Sharma, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
February 17, 2022
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Predicting Tumour Response with Radiomics and Machine Learning in MR-Guided Cervix Brachytherapy
Event Summary:Robert Bellis, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
February 04, 2022
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Investigating the Relationship Between Proximal Computed Tomography Airway Tree Features and Small Airways Disease in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Event Summary:Xavier Bauza, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
January 24, 2022
12:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Analysis of Trace Elements in Nasolacrimal duct Tissue using Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence: A Pilot Study
Event Summary:Andrej Gvozdic, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
December 20, 2021
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Development of a fast glucoCEST pulse sequence for investigating gestational metabolism and physiology
Event Summary:Siddharth Sadanand, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
November 26, 2021
1:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:MSc Defence: Principal Component Analysis of Quantitative Computed Tomography Features and Visual Emphysema Scores: Association with Lung Function Decline
Event Summary:Meghan Koo, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
November 15, 2021
3:00 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST
Event Title:Defence: Monitoring Blood Clot Formation and Lysis in Vitro using High Frequency Photoacoustics
Event Summary:Filip Bodera, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 17, 2021
10:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Defence: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERANOSTIC AGENTS FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION AND LASER-ACTIVATED ANTI-HER2 BREAST CANCER THERAPY
Event Summary:Yan Wang, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 07, 2021
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Defence: ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SHELL AND SIZE ENGINEERED MICROBUBBLES
Event Summary:Niloufar Rostam Shirazi, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 02, 2021
2:15 PM EDT - 5:15 PM EDT
Event Title:Defence: IMPACT OF IMAGE PRE-PROCESSING METHODS ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RADIOMICS FEATURES IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Event Summary:Ryan Au, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 02, 2021
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Computed Tomography Spatial and Temporal Trajectories to Quantify Progression Patterns in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Event Summary:Sarah Kadhim, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
August 24, 2021
9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Computed Tomography Imaging Vessels, Airways and Emphysema: Association with Airflow Limitation in COPD
Event Summary:Huma Asghar, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
August 23, 2021
3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
Event Title:3D OPTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND MOTION TRACKING USING CONVEX OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS
Event Summary:Jason Zalev, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
May 04, 2021
1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Title:HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERMAL LESION DETECTION USING LOCAL HARMONIC IMAGING
Event Summary:Namrata Gandhi, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
April 30, 2021
10:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:INVESTIGATING IMPROVEMENT IN GADOLINIUM DETECTION FOR A XRF BONE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM BY AVERAGING SPECTRA
Event Summary:Daniel Crawford, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
January 21, 2021
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Event Title:USE OF PULSED HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TO STUDY THE RESPONSE OF BRAIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS TO MECHANICAL INJURY
Event Summary:Rajwinder Kaur, Department of Physics
January 12, 2021
10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Event Title:PARTICLE NEUTRON GAMMA-X DETECTION (PNGXD)
Event Summary:Kurt Van Delinder, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 28, 2020
1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Title:SOFTWARE-BASED CHARGE SHARING CORRECTION FOR SPECTROSCOPIC X-RAY DETECTORS
Event Summary:Robert Lalonde, Department of Physics, Ryerson University
September 11, 2020
2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Improving Accuracy of Interstitial HDR Brachytherapy Through MRI-based Targeted Innovations
Event Summary:Amani Shaaer, Department of Physics, Ryerson
September 11, 2020
11:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Large-Pitch Methods for 2D/3D Synthetic Transmit Aperture Ultrasound Imaging
Event Summary:Candidate: Ying Li
July 07, 2020
8:30 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT
Event Title:In Vivo Detection of Lanthanum via X-ray Fluorescence
Event Summary:Candidate: Joanna Nguyen
June 22, 2020
10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Event Title:On Optimization of Mixed Photon Energies in Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy
Event Summary:Candidate: Shadab Momin
June 18, 2020
10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Event Title:Photoacoustic Imaging for Characterizing Changes in Endogenous Chromophores during Vessels Bleeding for Monitoring Vascular Disrupting Agents
Event Summary:Candidate: Muhannad Fadhel
June 15, 2020
8:30 AM EDT - 9:30 AM EDT
Event Title:On the Development of Photoacoustic Imaging Biomarkers of Cancer Treatment Response
Event Summary:Candidate: Eno Hysi
May 19, 2020
10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Event Title:Acoustic Characterization of Sudan Black Nanobubbles for Multimodal Ultrasound & Photoacoustic Imaging
Event Summary:Candidate: Dana Wegierak
April 28, 2020
1:30 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT
Event Title:Electromagnetic-Guided Interstitial Catheter Navigation for Gynecological Brachytherapy: A Phase I Trial
Event Summary:Candidate: Alam Khan
March 31, 2020
9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT
Event Title:Classification of the Nonlinear Dynamics of Ultrasonically Excited Bubbles and Their Effect on the Acoustical Properties of the Medium: Theory, Experiment and Numerical Simulations
Event Summary:Candidate: AJ Sojahrood
March 18, 2020
2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Investigating the Effects of Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy in the Management of Chronic Pain
Event Summary:Candidate: Aryan Safakish
November 04, 2019
3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST
Event Title:Development of a Nonlinear Frequency Compounding Method With Applications in Ultrasound Imaging and Thermometry
Event Summary:Candidate: Tyler Hornsby
October 25, 2019
3:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Title:A Simulation of a Novel High Quantum Efficiency Scintillating Fiber Detector with Anti-Scatter Properties for Megavoltage X-ray Imaging
Event Summary:Candidate: James Day
September 12, 2019
12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Investigating the Kinetics of Blood Coagulation Using High-Frequency
Event Summary:Candidate: Morgan Maher
September 10, 2019
9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT
Event Title:Non-Linear Acoustic Characterization of Microbubbles and Nanobubbles
Event Summary:Candidate: Grace Fishbein
September 09, 2019
9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT
Event Title:A Novel Hybrid Photoacoustic-Fluorescent Contrast Agent to Track Aqueous Humour Pathways in Vivo
Event Summary:Candidate: Kirsten Cardinell
August 13, 2019
12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
Event Title:Quantifying Radiobiological Variation in Cancer Radiotherapy using Monte Carlo Simulation and Doped Plastic Scintillators
Event Summary:Candidate: Humza Nusrat
August 12, 2019
10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Event Title:Development of an MRI-Based Workflow for Post-Implant Dosimetry of Prostate Low-Dose-Rate (Ldr) Brachytherapy
Event Summary:Candidate: Reyhaneh Nosrati
June 20, 2019
2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT