Sam Beddar, Ph.D., DABR, CRE, FCCPM, FAAPM
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI
Professor, Tenured Clinical Faculty Appointment, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Faculty Member, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Professeur Adjoint, Department of Departement de Physique, Genie Physique et Optique, Universite Laval, Quebec City
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1990 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, US, Ph.D. in Medical Physics |
| 1984 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, US, M.S. in Medical Physics |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2002 | Medical Physicist License awarded by the Texas Medical Board |
| 2002 | Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine |
| 1994 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Service Chief, Gastrointestinal Service, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2020
Other Professional Positions
Faculty Member of the "Optical Probes of Matter Forum Faculty", Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2000 - 2002
Member of the Radiation Oncology Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, Radiation Oncology Department, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2000 - 2002
Member of the Quality Assurance Committee, Lake University Ireland Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, 1999 - 2001
Member of the Mortality and Morbidity Committee, Radiation Oncology Department, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1999 - 2002
Member of the Quality Improvement Committee, Radiation Oncology Department, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1998 - 2002
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Medical Technology Innovation Council Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Chair, Recruitment for Director for the Physician Scientist Program in Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2022
Chair, Clinical Trials Research Scientific Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Chair, Advanced Imaging Scientific Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Chair, Health Services Research Scientific Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Co-Chair, Shark Tank Award Research Scientific Review, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Chair, ROSI Faculty and Non-Faculty Seed Award Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Representative & voting member from MDACC, The Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the IntraOP-MDACC Strategic Alliance, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, Radiation Oncology Division Promotional and Tenure Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Chair, Advanced Imaging Scientific Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member Nominee, Promotions & Tenure Committee (PTC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2023
Chair, Clinical Trials Research Scientific Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, Boot Walk Award for Faculty and Non-Faculty Review Committee, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Program Chair & Mentor, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives (ROSI) Scientific Review Committees, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, The Scientific Review Committee (SRC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2021
Member, The Data Governance Committee, The Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, The Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Working Group, The division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Co-Chair, The Radiation Oncology Clinical Research Council (RO-CRC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Member, Clinical Research Arbitration Committee, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - Present
Co-Chair, Faculty Effort Guidelines and Grant Support Task Force, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - Present
Member, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Executive Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - Present
Chair, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Membership Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016
Senior Faculty Member, Faculty Academic Review Committee (FARC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - Present
Member, Clinical Innovator Awards Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - Present
Member, The Divisional Awards Review Board, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - Present
Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - Present
Member, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Membership Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - 2015
Co-Leader, The Center for Radiation Oncology Research (CROR) Technology Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - 2019
Member, Research Funding Review Panel, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2012 - Present
Member, Scientific Publications Advisory Board, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2012 - Present
Member, Faculty Promotional Review Committee, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - Present
Chair, Odyssey Program Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2010 - 2011
Senator (elected), Faculty Senate Promotion & Tenure Issues Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2010 - Present
Co-Chair, Odyssey Program Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - 2010
Senator (elected), Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - 2012
Member, Knudson Award Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - 2012
Member, Physicist-Scientist Oversight Committee - Department of Radiation Physics - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2014
Member, Odyssey Program Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2009
Member, Research Funding Review Panel - Department of Radiation Physics - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - 2011
Member, Research Mentorship Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - 2011
Member, Continuous Medical Education Advisory Committee (CME), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2006 - 2014
Member, Practitioner Peer Assistance Committee (PPAC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2005 - 2020
Editorial Activities
Member of the Editorial Board, Radiation Measurements Journal, 2009 - 2012
Section Editor, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2008 - Present
Associate Editor, Medical Physics Journal, 2002 - Present
Guest Associate Editor, Medical Physics Journal, 1996 - 2001
Reviewer, Medical Physics Journal, 1996 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | PMB EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal Physics in Medicine & Biology: "Dual beam-current transformer design for monitoring and reporting of electron ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) beam parameters," Liu K, Palmiero A, Chopra N, Velasquez B, Li Z, Beddar S, Schüler E, J Appl Clin Med Phys 24(2):e13891, 2/2023 |
| 2016 | PMB EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal Physics in Medicine & Biology: "Review pf plastic and liquid scintillation dosimetry for photon, electron and proton therapy", Luc Beaulieu and Sam Beddar, Phys Med Biol 61 R305-R343, 10/2016 |
| 2015 | 2015 Sylvia Fedoruk Award. This Award is presented for the best paper on a subject falling within the field of medical physics, relating to work carried out wholly or mainly within a Canadian institution and published during the past calendar year. The prize was awarded for the paper by Mathieu Goulet, Madison Rilling, Luc Gingras, Sam Beddar, Luc Beaulieu, and Louis Archambault, “Novel, full 3D scintillation dosimetry using a static plenoptic camera”, Med Phys 41, Vol. 8, Aug. 2014; 082101. Selection is made by an anonymous panel of judges appointed jointly by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine and the Canadian Organization of Medical Physics |
| 2015 | Med Phys EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal of Medical Physics: Systematic evaluation of photodetector performance for plastic scintillation dosimetry, Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L, Med Phys 42(11):6211-20, 11/2015 |
| 2014 | Highest commendation for service to graduate education, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston |
| 2014 | Med Phys EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal of Medical Physics: Novel, full 3D scintillation dosimetry using a static plenoptic camera, Mathieu Goulet, Madison Rilling, Luc Gingras, Sam Beddar, Luc Beaulieu, and Louis Archambault, Med Phys 41(8):082101 (13 pages), 8/2014 |
| 2014 | Med Phys EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal of Medical Physics: Variation of kQclin,Qmsr (fclin,fmsr) for the small-field dosimetric parameters percentage depth dose, tissue-maximum ratio, and off-axis ratio, Francescon P, Beddar S, Satariano N, Das IJ, Med Phys 41(10):101708, 10/2014 |
| 2013 | PMB EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal Physics in Medicine & Bilogy: "On the nature of the light produced within PMMA optical light guides in scintillation fiber-optic dosimetry", François Therriault-Proulx, Luc Beaulieu, Louis Archambault and Sam Beddar, Phys Med Biol 58 2073-2084, 3/2013 |
| 2013 | Med Phys EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal of Medical Physics: "Vision 20/20 Article: In vivo dosimetry brachytherapy", Tanderup K, Beddar S, Andersen CE, Kertzscher G and Joanna E Cygler J, Med Phys 40(7):070902 (15 pages), 7/2013 |
| 2013 | Med Phys EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal of Medical Physics: "Vision 20/20 Article: In vivo dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy". Mijnheer B, Beddar S, Izewska J and Reft Chester, Med Phys 40(7):070903 (19 pages), 7/2013 |
| 2013 | PMB EDITOR's CHOICE. The Editor's pick of the best articles recently published in the Journal Physics in Medicine & Biology: "Measurement of characteristic prompt gamma rays emitted from oxygen and carbon in tissue-equivalent samples during proton beam irradiation", Polf JC, Panthi R, Mackin DS, McCleskey M, Saastamoinen A, Roeder BT, Beddar S, Phys Med Biol 58(17):5821-5831, 9/7/2013 |
| 2012 | Best in Physics (Therapy) Award. Award for the 5 presentations that scored highest in the abstract review process and judged by the Scientific Program Directors to reflect the highest level of scientific quality and innovation, "A Novel multi-point plastic scintillation detector for in vivo dosimetry and quality assurance in radiation therapy", Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S, The American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM Annual Meeting) |
| 2012 | The John R. Cunningham Young Investigators' Competition Symposium, Award for Best Young Investigator Abstract and Presentation. Won the 1st Place Award. "A new optically encoded single-fiber plastic scintillation detector for multi-point radiation dosimetry", Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Archambault L, Beaulieu L, (COMP/CCPM Annual Meeting), 2012, The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) and The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) |
| 2011 | Award for Best Young Investigator Abstract and Presentation. Won the 2nd place award, "A phantom study demonstrating the efficiency of plastic scintillation detectors for real-time in vivo verification of Ir-192 HDR brachytherapy treatments", Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Beddar S, SWAAPM Spring Meeting 2011, The Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SWAAPM) |
| 2010 | The John R. Cunningham Young Investigators' Competition Symposium, Award for Best Young Investigator Abstract and Presentation. Won the 2nd Place Award. "A two dimensional plastic scintillation detector array for quality assurance of intensity modulated radiation therapy". Guillot M*, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. COMP/CCPM Annual Meeting, 2010, The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists and The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine |
| 2010 | Chairman's Award for Meritorious Services -- Award for outstanding contributions and service to the Department, the Division and the Institution, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2010 | Recipient of the 2010 Annual Meeting Basic Science Abstract Award for the abstract titled "Fast and Accurate Verification of Proton Range, Position and Intensity in IMPT with a 3 D Detector System." Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Lee A, Griffin MT, Mohan R, Beddar AS, The American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) |
| 2009 | Leadership Award for Special Contributions in Research, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2009 | Faculty Leadership Academy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2009 | Award of Excellence for the Best Radiation Measurement Article, The American College of Medical Physics |
| 2008 - 2023 | Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, AAPM |
| 2007 | Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Competition Winner, Award for Best Junior Investigator Abstract, "Clinical prototype of a plastic water-equivalent scintillating fiber dosimeter matrix for IMRT QA applications", Lacroix F, Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS, and Beaulieu L. Med Phys 34:2610, 2007, American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| 2006 - 2009 | Odyssey Program and Houston Endowment, Inc. Award for Scientific Achievement, "Plastic scintillator dosimeter array for IMRT and IMPT", (Odyssey Fellow: Louis Archambault), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2003 | Citation, "One of the Journals most frequently downloaded articles in 2003" (Beddar AS, Law S, Suchowerska N, and Mackie TR. Plastic scintillation dosimetry: optimization of light collection efficiency. Phys. Med. Biol. 48(9):1141-1152, 2003.) -- 446 downloads --, Physics in Medicine and Biology |
| 1992 - 2023 | Fellow of Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, CCPM |
| 1990 | AAPM Summer School Scholarship, American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| 1984 - 1986 | Post-Graduate Scholarship, Le Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (M.E.S.R.S.) |
| 1981 - 1984 | Graduate Scholarship, Le Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique |
| 1981 | Valedictorian, Institut des Sciences Exactes, Université de Constantine, Algeria, Diploma of Higher Studies |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. IORT. Invited. Summer Wednesday Refresher Course Lectures. Houston, Texas, US.
International Presentations
- 2005. Special treatment procedures in GI: Aperçu. Invited. Ottawa, CA.
Formal Peers
- 2023. Scintillation Detector Systems from 1D&3D Dosimetry to CT and Radiography Imaging. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. In Vivo Dosimetry for Brachytherapy. Invited. Madison, WI, US.
- 2020. IAEA/ANL International Course: The Treatment of Cervical Cancer: Clinical, quality and Safety aspects: In-Vivo Dosimetry and Source Tracking. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. In-vivo dosimetry and source tracking. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. IAEA/ANL International Course: The Treatment of Cervical Cancer: Clinical, quality and Safety aspects: In-Vivo Dosimetry. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Real-time volumetric scintilation dosimetry. Visiting. Aarhus, DK.
- 2015. Proton therapy highlights at MDACC & experience with in vivo dosimetry. Visiting. Aarhus, DK.
- 2014. Topic 1: Results from an online patient in vivo dosimetry protocol for prostate cancer using PSDs. Topic 2: Real-time volumetric scintillation dosimetry for protons and photons. Visiting. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2014. Online in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillation detectors to monitor the rectal dose for prostate cancer patients. Invited. Madison, WI, US.
- 2014. Results from an online patient in vivo dosimetry protocol for prostate cancer using PSDs. Visiting. Copenhagen, DK.
- 2014. Results from an online patient in vivo dosimetry protocol for prostate cancer using PSDs. Invited. Lund, SE.
- 2009. Gastro-Intestinal Cancers. Visiting. New York, NY, US.
- 2009. Scintillation Dosimetry. Visiting. Montreal, CA.
- 2009. Radiation Dosimetry. Visiting. Quebec City, CA.
- 2008. Scintillation Dosimetry: review, new innovations and applications. Invited. Madison, WI, US.
- 2007. Scintillation dosimetry: From point detectors to matrix arrays. Invited. Greenville, NC, US.
- 2007. 4D-CT imaging with synchronized IV contrast for liver tumors. Invited. Greenville, NC, US.
- 2006. 4D-CT with synchronized IV contrast & IGRT for liver cancer. Invited. Taipei, TW.
- 2005. 4D-CT with synchronized IV contrast & IGRT for liver cancer. Invited. Québec, CA.
- 2002. Plastic scintillation dosimetry and its application to radiotherapy. Invited. Sydney, AU.
- 2002. New trends in IntraOperative Radiation Therapy using mobile systems: IORT for breast cancer. Invited. Sydney, AU.
- 2001. A new approach to IORT using a self shielded mobile electron accelerator. Seminaires de Radiotherapie et de Radiobiologie. Invited. Paris, FR.
- 1999. IORT: Implications for practice using a mobile electron linear accelerator. Conference presented to the O.R. Department. Invited. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 1999. Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT). Conference presented to the O.R. Department. Invited. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 1995. Application of scintillation dosimetry to clinical radiotherapy. Invited. London, CA.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - Present |
| Title: | UKRI Clinical Translation of a Compact Device for Proton Radiography and Real-Time Treatment Monitoring |
| Funding Source: | UKRI United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | UKRI AOO81055 |
| Date: | 2024 - Present |
| Title: | R44 "Phase II SBIR Contract – Topic 434: Novel NIST Traceable Ionization Chamber for FLASH dosimetry" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | NIH/NCI Topic 434-75N91024C00097-0-9999-1 |
| Date: | 2024 - 2028 |
| Title: | R01 "Proton radiography and CT using a novel image detection system and approach based on a monolithic scintillator and digital cameras" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2024 - 2025 |
| Title: | R43 "Phase I SBIR Contract - Topic 461: A Novel Scintillation Detector System for FLASH Radiation Therapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | NIH /NCI Topic 461-75N91024C00062-0-9999-1 |
| Date: | 2023 - 2026 |
| Title: | NIHR Invention for Innovation Proton radiography for adaptive radiotherapy and image guidance |
| Funding Source: | NIHR UK: National Institute for Health and Care Research - United Kingdom |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | NIHR205508 (37094) |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
| Title: | R43 "Phase I SBIR Contract – Topic 434: Novel NIST Traceable Ionization Chamber for FLASH dosimetry" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | NIH/NCI Topic 434-75N91022C00039-0-9999-1 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2025 |
| Title: | Defining the optimal radiation beam and fractionation parameters for FLASH radiotherapy |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | RP220372 |
| Date: | 2021 - 2023 |
| Title: | Optimization of FLASH-RT for maximal reduction of gastrointestinal toxicity |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / Institutional Research Grant (IRG) |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
| Title: | Ensuring safety in radiotherapy: A prospective international multicentre study of in vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy |
| Funding Source: | The Novo Nordisk Foundation |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2020 - 2021 |
| Title: | Dynamic Targeting using MR Guidance for Precision Radiotherapy |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC Radiation Oncology Research Initiatives (ROSI) |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2019 - 2020 |
| Title: | Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG): Image-guided Proton Therapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Project Leader |
| ID: | P30CA016672 |
| Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
| Title: | Varian Strategic Alliance Project: Networked Plan QA & Review Panel |
| Funding Source: | Varian Medical Systems |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2018 - 2020 |
| Title: | Development of an external beam radiation oncology treatment plan library (ROTPL) for head and neck cancer |
| Funding Source: | Department of Radiation Physics Internal Grant |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Date: | 2018 - 2022 |
| Title: | Proton Radiography using a novel image detection system and approach |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / Institutional Research Grant (IRG) |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2018 - 2020 |
| Title: | Proton Radiography and CT Using a Novel Image Detection System and Approach Based on a Monolithic Scintillator and sCMOS Cameras |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC Radiation Oncology Research Initiatives (ROSI) |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2015 - 2021 |
| Title: | R01 "Prompt gamma imaging for in vivo range verification during proton radiotherapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R01CA187416 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2018 |
| Title: | Clinical implementation of a novel real time treatment verification system in brachytherapy |
| Funding Source: | The Danish Cancer Society |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2015 - 2016 |
| Title: | R44 "Water-Equivalent Plastic Scintillation Detectors for Small Field Radiotherapy-Phase II", NCE |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 2R44CA153824 |
| Date: | 2015 - 2019 |
| Title: | Evaluating qEASL as biomarker for radiation treatment response in hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers |
| Funding Source: | PHILIPS |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | PHILIPS |
| Date: | 2014 - 2015 |
| Title: | Quantitative MR Imaging as a biomarker to assess tumor response to radiotherapy for lung patients |
| Funding Source: | UTMDACC - The Center for Radiation Oncology Research |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2014 - 2020 |
| Title: | U19 "Improving the Clinical Effectiveness and Understanding of the Biophysical Basis of Proton Therapy Core A - Administrative |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 5U19CA021239 |
| Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
| Title: | R01 "Real-time volumetric scintillation dosimetry for radiation therapy" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R01CA182450 |
| Date: | 2013 - 2015 |
| Title: | R44 "Water-Equivalent Plastic Scintillation Detectors for Small Field Radiotherapy-Phase II" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 2R44CA153824 |
| Date: | 2013 - 2014 |
| Title: | Evaluation of Dose Responses of Radiation Dosimeters in the Presence of a Strong Magnetic Field |
| Funding Source: | Elekta |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2013 - 2014 |
| Title: | 4D MR Imaging Techniques for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / Center for Radiation Oncology Research (CROR) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2012 - 2013 |
| Title: | Patient in-vivo dosimetry measurements using the Radiadyne OARTrac System - Phase III |
| Funding Source: | Radiadyne |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | LS2012-00035450LG |
| Date: | 2012 - 2014 |
| Title: | Real-time in vivo rectal wall dosimetry for prostate radiotherapy using plastic scintillating detectors |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / Institutional Research Grant |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| Date: | 2012 - 2015 |
| Title: | Optically Encoded Position for Multiple Points Fiber Dosimeter |
| Funding Source: | National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2012 - 2015 |
| Title: | An in-vivo plastic scintillation detector for ultrasound-guided seed implantation during low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy |
| Funding Source: | Odyssey Program and THE ESTATE OF C.G. JOHNSON, JR |
| Role: | PI and Mentor |
| Date: | 2012 - 2017 |
| Title: | R01 "In-vivo dose delivery verification using proton induced photon emission" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R01CA166682 |
| Date: | 2012 - 2013 |
| Title: | R21 "Real-time verification of proton dose delivery", NCE |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | R0121CA137362 |
| Date: | 2011 - 2012 |
| Title: | Performance evaluation of the Radiadyne OARTrac system - Phase II |
| Funding Source: | Radiadyne |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | LS2011-00035450LG 01 |
| Date: | 2011 - 2011 |
| Title: | Performance evaluation of the Radiadyne OARTrac system - Phase I |
| Funding Source: | Radiadyne |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | LS2011-00035450LG |
| Date: | 2010 - 2011 |
| Title: | R43 "Water-Equivalent Plastic Scintillation Detectors for Small-Field Radiotherapy - SBIR Phase I" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R43CA153824 |
| Date: | 2010 - 2012 |
| Title: | Real-Time 3D Dosimetry using Liquid Scintillators for Proton Radiotherapy |
| Funding Source: | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2010 - 2012 |
| Title: | R21 "Real-time verification of proton dose delivery" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 1R21CA137362 |
| Date: | 2010 - 2011 |
| Title: | R01 "Real-time in vivo Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy using Scintillation Detectors", NCE |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R01CA120198 |
| Date: | 2008 - 2013 |
| Title: | P01 "Optimizing Proton Radiation Therapy" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | P01CA021239 |
| Date: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Title: | R01 "Real-time in vivo Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy using Scintillation Detectors" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 1R01CA120198 |
| Date: | 2007 - 2007 |
| Title: | Scintillator detector system: real-time in vivo dosimetry in radiation therapy |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Technology Review Committee |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | TRC #20348 |
| Date: | 2006 - 2007 |
| Title: | Performance of the new design of the implantable dosimeter Detectors (DVS) |
| Funding Source: | Sicel Technologies |
| Role: | Co-PI |
| ID: | SRA 2006-0018226JW |
| Date: | 2006 - 2011 |
| Title: | T32 "Dose-image guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer" |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Mentor and Project Leader |
| ID: | 1 T32 CA119930 |
| Date: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Title: | Plastic scintillator dosimeter array for IMRT and IMPT |
| Funding Source: | Odyssey Program and Houston Endowment, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator and Mentor |
| ID: | N/A |
| Date: | 2005 - 2008 |
| Title: | Un nouveau systeme dosimetrique a fibres optiques scintillantes pour application médicale |
| Funding Source: | National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Date: | 2004 - 2007 |
| Title: | Fiber Optic Dosimeters for Medical and Environmental Applications |
| Funding Source: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 453615 |
| Date: | 2003 - 2005 |
| Title: | Clinical Evaluation of the Sicel Implantable Detectors |
| Funding Source: | Sicel Technologies |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | SRA 2004-10698SP |
| Date: | 2003 - 2003 |
| Title: | Implantable Detectors |
| Funding Source: | Sicel Technologies |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | SRA 2003-98945-HM |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Chang E, Holliday EB, Szklaruk J, Erwin WD, Ludmir EB, Noticewala SS, Das P, Koong AC, Minsky BD, Smith GL, Sawakuchi GO, Martin-Paulpeter RM, Niedzielski JS, Perles LA, Beddar S, Valino VS, Nguyen JL, Raghav KPS, Javle M, Kaseb AO, Dasari AN, Overman MJ, Parseghian CM, Odisio BC, Mahvash A, Kuban JD, Shen SE, Wang XS, Gupta AC, Al Taie MM, Brock KK, Tzeng CD, Vauthey JN, Wong FCL, Koay EJ. Single-photon emission computed tomography functional liver imaging to facilitate reirradiation for liver malignancies: A phase I trial. JHEP Rep 8(4):101743, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41825097.
- Insley, BA, Bocian, B, Beddar, S, Reiazi, R, Jensen, PJ, Martin-Paulpeter, RM, Niedzielski, JS, Flint, DB, Sawakuchi, GO, Perles, LA. Monte Carlo simulations of geometric deformation of Harrison–Anderson–Mick applicators used in intraoperative radiation therapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 26(12), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41306071.
- Tho, D, Liu, K, Holmes, SM, Schueler, E, Beddar, S. Radiation damage of the W2 plastic scintillator under ultra-high dose rate FLASH electron beam. Radiation Measurements 187, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Tho, D, Beddar, S. Identifying the origins of possible nonlinear scintillator response under ultra-high dose rate electron beams. Radiation Measurements 187, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Simard, M, Fullarton, R, Volz, L, Schuy, C, Robertson, D, Toltz, A, Baker, C, Beddar, S, Graeff, C, Fekete, CC. A comparison of carbon ions versus protons for integrated mode ion imaging. Medical physics 52(5):3097-3106, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39904601.
- Iskander, GM, Cavazos, A, Ejezie, CL, Cox, V, Cheng, H, Perez, S, Koong, A, Nguyen, J, Herman, JM, Beddar, S, Liao, Z, Yeboa, DN. Protocol-in-a-Day Workshop. Journal of Cancer Education 40(1):11-15, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 38914893.
- Fullarton, R, Simard, M, Volz, L, Toltz, A, Chung, S, Schuy, C, Robertson, D, Royle, G, Beddar, S, Baker, C, Graeff, C, Collins-Fekete, CA. Imaging lung tumor motion using integrated-mode proton radiography—A phantom study towards tumor tracking in proton radiotherapy. Medical physics 52(2):1146-1158, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39530503.
- Li Y, Martin-Paulpeter RM, Chung CV, Aguilar MA, Matias CA, Delgado A, Nair SS, Court LE, Perles L, Sahoo N, Zhu RX, Poenisch F, Flint DB, Sawakuchi GO, Beddar S, Koay E, Baker JS, Ludmir EB, Niedzielski JS. Novel pencil-beam scanning proton lattice radiation therapy for the treatment of bulky liver cancer: dosimetric comparison with VMAT-lattice radiotherapy. Front Oncol 15:1731259, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41716710.
- Zhao, Y, Cozma, A, Ding, Y, Perles, LA, Reiazi, R, Chen, X, Kang, AM, Prajapati, S, Yu, H, Subashi, ED, Brock, K, Wang, J, Beddar, S, Lee, B, Mohammedsaid, M, Cooper, S, Westley, RL, Tree, A, Mohamad, O, Hassanzadeh, CJ, Mok, H, Choi, S, Tang, C, Yang, J. Upper Urinary Tract Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Linear Accelerator. Cancers 16(23), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39682173.
- Tho, D, Beddar, S. Characterization of an Inorganic Powder-Based Scintillation Detector Under a UHDR Electron Beam. Sensors 24(24), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39771799.
- Baikalov A, Tho D, Liu K, Bartzsch S, Beddar S, Schuler E. Characterization of a time-resolved, real-time scintillation dosimetry system for ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy applications. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 121(5):1372-1383, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39615658.
- Zhao Y, Cozma A, Ding Y, Perles L, Reiazi R, Chen X, Kang A, Prajapati S, Yu H, Subashi E, Brock K, Wang J, Beddar S, Lee B, Mohammedsaid M, Cooper S, Westley R, Tree A, Mohamad O, Hassanzadeh C, Mok H, Choi S, Tang C, Yang J. Upper Urinary Tract Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Linear Accelerator: Workflow and Physics Considerations. Cancers 16(23):3987, 2024.
- Fullarton R, Simard M, Volz L, Toltz A, Chung S, Schuy C, Robertson DG, Royle G, Beddar S, Baker C, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete CA. Imaging lung tumor motion using integrated-mode proton radiography-A phantom study towards tumor tracking in proton radiotherapy. Med Phys, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39530503.
- Martin-Paulpeter RM, Jensen PJ, Perles LA, Sawakuchi GO, Das P, Koay EJ, Koong AC, Ludmir EB, Niedzielski JS, Beddar S. Daily Diagnostic Quality Computed Tomography-on-Rails (CTOR) Image Guidance for Abdominal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). Cancers (Basel) 16(22), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39594725.
- Tobias Bohlen T, Psoroulas S, Aylward JD, Beddar S, Douralis A, Delpon G, Garibaldi C, Gasparini A, Schuler E, Stephan F, Moeckli R, Subiel A. Recording and reporting of ultra-high dose rate "FLASH" delivery for preclinical and clinical settings. Radiother Oncol 200:110507, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39245070.
- Palmiero A, Liu K, Colnot J, Chopra N, Neill D, Connell L, Velasquez B, Koong AC, Lin SH, Balter P, Tailor R, Robert C, Germond JF, Goncalves Jorge P, Geyer R, Beddar S, Moeckli R, Schuler E. On the acceptance, commissioning, and quality assurance of electron FLASH units. Med Phys, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39462477.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Khan AU, Hooten B, DeWerd L, Schuler E, Beddar S. Development of novel ionization chambers for reference dosimetry in electron flash radiotherapy. Med Phys 51(12):9275-9289, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39311014.
- Liu, K, Holmes, SM, Schueler, E, Beddar, S. A comprehensive investigation of the performance of a commercial scintillator system for applications in electron FLASH radiotherapy. Medical physics 51(6):4504-4512, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38507253.
- Chang, E, Wong, FC, Chasen, B, Erwin, WD, Das, P, Holliday, EB, Koong, A, Ludmir, EB, Minsky, B, Noticewala, SS, Smith, GL, Taniguchi, C, Rodriguez, MJ, Beddar, S, Martin, RM, Niedzielski, JS, Sawakuchi, GO, Schueler, E, Perles, LA, Xiao, L, Szklaruk, J, Park, PC, Dasari, NV, Kaseb, A, Kee, BK, Lee, SS, Overman, MJ, Willis, JA, Wolff, RA, Tzeng, CD, Vauthey, JN, Koay, EJ. Phase i trial of single-photon emission computed tomography-guided liver-directed radiotherapy for patients with low functional liver volume. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 8(3), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38730548.
- Huang, K, Chung, CV, Ludmir, EB, Zhang, L, Owens, CA, Vega, JL, Duryea, J, Zhao, Y, Chen, X, Fuentes, DA, Cardenas, CE, Briere, TM, Beddar, S, Court, LE, Das, P. Automatic end-to-end VMAT treatment planning for rectal cancers. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 25(4), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38317597.
- Stolen, E, Fullarton, R, Hein, R, Conner, RL, Jacobsohn, LG, Collins-Fekete, CA, Beddar, S, Akgun, U, Robertson, D. High-Density Glass Scintillators for Proton Radiography—Relative Luminosity, Proton Response, and Spatial Resolution. Sensors 24(7), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38610351.
- Simard, M, Robertson, D, Fullarton, R, Royle, G, Beddar, S, Collins-Fekete, CA. Integrated-mode proton radiography with 2D lateral projections. Physics in medicine and biology 69(5), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38241716.
- Tho, D, Bélanger, C, Jørgensen, EB, Tanguay, J, Linares Rosales, HM, Beddar, S, Johansen, JG, Kertzscher Schwencke, GV, Lavallée, MC, Beaulieu, L. Establishing a fingerprinting method for fast catheter identification in HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry. Brachytherapy 23(2):165-172, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38281894.
- Huang K, Chung C, Ludmir, Zhang L, Owens C, Gema-De La Vega J, Zhao Y, Chen X, Fuentes D, Cardenas C, Briere T, Beddar S, Court L, Das P. Automatic VMAT Treatment Planning for Rectal Cancers. J Appl Clin Med Phys, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38317597.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Hooten B, Schüler E, Beddar S. Evaluation of ion chamber response for applications in electron FLASH radiotherapy. Med Phys 51(1):494-508, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37696271.
- Taniguchi, C, Frakes, JM, Aguilera, T, Palta, M, Czito, BG, Bhutani, M, Colbert, LE, Abi Jaoude, J, Bernard, V, Pant, S, Tzeng, CD, Kim, DW, Malafa, M, Costello, J, Mathew, GG, Rebueno, N, Koay, EJ, Das, P, Ludmir, EB, Katz, MH, Wolff, RA, Beddar, S, Sawakuchi, GO, Moningi, S, Slack Tidwell, RS, Yuan, Y, Thall, PF, Beardsley, RA, Holmlund, J, Herman, JM, Hoffe, S. Stereotactic body radiotherapy with or without selective dismutase mimetic in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The lancet oncology 24(12):1387-1398, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38039992.
- Taniguchi C, Frakes J, Aguilera T, Palta M, Czito B, Bhutani M, Colbert L, Jaoude J, Bernard V, Pant S, Tzeng C, Kim D, Malafa M, Costello J, Mathew G, Rebueno N, Koay E, Das P, Ludmir E, Katz M, Wolff R, Beddar S, Sawakuchi G, Moningi S, Tidwell R, Yuan Y, Thall P, Beardsley R, Holmlund J, Herman J, Hoffe S. Adaptive Randomised Placebo-controlled Phase 1b/2 Trial of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With or Without Selective Dismutase Mimetic in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Lancet Oncology 2023 24:1387-1398, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Cazacu IM, Singh BS, Martin-Paulpeter RM, Beddar S, Chun S, Holliday EB, Koong AC, Das P, Koay EJ, Taniguchi C, Herman JM, Bhutani MS. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fiducial Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 15(22), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38001615.
- Kulig, D, Kapłon, Moskal, G, Beddar, S, Fiutowski, T, Górska, W, Hajduga, J, Jurgielewicz, P, Kabat, D, Kalecińska, K, Kopeć, M, Koperny, S, Mindur, B, Moroń, J, Niedźwiecki, S, Silarski, M, Sobczuk, F, Szumlak, T, Ruciński, A. Comparison of cell casted and 3D-printed plastic scintillators for dosimetry applications. Radiation protection dosimetry 199(15-16):1824-1828, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37819323.
- Kulig D, t K, Moskal G, Beddar S, Fiutowski T, Gorska W, Hajduga J, Jurgielewicz P, Kabat D, Kalecinska K, Kopec M, Koperny S, Mindur B, Moron J, Niedzwiecki S, Silarski M, Sobczuk F, Szumlak T, Rucinski A. Comparison of cell casted and 3D-printed plastic scintillators for dosimetry applications. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 199(15-16):1824-1828, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Valencia Lozano I, Dedes G, Peterson S, Mackin D, Zoglauer A, Beddar S, Avery S, Polf J, Parodi K. Comparison of reconstructed prompt gamma emissions using maximum likelihood estimation and origin ensemble algorithms for a Compton camera system tailored to proton range monitoring. Z Med Phys 33(2):124-134, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35750591.
- Liu K, Palmiero A, Chopra N, Velasquez B, Li Z, Beddar S, Schüler E. Dual beam-current transformer design for monitoring and reporting of electron ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) beam parameters. J Appl Clin Med Phys 24(2):e13891, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36601691.
- Robertson, D, Stolen, E, Fullerton, R, Akgun, U, Fekete, CC, Beddar, S. High-Density Scintillating Glasses for Integrating-mode Particle Radiography, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Rhee DJ, Beddar S, Jaoude JA, Sawakuchi G, Martin R, Perles L, Yu C, He Y, Court LE, Ludmir EB, Koong AC, Das P, Koay EJ, Taniguichi C, Niedzielski JS. Dose Escalation for Pancreas SBRT: Potential and Limitations of using Daily Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy and an Iterative Isotoxicity Automated Planning Approach. Adv Radiat Oncol 8(4):101164, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36798731.
- Kapłon, Kulig, D, Beddar, S, Fiutowski, T, Górska, W, Hajduga, J, Jurgielewicz, P, Kabat, D, Kalecińska, K, Kopeć, M, Koperny, S, Mindur, B, Moroń, J, Moskal, G, Niedźwiecki, S, Silarski, M, Sobczuk, F, Szumlak, T, Ruciński, A. Investigation of the light output of 3D-printed plastic scintillators for dosimetry applications. Radiation Measurements 158, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Kaplon L, Kulig D, Beddar S, Fiutowski T, Gorska W, Hajduga J, Jurgielewicz P, Kabat D, Kalecinska K, Kopec M, Koperny S, Mindur B, Moron J, Moskal G Niedzwiecki S, Silarski M, Sobczuk F, Szumlak T, Rucinski A. Investigation of the light output of 3D-printed plastic scintillators for dosimetry applications. Radiaiton Measurements 158, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Khan Z, Rooney MK, Das P, Ludmir EB, Koay EJ, Smith GL, Taniguchi C, Minsky BD, Koong AC, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S, Martin RM, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Peacock O, Chang G, Holliday EB. Intraoperative Radiation After Pelvic Short Course Radiation-Based Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Rectal Adenocarcinoma at High Risk for Local Recurrence. Clin Colorectal Cancer 21(3):204-211, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35125321.
- Thrower S, Prajapati S, Holmes S, Schüler E, Beddar S. Characterization of the Plastic Scintillator Detector System Exradin W2 in a High Dose Rate Flattening-Filter-Free Photon Beam. Sensors (Basel) 22(18), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36146135.
- Huang K, Das P, Olanrewaju AM, Cardenas C, Fuentes D, Zhang L, Hancock D, Simonds H, Rhee DJ, Beddar S, Briere TM, Court L. Automation of radiation treatment planning for rectal cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(9):e13712, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35808871.
- Jørgensen EB, Buus S, Bentzen L, Hokland SB, Rylander S, Kertzscher G, Beddar S, Tanderup K, Johansen JG. 3D dose reconstruction based on in vivo dosimetry for determining the dosimetric impact of geometric variations in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol 171:62-68, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35033604.
- Polf JC, Barajas CA, Peterson SW, Mackin DS, Beddar S, Ren L, Gobbert MK. Applications of Machine Learning to Improve the Clinical Viability of Compton Camera Based in vivo Range Verification in Proton Radiotherapy. Front Phys 10, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36119562.
- Polf JC, Maggi P, Panthi R, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S. The Effects of Compton Camera Data Acquisition and Readout Timing on PG Imaging for Proton Range Verification. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 6(3):366-373, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36092269.
- Darne CD, Robertson DG, Alsanea F, Collins-Fekete CA, Beddar S. A novel proton-integrating radiography system design using a monolithic scintillator detector: experimental studies. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A 1027, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35221402.
- Linares Rosales HM, Cantin A, Aubin S, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. From conception to clinical trial: IViST, the first multi-sensor-based platform for real-time Source Tracking in HDR brachytherapy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2167 (012024), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Beddar S, Darne CD, Robertson DG. Development of a novel proton CT system using a 3D scintillator detector. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2167 (012021), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Niedzielski JS, Liu Y, Ng SSW, Martin RM, Perles LA, Beddar S, Rebueno N, Koay EJ, Taniguchi C, Holliday EB, Das P, Smith GL, Minsky BD, Ludmir EB, Herman JM, Koong A, Sawakuchi GO. Dosimetric uncertainties resulting from interfractional anatomic variations for patients receiving pancreas stereotactic body radiation therapy and cone-beam CT image guidance. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 111(5):1298-1309, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34400267.
- Jørgensen EB, Johansen JG, Overgaard J, Piché-Meunier D, Tho D, Rosales HML, Tanderup K, Beaulieu L, Kertzscher G, Beddar S. A high-Z inorganic scintillator-based detector for time-resolved in vivo dosimetry during brachytherapy. Med Phys 48(11):7382-7398, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34586641.
- Linares Rosales HM, Couture G, Archambault L, Beddar S, Després P, Beaulieu L. On the use of machine learning methods for mPSD calibration in HDR brachytherapy. Phys Med 91:73-79, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34717139.
- Abi Jaoude J, Thunshelle CP, Kouzy R, Nguyen ND, Lin D, Prakash L, Bumanlag IM, Noticewala SS, Niedzielski JS, Beddar S, Ludmir EB, Holliday EB, Das P, Minsky BD, Herman JM, Katz M, Koong AC, Koay EJ, Taniguchi CM. Stereotactic Versus Conventional Radiation Therapy for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer in the Modern Era. Adv Radiat Oncol 6(6):100763, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34934858.
- Tendler I, Robertson D, Darne C, Panthi R, Alsanea F, Collins-Fekete CA, Beddar S. Image quality evaluation of projection- and depth dose-based approaches to integrating proton radiography using a monolithic scintillator detector. Phys Med Biol 66(14), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34144537.
- Panthi R, Maggi P, Peterson S, Mackin D, Polf J, Beddar S. Secondary Particle Interactions in a Compton Camera Designed for in-vivo Range Verification of Proton Therapy. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 5(3):383-391, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34056151.
- Linares Rosales HM, Johansen JG, Kertzscher G, Tanderup K, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. 3D source tracking and error detection in HDR using two independent scintillator dosimetry systems. Med Phys 48(5):2095-2107, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33222208.
- Yeboa DN, Akinfenwa CA, Nguyen J, Amaya D, de Gracia B, Ning M, Cox V, De B, Smith BD, Lin L, Beddar S, Hoang H, Koong A, Liao Z. Effectively Conducting Oncology Clinical Trials during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Adv Radiat Oncol 6(3):100676, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33686374.
- Slagowski JM, Colbert LE, Cazacu IM, Singh BS, Martin R, Koay EJ, Taniguchi CM, Koong AC, Bhutani MS, Herman JM, Beddar S. Evaluation of the Visibility and Artifacts of 11 Common Fiducial Markers for Image Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Abdomen. Pract Radiat Oncol 10(6):434-442, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31988039.
- Verhaegen F, Fonseca GP, Johansen JG, Beaulieu L, Beddar S, Greer P, Jornet N, Kertzscher G, McCurdy B, Smith RL, Mijnheer B, Olaciregui-Ruiz I, Tanderup K. Future directions of in vivo dosimetry for external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 16:18-19, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33458338.
- Linares Rosales HM, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Dosimetric performance of a multi-point plastic scintillator dosimeter as a tool for real-time source tracking in high dose rate 192 Ir brachytherapy. Med Phys 47(9):4477-4490, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32443175.
- Maggi P, Peterson S, Panthi R, Mackin D, Yang H, He Z, Beddar S, Polf J. Computational model for detector timing effects in Compton-camera based prompt-gamma imaging for proton radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 65(12):125004, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32320971.
- Alsanea F, Darne C, Robertson D, Beddar S. Ionization quenching correction for a 3D scintillator detector exposed to scanning proton beams. Phys Med Biol 65(7):075005, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32079001.
- Park PC, Choi GW, M Zaid M, Elganainy D, Smani DA, Tomich J, Samaniego R, Ma J, Tamm EP, Beddar S, Koay EJ. Enhancement pattern mapping technique for improving contrast-to-noise ratios and detectability of hepatobiliary tumors on multiphase computed tomography. Med Phys 47(1):64-74, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31449684.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Inorganic scintillation detectors for 192Ir brachytherapy. Phys Med Biol 64(22):225018, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31491777.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Pino R, Yang JN, Beddar AS. Quality assurance for gamma knife perfexion using the exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector and Lucy phantom. Phys Med Biol 64(22):225007, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31581139.
- Alsanea F, Darne C, Hojo Y, Beddar S. A novel imaging scheme for optical cameras used in a quality assurance detector for discrete spot scanning proton beam systems. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research 939:16-21, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Choi GW, Suh Y, Das P, Herman J, Holliday E, Koay E, Koong AC, Krishnan S, Minsky BD, Smith GL, Taniguchi CM, Beddar S. Assessment of setup uncertainty in hypofractionated liver radiation therapy with a breath-hold technique using automatic image registration-based image guidance. Radiat Oncol 14(1):154, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31470860.
- Darne CD, Alsanea F, Robertson DG, Guan F, Pan T, Grosshans D, Beddar S. A Proton Imaging System Using a Volumetric Liquid Scintillator: A Preliminary Study. Biomed Phys Eng Express 5(4), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 32194988.
- Linares Rosales HM, Duguay-Drouin P, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Optimization of a multipoint plastic scintillator dosimeter for high dose rate brachytherapy. Med Phys 46(5):2412-2421, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30891803.
- Chadha AS, Gunther JR, Hsieh CE, Aliru M, Mahadevan LS, Venkatesulu BP, Crane CH, Das P, Herman JM, Koay EJ, Taniguchi C, Holliday EB, Minsky BD, Suh Y, Park P, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S, Odisio BC, Gupta S, Loyer E, Kaur H, Raghav K, Javle MM, Kaseb AO, Krishnan S. Proton beam therapy outcomes for localized unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 133:54-61, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30935582.
- Darne C, Alsanea F, Robertson D, Guan F, Pan T, Grosshans D, Beddar S. A Proton Imaging System Using a Volumetric Liquid Scintillator: A Preliminary Study. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 5(4), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Colbert LE, Rebueno N, Moningi S, Beddar S, Sawakuchi GO, Herman JM, Koong AC, Das P, Holliday EB, Koay EJ, Taniguchi CM. Dose Escalation for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: How High Can We Go?. Adv Radiat Oncol 3(4):693-700, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30370371.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Wen Z, Ibbott G, Beddar S. Effect of magnetic field strength on plastic scintillation detector response. Radiat Meas 116:10-13, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30559600.
- Alsanea F, Therriault-Proulx F, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S. A real-time method to simultaneously measure linear energy transfer and dose for proton therapy using organic scintillators. Med Phys 45(4):1782-1789, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29446078.
- Yan Y, Yang J, Beddar S, Ibbott G, Wen Z, Court LE, Hwang KP, Kadbi M, Krishnan S, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Yang J, Balter P, Kudchadker RJ, Wang J. A methodology to investigate the impact of image distortions on the radiation dose when using magnetic resonance images for planning. Phys Med Biol 63(8), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29528037.
- Alsanea F, Wootton L, Sahoo N, Kudchadker R, Mahmood U, Beddar S. Exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector for in vivo skin dosimetry in passive scattering proton therapy. Phys Med 47:58-63, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29609819.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Chen H, Avery S, Beddar S, Polf JC. 3D prompt gamma imaging for proton beam range verification. Phys Med Biol 63(3), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29380750.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Validation of plastic scintillation detectors for applications in low-dose-rate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 16(4):903-909, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28495442.
- Draeger E, Peterson S, Mackin D, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf JC. Feasibility Studies of a New Event Selection Method to Improve Spatial Resolution of Compton Imaging for Medical Applications. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 1(4):358-367, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28736766.
- Darne CD, Alsanea F, Robertson DG, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Performance characterization of a 3D liquid scintillation detector for discrete spot scanning proton beam systems. Phys Med Biol 62(14):5652-5667, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28593931.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Inorganic scintillation detectors based on Eu-activated phosphors for Ir-192 brachytherapy. Phys Med Biol 62(12):5046-5075, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28475494.
- Mackin D, Draeger E, Peterson S, Polf J, Beddar S. In vivo verification of particle therapy: How Compton camera configurations affect 3D image quality. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 847((2017) 012045), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Inorganic scintillator detectors for real-time verification during brachytherapy. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 847((2017) 012036), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Alsanea F, Beddar S. Evaluating analytical ionization quenching correction models for 3D liquid organic scintillator detector. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 847((2017) 012022), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Darne CD, Robertson D, Beddar S. Development of a liquid scintillator-based 3D detector for range measurements of spot-scanned proton beams. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 847((2017) 012020), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Robertson D, Beddar S. Patient-specific quality assurance for spot scanning proton beams using a large-volume liquid scintillator detector. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 847((2017) 012005), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chadha AS, Liu G, Chen HC, Das P, Minsky BD, Mahmood U, Delclos ME, Suh Y, Sawakuchi GO, Beddar S, Katz MH, Fleming JB, Javle MM, Varadhachary GR, Wolff RA, Crane CH, Wang X, Thames H, Krishnan S. Does Unintentional Splenic Radiation Predict Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 97(2):323-332, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28068240.
- Feain IJ, Court L, Palta JR, Beddar S, Keall P. Innovations in Radiotherapy Technology. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 29(2):120-128, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27913106.
- Henry T, Robertson D, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S. Determination of the Range and Spread-Out Bragg Peak Width of Proton Beams Using a Large-Volume Liquid Scintillator. Int J Part Ther 4(1):1-6, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 31773000.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Ruby-based inorganic scintillation detectors for 192Ir brachytherapy. Phys Med Biol 61(21):7744-7764, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27740947.
- Polf JC, Avery S, Mackin DS, Beddar S. Reply to comment on 'Imaging of prompt gamma rays emitted during delivery of clinical proton beams with a Compton camera: feasibility studies for range verification'. Phys Med Biol 61(24):8945-8946, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27910821.
- Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Review of plastic and liquid scintillation dosimetry for photon, electron, and proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 61(20):R305-R343, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27694714.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Bonde C, Schmidt D, Culberson W, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. A systematic characterization of the low-energy photon response of plastic scintillation detectors. Phys Med Biol 61(15):5569-5586, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27384872.
- Hui C, Wen Z, Stemkens B, Tijssen RH, van den Berg CA, Hwang KP, Beddar S. 4D MR imaging using robust internal respiratory signal. Phys Med Biol 61(9):3472-87, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27049817.
- Krishnan S, Chadha AS, Suh Y, Chen HC, Rao A, Das P, Minsky BD, Mahmood U, Delclos ME, Sawakuchi GO, Beddar S, Katz MH, Fleming JB, Javle MM, Varadhachary GR, Wolff RA, Crane CH. Focal Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation Improves Overall Survival in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Patients Receiving Induction Chemotherapy and Consolidative Chemoradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 94(4):755-65, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26972648.
- Peterson SW, Hillebrand M, Mackin D, Daeger E, Beddar S, Polf J. Tracking Electrons produced by compton scatter within a prompt gamma imaging device. The Proceedings of SAIP2016, the 61st Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics:140-145, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. Systematic evaluation of photodetector performance for plastic scintillation dosimetry. Med Phys 42(11):6211-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26520714.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Wootton L, Beddar S. A method to correct for temperature dependence and measure simultaneously dose and temperature using a plastic scintillation detector. Phys Med Biol 60(20):7927-7939, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26407188.
- Polf JC, Avery S, Mackin DS, Beddar S. Imaging of prompt gamma rays emitted during delivery of clinical proton beams with a Compton camera: feasibility studies for range verification. Phys Med Biol 60(18):7085-7099, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26317610.
- Hui C, Robertson D, Alsanea F, Beddar S. Fast range measurement of spot scanning proton beams using a volumetric liquid scintillator detector. Biomed Phys Eng Express 1(2):1-11, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 27274863.
- Hui C, Suh Y, Robertson D, Pan T, Das P, Crane CH, Beddar S. Internal respiratory surrogate in multislice 4D CT using a combination of Fourier transform and anatomical features. Med Phys 42(7):4338, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26133631.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. A novel tool for in vivo dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology using plastic scintillation detectors. International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE) Proceedings 51:680-684, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- McCleskey M, Kaye W, Mackin DS, Beddar S, He Z, Polf JC. Evaluation of a multistage CdZnTe compton camera for prompt γ imaging for proton therapy. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 785:163-169, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Ingram WS, Robertson D, Beddar AS. Calculations and measurements of the scintillator-to-water stopping power ratio of liquid scintillators for use in proton radiotherapy. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A 776:15-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25705066.
- Wootton L, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Passively scattered proton beam entrance dosimetry with a plastic scintillation detector. Phys Med Biol 60(3):1185-98, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25591037.
- Gagnon LP, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Characterization of a fiber-taper charge-coupled device system for plastic scintillation dosimetry and comparison with the traditional lens system. Radiation Measurements 73:60-68, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Beddar S. Real-time volumetric scintillation dosimetry. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 573(1):12005-12012(8), 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Lee E, Polf JC, Mackin DS, Beddar S, Dolney D, Ainsley C, Kassaee A, Avery S. Study of the angular dependence of a prompt gamma detector response during proton radiation therapy. Int J Particle Ther 1(3):731-744, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Francescon P, Beddar S, Satariano N, Das IJ. Variation of kQclin,Qmsr (fclin,fmsr) for the small-field dosimetric parameters percentage depth dose, tissue-maximum ratio, and off-axis ratio. Med Phys 41(10):101708, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25281947.
- Mitchell MP, Abboud M, Eng C, Beddar AS, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane CH, Das P. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for anal cancer: Outcomes and toxicity. Am J Clin Oncol 37(5):461-6, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 23466576.
- Kertzscher G, Rosenfeld A, Beddar S, Tanderup K, Cygler JE. In vivo dosimetry: trends and prospects for brachytherapy. Br J Radiol 87(1041):20140206, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25007037.
- Hui C, Robertson D, Beddar S. 3D reconstruction of scintillation light emission from proton pencil beams using limited viewing angles - a simulation study. Phys Med Biol 59(16):4477-4492, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25054735.
- Goulet M, Rilling M, Gingras L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. Novel, full 3D scintillation dosimetry using a static plenoptic camera. Med Phys 41(8):082101, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25086549.
- Hyngstrom JR, Tzeng CW, Beddar S, Das P, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane CH, Chang GJ, You YN, Feig BW, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Intraoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced primary and recurrent colorectal cancer: Ten-year institutional experience. J Surg Oncol 109(7):652-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24510523.
- Klawikowski SJ, Zeringue C, Wootton LS, Ibbott GS, Beddar S. Preliminary evaluation of the dosimetric accuracy of the in vivo plastic scintillation detector OARtrac system for prostate cancer treatments. Phys Med Biol 59(9):N27-36, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24732073.
- Polf JC, Mackin D, Lee E, Avery S, Beddar S. Detecting prompt gamma emission during proton therapy: the effects of detector size and distance from the patient. Phys Med Biol 59(3):2325-2340, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24732052.
- Wootton L, Kudchadker R, Lee A, Beddar S. Real-time in vivo rectal wall dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors for patients with prostate cancer. Phys Med Biol 59(3):647-60, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24434775.
- Robertson D, Hui C, Archambault L, Mohan R, Beddar S. Optical artifact characterization and correction in volumetric scintillation dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 59(1):23-42, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24321820.
- Das P, Abboud MT, Haque W, Javle M, Kaseb A, Curley SA, Vauthey JN, Aloia TA, Beddar AS, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH. Gastric bleeding after radiation therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Pract Radiat Oncol 3(4):344-8, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24674408.
- Polf JC, Panthi R, Mackin DS, McCleskey M, Saastamoinen A, Roeder BT, Beddar S. Measurement of characteristic prompt gamma rays emitted from oxygen and carbon in tissue-equivalent samples during proton beam irradiation. Phys Med Biol 58(17):5821-5831, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23920051.
- Mijnheer B, Beddar S, Izewska J, Reft C. Vision 20/20 Article: In vivo dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy. Med Phys 40(7):070903 (19 pages), 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23822404.
- Tanderup K, Beddar S, Andersen CE, Kertzscher G, Cygler JE. Vision 20/20 Article: In Vivo Dosimetry in Brachytherapy. Med Phys 40(7):070902 (15 pages), 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23822403.
- Guillot M, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Performance assessment of a 2D array of plastic scintillation detectors for IMRT quality assurance. Phys Med Biol 58(13):4439-54, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23756497.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. On the use of a single-fiber multipoint plastic scintillation detector for (192)Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Med Phys 40(6):062101, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23718599.
- Wootton L, Beddar S. Temperature dependence of BCF plastic scintillation detectors. Phys Med Biol 58(9):2955-2967, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23574889.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. On the nature of the light produced within PMMA optical light guides in scintillation fiber-optic dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 58(7):2073-2084, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23470253.
- Kelly P, Das P, Pinnix CC, Beddar S, Briere T, Pham M, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane CH. Duodenal Toxicity after fractionated chemoradiation for unresectable pancreatic cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85(3):e143-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23200173.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Beddar S. The effects of Doppler broadening and detector resolution on the performance of three-stage Compton cameras. Med Phys 40(1):012402, (12 pages), 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23298111.
- Morin J, Beliveau-Nadeau D, Chung E, Seuntjens J, Theriault D, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. A comparative study of small field total scatter factors and dose profiles using plastic scintillation detectors and other stereotactic dosimeters: the case of the Cyberknife. Med Phys 40(1):011719, (11 pages), 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23298089.
- Robertson D, Mirkovic D, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Quenching correction for volumetric scintillation dosimetry of proton beams. Phys Med Biol 58(2):261-273, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23257200.
- Beaulieu L, Goulet M, Archambault L, Beddar S. Current status of Scintillation Dosimetry for megavoltage beams. J. Phys. Conf. Ser 444 (012013), 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Wang LL, Perles LA, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Mirkovic D, Beddar S. Determination of the quenching correction factors for plastic scintillation detectors in therapeutic high-energy proton beams. Phys Med Biol 57(23):7767-7781, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23128412.
- Archambault L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. A mathematical formalism for hyperspectral, multipoint plastic scintillation detectors. Phys Med Biol 57(21):7133-7145, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23060036.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Archambault L, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Development of a novel multi-point plastic scintillation detector with a single optical transmission line for radiation dose measurement. Phys Med Biol 57(21):7147-7159, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23060069.
- Beddar S. On possible temperature dependence of plastic scintillator response. Med Phys 39(10):6522, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23039686.
- Klein D, Briere TM, Kudchadker R, Archambault L, Beaulieu L, Lee A, Beddar S. In-phantom dose verification of prostate IMRT and VMAT deliveries using plastic scintillation detectors. Radiat Meas 47(10):921-929, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23180976.
- Lessard F, Archambault L, Plamondon M, Despres P, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Validating plastic scintillation detectors for photon dosimetry in the radiologic energy range. Med Phys 39(9):5308-5316, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22957599.
- Briere TM, Crane CH, Beddar S, Bhosale P, Mok H, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Das P. Reproducibility and genital sparing with a vaginal dilator used for female anal cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 104(2):161-166, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22841019.
- Archambault L, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Comment on 'Plastic scintillation dosimetry: comparison of three solutions for the Cerenkov challenge'. Phys Med Biol 57(11):3661-3665; discussion 3667-73, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22596092.
- Mackin D, Peterson S, Beddar S, Polf J. Evaluation of a stochastic reconstruction algorithm for use in Compton camera imaging and beam range verification from secondary gamma emission during proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 57(11):3537-3553, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22588144.
- Chakravarty T, Crane CH, Ajani JA, Mansfield PF, Briere TM, Beddar AS, Mok H, Reed VK, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Das P. Intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy as preoperative treatment for localized gastric adenocarcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83(2):581-586, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22137021.
- Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Robertson D, Lee A, Gillin MT, Mohan R, Beddar S. Verification of proton range, position, and intensity in IMPT with a 3D liquid scintillator detector system. Med Phys 39(3):1239-1246, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22380355.
- Gagnon JC, Thérriault D, Guillot M, Archambault L, Beddar S, Gingras L, Beaulieu L. Dosimetric performance and array assessment of plastic scintillation detectors for stereotactic radiosurgery quality assurance. Med Phys 39(1):429-436, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22225313.
- Wootton LS, Kudchadker RJ, Beddar AS, Lee AK. Effectiveness of a novel gas-release endorectal balloon in the removal of rectal gas for prostate proton radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 13(5):190-197, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22955660.
- Wootton LS, Polf JC, Peterson S, Wilkinson J, Rozner MA, Balter PA, Beddar S. Proton dose perturbations caused by high-voltage leads from implanted cardioverter defibrillators. J Appl Clin Med Phys 13(4):13-22, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22766952.
- Guillot M, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S, Gingras L. A new water-equivalent 2D plastic scintillation detectors array for the dosimetry of megavoltage energy photon beams in radiation therapy. Med Phys 38(12):6763-74, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22149858.
- Mok H, Briere TM, Martel MK, Beddar S, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH, Das P. Comparative analysis of volumetric modulated arc therapy versus intensity modulated radiation therapy for radiotherapy of anal carcinoma. Pract Radiat Oncol 1(3):163-72, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 24673946.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Briere TM, Mourtada F, Aubin S, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. A phantom study of an in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillation detectors for real-time verification of 192Ir HDR brachytherapy. Med Phys 38(5):2542-51, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21776789.
- Robertson D, Polf JC, Peterson SW, Gillin MT, Beddar S. Material efficiency studies for a Compton camera designed to measure characteristic prompt gamma rays emitted during proton beam radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 56(10):3047-3059, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21508442.
- Tremblay NM, Hubert-Tremblay V, Bujold R, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L, Lepage M. Accurate calibration of a polymer gel dosimeter with a plastic scintillation detector. Med Phys 38(5):2754-2761, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21776812.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Briere TM, Archambault L, Beaulieu L. Removing the stem effect when performing Ir-192 HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors: a relevant and necessary step. Med Phys 38(4):2176-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21626951.
- Guillot M, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Spectral method for the correction of the Cerenkov light effect in plastic scintillation detectors: a comparison study of calibration procedures and validation in Cerenkov light-dominated situations. Med Phys 38(4):2140-50, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21626947.
- Klein DM, Therriault-Proulx F, Archambault L, Briere TM, Beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Determining regions of interest for CCD camera-based fiber optic luminescence dosimetry by examining signal-to-noise ratio. Med Phys 38(3):1374-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21520848.
- Wang LL, Beddar S. Study of the response of plastic scintillation detectors in small-field 6 MV photon beams by Monte Carlo simulations. Med Phys 38(4):1596-1599, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21520871.
- Polf JC, Peterson S, Robertson D, Beddar S. Measuring prompt gamma ray emission during proton radiotherapy for assessment of treatment delivery and patient response. AIP Conf Proc 1336:364-368, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Mok H, Crane CH, Palmer MB, Briere TM, Beddar S, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Das P. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): differences in target volumes and improvement in clinically relevant doses to small bowel in rectal carcinoma. Radiat Oncol 6(63):2-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21651775.
- Klein DM, Tailor RC, Archambault L, Wang L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar AS. Measuring output factors of small fields formed by collimator jaws and multileaf collimators using plastic scintillation detectors. Med Phys 37(10):5541-5549, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21089789.
- Wang LL, Klein D, Beddar AS. Monte Carlo study of the energy and angular dependence of the response of plastic scintillation detectors in photon beams. Med Phys 37(10):5279-86, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21089762.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Pönisch F, Beaulieu L, Kuban DA, Lee A, Beddar S. Toward a real-time in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillation detectors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78(1):280-287, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20231074.
- Lacroix F, Guillot M, McEwen M, Cojocaru C, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Extraction of depth-dependent perturbation factors for parallel-plate chambers in elecron beams using plastic scintillation detector. Med Phys 37(8):4331-4342, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20879593.
- Lacroix F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar AS. Simulation of the precision limits of plastic scintillation detectors using optimal component selection. Med Phys 37(2):412-418, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20229849.
- Guillot M, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Toward 3D dosimetry of intensity modulated radiation therapy treatments with plastic scintillation detectors. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 250 (012006):1-5, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Beddar S. A liquid scintillator system for dosimetry of photon and proton beams. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser 250 (012038):1-3, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Polf JC, Peterson S, McCleskey M, Roeder BT, Spiridon A, Beddar S, Trache L. Measurement and calculation of characteristic prompt gamma ray spectra emitted during proton irradiation. Phys Med Biol 54(22):N519-N527, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19864704.
- Lacroix F, Beddar AS, Guillot M, Beaulieu L, Gingras L. A design methodology using signal-to-noise ratio for plastic scintillation detectors design and performance optimization. Med Phys 36(11):5214-5220, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19994531.
- Hodges JC, Das P, Eng C, Reish AG, Beddar AS, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of squamous cell anal cancer with para-aortic nodal involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 75(3):791-794, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19231109.
- Bouchard M, Amos RA, Briere TM, Beddar S, Crane CH. Dose escalation with proton or photon radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer. Radiother Oncol 92(2):238-243, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19454367.
- Briere TM, Beddar S, Balter P, Murthy R, Gupta S, Nelson C, Starkschall G, Gillin MT, Krishnan S. Respiratory gating with EPID-based verification: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Phys Med Biol 54(11):3379-91, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19436104.
- Peterson SW, Polf J, Bues M, Ciangaru G, Archambault L, Beddar S, Smith A. Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo proton therapy nozzle model incorporating magnetically steered protons. Phys Med Biol 54(10):3217-29, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19420426.
- Beddar S, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Chen GT, Gillin MT, Mohan R. Exploration of the potential of liquid scintillators for real-time 3D dosimetry of intensity modulated proton beams. Med Phys 36(5):1736-1743, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19544791.
- Pönisch F, Archambault L, Briere TM, Sahoo N, Mohan R, Beddar S, Gillin MT. Liquid scintillator for 2D dosimetry for high-energy photon beams. Med Phys 36(5):1478-1485, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19544763.
- Polf JC, Peterson S, Ciangaru G, Gillin M, Beddar S. Prompt gamma-ray emission from biological tissues during proton irradiation: A preliminary study. Phys Med Biol 54(3):731-743, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19131673.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Beddar S. Transient noise characterization and filtration in CCD cameras exposed to stray radiation from a medical linear accelerator. Med Phys 35(10):4342-4351, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18975680.
- Wang H, Krishnan S, Wang X, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Crane CH, Mohan R, Dong L. Improving soft-tissue contrast in four-dimensional computed tomography images of liver cancer patients using a deformable image registration method. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72(1):201-9, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18722271.
- Lacroix F, Archambault L, Gingras L, Guillot M, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Clinical prototype of a plastic water-equivalent scintillating fiber dosimeter array for QA applications. Med Phys 35(8):3682-3690, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18777928.
- Beddar AS, Briere TM, Balter P, Pan T, Tolani N, Ng C, Szklaruk J, Krishnan S. 4D-CT imaging with synchronized intravenous contrast injection to improve delineation of liver tumors for treatment planning. Radiother Oncol 87(3):445-448, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18194819.
- Archambault L, Polf JC, Beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Characterizing the response of miniature scintillation detectors when irradiated with proton beams. Phys Med Biol 53(7):1865-1876, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18364543.
- Briere TM, Tailor R, Tolani N, Prado K, Lane R, Woo S, Ha C, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Patient dosimetry for total body irradiation using single-use MOSFET detectors. J Appl Clin Med Phys 9(4):2787, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19020482.
- Wang X, Krishnan S, Zhang X, Dong L, Briere T, Crane CH, Martel M, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar S. Proton radiotherapy for liver tumors: Dosimetric advantages over photon plans. Med Dosim 33(4):259-267, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18973852.
- Krishnan S, Briere TM, Dong L, Murthy R, Ng C, Balter P, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Daily targeting of liver tumors: Screening patients with a mock treatment and using a combination of internal and external fiducials for image-guided respiratory-gated radiotherapy. Med Phys 34(12):4591-4593, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18196785.
- Briere TM, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Implantable MOSFET detectors: Evaluation of a new design. Med Phys 34(12):4585-4590, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18196784.
- Vedam S, Archambault L, Starkschall G, Mohan R, Beddar S. Determination of prospective displacement-based gate threshold for respiratory-gated radiation delivery from retrospective phase-based gate threshold selected at 4D CT simulation. Med Phys 34(11):4247-4255, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18072489.
- Archambault L, Beddar AS, Gingras L, Lacroix F, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Water-equivalent dosimeter array for small field external beam radiotherapy. Med Phys 34(5):1583-1592, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17555240.
- Beddar AS, Kainz K, Briere TM, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S. Correlation between internal fiducial tumor motion and external marker motion for liver tumors imaged with 4D-CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67(2):630-638, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17236980.
- Ballo MT, Zagars GK, Pollock RE, Benjamin RS, Feig BW, Cormier JN, Hunt KK, Patel SR, Trent JC, Beddar S, Pisters PW. Retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma: An analysis of radiation and surgical treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67(1):158-163, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17084545.
- Beddar AS. Plastic scintillation dosimetry and its application to radiotherapy. Radiat Meas 41:S124-S133, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Krishnan S, Lin EH, Gunn GB, Chandra A, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Das P, Delclos ME, Janjan NA, Crane CH. Conformal radiotherapy of the dominant liver metastasis: A viable strategy for treatment of unresectable chemotherapy refractory colorectal cancer liver metastases. Am J Clin Oncol 29(6):562-567, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17148992.
- Beddar AS, Briere TM, Ouzidane M. Intraoperative radiation therapy using a mobile electron linear accelerator: Field matching for large-field electron irradiation. Phys Med Biol 51(18):N331-337, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16953035.
- Ayotte G, Archambault L, Gingras L, Lacroix F, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Surface preparation and coupling in plastic scintillator dosimetry. Med Phys 33(9):3519-3525, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17022248.
- Beddar AS, Biggs PJ, Chang S, Ezzell GA, Faddegon BA, Hensley FW, Mills MD. Intraoperative radiation therapy using mobile electron linear accelerators: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 72. Med Phys 33(5):1476-1489, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16752582.
- Beddar AS, Krishnan S, Briere TM, Wang X, Delclos ME, Ballo MT, Das P, Gould S, Horton JL, Crane CH. The optimization of dose delivery for intraoperative high-dose-rate radiation therapy using curved HAM applicators. Radiother Oncol 78(2):207-212, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16376445.
- Archambault L, Beddar AS, Gingras L, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Measurement accuracy and cerenkov removal for high performance, high spatial resolution scintillation dosimetry. Med Phys 33(1):128-135, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16485419.
- Briere TM, Lii J, Prado K, Gilin MT, and Beddar AS. Single-use MOSFET radiation dosimeters for the quality assurance of megavoltage photon beams. Phys Med Biol 51(5):1139-1144, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16481683.
- Beddar AS. Water equivalent plastic scintillation detectors in radiation therapy. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 120(1-4):1-6, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16882685.
- Briere TM, Beddar AS, Gillin MT. Evaluation of precalibrated implantable MOSFET radiation dosimeters for megavoltage photon beams. Med Phys 32(11):3346-3349, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16370421.
- Beddar AS. Stability of a mobile electron linear accelerator system for intraoperative radiation therapy. Med Phys 32(10):3128-3131, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16279065.
- Archambault L, Arsenault J, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Plastic scintillation dosimetry: optimal selection of scintillating fibers and scintillators. Med Phys 32(7):2271-2278, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16121582.
- Beddar AS, Briere TM, Mourtada FA, Vassiliev ON, Liu HH, Mohan R. Monte Carlo calculations of the absorbed dose and energy dependence of plastic scintillators. Med Phys 32(5):1265-1269, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15984678.
- Beddar AS, Salehpour M, Briere TM, Hamidian H, Gillin MT. Preliminary evaluation of implantable MOSFET radiation dosimeters. Phys Med Biol 50(1):141-149, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15715428.
- Beddar AS, Krishnan S. Intraoperative radiotherapy using a mobile electron LINAC: A retroperitoneal sarcoma case. J Appl Clin Med Phys 6(3):95-107, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16143794.
- Zhang P, Beddar AS, Sibata CH. AAPM TG-43 formalism for brachytherapy dose calculation of a 137Cs tube source. Med Phys 31(4):755-759, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15124992.
- Beddar AS, Tailor RC. Calibration of low-energy electron beams from a mobile linear accelerator with plane-parallel chambers using both TG-51 and TG-21 protocols. Phys Med Biol 49(8):N105-N110, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15152696.
- Beddar AS, Suchowerska N, Law SH. Plastic scintillation dosimetry for radiation therapy: Minimizing capture of Cerenkov radiation noise. Phys Med Biol 49(5):783-790, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15070202.
- Law SH, Suchowerska N, Fleming SC, Beddar AS, and McKenzie D. Signal versus noise in fiber coupled radiation dosimeters for medical applications. Biomedical Optics, Proceedings of SPIE. Biomedical Optics, SPIE 5317:105-115, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Ellis RJ, Vertocnik A, Kim E, Zhou H, Young B, Sodee B, Fu P, Beddar S, Colussi V, Spirnak JP, Dinchman KH, Resnick M, Kinsella TJ. Four-year biochemical outcome after radioimmunoguided transperineal brachytherapy for patients with prostate adenocarcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 57(2):362-370, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12957246.
- Beddar AS, Law S, Suchowerska N, Mackie TR. Plastic scintillation dosimetry: Optimization of light collection efficiency. Phys Med Biol 48(9):1141-52, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12765328.
- Domanovic MA, Ouzidane M, Ellis RJ, Kinsella TJ, Beddar AS. Using intraoperative radiation therapy - A case study. AORN J 77(2):412-417, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12619854.
- Beddar AS, Domanovic MA, Kubu ML, Ellis RJ, Sibata CH, Kinsella TJ. Mobile linear accelerators for intraoperative radiation therapy. AORN J 74(5):700-705, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11725448.
- Beddar AS, Kubu ML, Domanovic MA, Ellis RJ, Kinsella TJ, Sibata CH. A new approach to intraoperative radiation therapy. AORN J 74(4):500-505, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11665383.
- Ellis RJ, Kim EY, Conant R, Sodee DB, Spirnak JP, Dinchman KH, Beddar S, Wessels B, Resnick MI, Kinsella TJ. Radioimmunoguided imaging of prostate cancer foci with histopathological correlation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 49(5):1281-1286, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11286835.
- Colussi VC, Beddar AS, Kinsella TJ, Sibata CH. In vivo dosimetry using a single diode for megavoltage photon beam radiotherapy: implementation and response characterization. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2(4):210-8, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11686742.
- Beddar AS, Kinsella TJ, Ikhlef A, and Sibata CH. A miniature scintillator-fiberoptic-PMT detector system for the dosimetry of small fields in stereotactic radiosurgery. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48:924-928, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
- Ikhlef A, Skowronek M and, Beddar AS. X-ray imaging and detection using plastic scintillating fibers. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 442:428-432, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Das IJ, Gazda MJ, Beddar AS. Characteristics of a scintillator-based daily quality assurance device for radiation oncology beams. Med Phys 23(12):2061-2067, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8994171.
- Beddar AS, Mason DJ, O'Brien PF. Absorbed dose perturbation caused by diodes for small field photon dosimetry. Med Phys 21(7):1075-9, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7968839.
- Beddar AS. A new scintillator detector system for the quality assurance of Co-60 and high-energy therapy machines. Phys Med Biol 39(2):253-263, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 15552123.
- Beddar AS, Thomason C, Leung PM. Description and evaluation of a new 3D computerized treatment planning dose compensator system. Med Dosim 19(4):227-235, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7893357.
- De Boer SF, Beddar AS, Rawlinson JA. Optical filtering and spectral measurements of radiation-induced light in plastic scintillation dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 38:945-958, 1993. e-Pub 1993.
- Beddar AS, Mackie TR, Attix FH. Water-equivalent plastic scintillation detectors for high-energy beam dosimetry: I. Physical characteristics and theoretical consideration. Phys Med Biol 37(10):1883-900, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1438554.
- Beddar AS, Mackie TR, Attix FH. Water-equivalent plastic scintillation detectors for high-energy beam dosimetry: II. Properties and measurements. Phys Med Biol 37(10):1901-13, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1438555.
- Beddar AS, Mackie TR, and Attix FH. Cerenkov light generated in optical fibers and other light-pipes irradiated by electron beams. Phys Med Biol 37:925-935, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Sibata CH, Mota HC, Beddar AS, Higgins PD, Shin KH. Influence of detector size in photon beam profile measurements. Phys Med Biol 36(5):621-631, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 2068227.
- Beddar AS, Higgins PD. Use of ferroelectric crystal detectors for electron dosimetry. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 37(1):26-30, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 18285012.
- Beddar AS, Higgins PD. Ionizing radiation response effects on optical fibers in radiation therapy dosimetry applications. SPIE 992:170-176, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
- Beddar AS. Radiation response of optical fibers to clinical radiotherapy photon and electron beams. Opto-Electronics: ESI publications; Paris, 146-149, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
Review Articles
- Pollard-Larkin JM, Briere TM, Kudchadker RJ, Sadagopan R, Nitsch PL, Wang XA, Salehpour M, Wang J, Vedam S, Nelson CL, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Court LE, Balter PA, Robinson IJ, Yang J, Howell RM, Followill DS, Kry S, Beddar S, Martel MK. Our Experience Leading a Large Medical Physics Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Adv Radiat Oncol 6(4):100683, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33824935.
- Kazmierska J, Hope A, Spezi E, Beddar S, Nailon WH, Osong B, Ankolekar A, Choudhury A, Dekker A, Redalen KR, Traverso A. From multisource data to clinical decision aids in radiation oncology: The need for a clinical data science community. Radiother Oncol 153:43-54, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33065188.
- Fonseca GP, Johansen JG, Smith RL, Beaulieu L, Beddar S, Kertzscher G, Verhaegen F, Tanderup K. In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy: Requirements and future directions for research, development, and clinical practice. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 16:1-11, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33458336.
- Olaciregui-Ruiz I, Beddar S, Greer P, Jornet N, McCurdy B, Paiva-Fonseca G, Mijnheer B, Verhaegen F. In vivo dosimetry in external beam photon radiotherapy: Requirements and future directions for research, development, and clinical practice. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 15:108-116, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33458335.
- Krishnan S, Dawson LA, Seong J, Akine Y, Beddar S, Briere TM, Crane CH, Mornex F. Radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: An overview. Ann Surg Oncol 15(4):1015-1024, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18236114.
- Gao S, Delclos ME, Tomas LC, Crane CH, Beddar S. High dose rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy. AORN J 86(5):827-836, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18050890.
- Crane CH, Beddar AS, Evans DB. The role of intraoperative radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 12(4):965-77, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14989127.
- Beddar SM, Aikin JL. Continuity of care: a challenge for ambulatory oncology nursing. Semin Oncol Nurs 10(4):254-63, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7855453.
Professional Educational Materials
- Beddar S. A Brachytherapy Manual for the Department of Radiation Oncology at CWRU. The Manual consists of a consortium of all the Brachytherapy technical data with written procedures for all procedures that are clinically performed within the department, 2000.
Other Articles
- Beddar S, Cavazos A, Ejezie C, Cox V, Cheng H, Perez S, Koong A, Nguyen J, Herman J, Beddar S, Liao Z, Yeboa D Protocol-in-a-Day Workshop: Expediting IRB Approval for Junior and Senior Faculty. J Cancer Educ, 2024.
Editorials
- Garibaldi, C, Beddar, S, Bizzocchi, N, Tobias Böhlen, T, Iliaskou, C, Moeckli, R, Psoroulas, S, Subiel, A, Taylor, PA, Van den Heuvel, F, Vanreusel, V, Verellen, D. Minimum and optimal requirements for a safe clinical implementation of ultra-high dose rate radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology 196, 2024. PMID: 38648991.
- Archambault, L, Back, S, Baldock, C, Beaulieu, L, Beddar, S, De Deene, Y, Doran, S, Ibbott, G, Jirasek, A, Jordan, K, Lepage, M, McCurdy, B, Oldham, M, Pogue, BW, Schreiner, J, Yasuda, H. Preface. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2167(1), 2022.
Abstracts
- Tho D, Beddar S. Identifying the Origins of Possible Nonlinear Scintillator Response Under Ultra-High Dose Rate Electron Beams. European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting 2025 206(Supplement I):S2581-S2582. e-Pub 2025.
- Simrad M, Fullarton R, Volvz L, Schuy C, Robertson D, Toltz A, Baker C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. A comparison of carbon ions versus protons for integrated mode ion imaging. Med Phys:3858-3859, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Khan A, Hooten B, DeWerd L, Schueler E, Beddar S. Development of Novel Parallel Plate Ion Chambers for Reference Dosimetry Applications in Electron Flash Radiotherapy. 66th Annual AAPM Meeting & Exhibition, July 21-25, 2024, Los Angeles, California, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Khan A, Hooten B, DeWerd L, Schueler E, Beddar S. Development of Novel Parallel Plate Ion Chambers for Reference Dosimetry Applications in Electron Flash Radiotherapy. 66th Annual AAPM Meeting & Exhibition, July 21-25, 2024, Los Angeles, California, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Alsanea F, Tho D, Yang M, Titt U, Robertson D, Beddar S. Ionization Quenching of Scintillators in Ultra-High Dose Rate Proton Beams. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore. e-Pub 2024.
- Simard M, Fullarton R, Volz L, Schuy C, Robertson D, Toltz A, Baker C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. Comparing Carbon Ions and Protons in Integrated Mode Ion Imaging. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore. e-Pub 2024.
- Fullarton R, Simard M, Toltz A, Volz L, Robertson D, Royle G, Schuy C, S <, Graeff C, BAker C, Collins-fekete C. Measuring Real-Time Motion of a Realistic Lung Tumour Using Integrated-Mode Proton Radiography - Towards Tumour Tracking in Proton Therapy. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Alsanea F, Tho D, Yang M, Titt U, Robertson D, Beddar S. Ionization Quenching of Scintillators in Ultra-High Dose Rate Proton Beams. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore. e-Pub 2024.
- Simard M, Fullarton R, Volz L, Schuy C, Robertson D, Toltz A, Baker C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. Comparing Carbon Ions and Protons in Integrated Mode Ion Imaging. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore. e-Pub 2024.
- Fullarton R, Simard M, Toltz A, Volz L, Robertson D, Royle G, Schuy C, S <, Graeff C, BAker C, Collins-fekete C. Measuring Real-Time Motion of a Realistic Lung Tumour Using Integrated-Mode Proton Radiography - Towards Tumour Tracking in Proton Therapy. 62nd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-15, 2024, Singapore, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Liu K, Khan A, Holmes S, DeWerd L, Beddar S, Schueler E. Development of next-generation ion chambers for reference dosimetry in FLASH. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:3206-3207, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Fullarton R, Simard M, Volvz L, Robertson D, Royle G, Schuy C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. First results of real-time motion imaging using integrated-mode ion radiography for tumour motion. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:4398-4399, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Aylward J, Bohlen T, Moeckli R, Psoroulas S, Douralis A, Garibaldi C, Traneus E, Giuseppe F, Beddar S, Schuler E, Van de Heuvel F, Labarbe R, Verellen D, Gasparini A, Stephan F, Subiel A. Terminology, Recording, Reporting for Ultra-High Dose Rates: ESTRO Physics of FLASH Workshop update. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:4800-4801, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Liu K, Khan A, Holmes S, DeWerd L, Beddar S, Schueler E. Development of next-generation ion chambers for reference dosimetry in FLASH. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:3206-3207, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Simrad M, Fullarton R, Volvz L, Schuy C, Robertson D, Toltz A, Baker C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. A comparison of carbon ions versus protons for integrated mode ion imaging. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:3858-3859, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Fullarton R, Simard M, Volvz L, Robertson D, Royle G, Schuy C, Beddar S, Graeff C, Collins-Fekete C. First results of real-time motion imaging using integrated-mode ion radiography for tumour motion. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:4398-4399, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Aylward J, Bohlen T, Moeckli R, Psoroulas S, Douralis A, Garibaldi C, Traneus E, Giuseppe F, Beddar S, Schuler E, Van de Heuvel F, Labarbe R, Verellen D, Gasparini A, Stephan F, Subiel A. Terminology, Recording, Reporting for Ultra-High Dose Rates: ESTRO Physics of FLASH Workshop update. ESTRO 2024, May 3-7, 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom:4800-4801, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Abana C, Palmiero A, Liu K, Green M, Li Z, Harris L, Younkin R, Mayor S, Samuel K, Garrow K, Moore E, Fowlkes N, Swain J, Norton W, Koong A, Woodward W, Taniguchi C, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin S. Cutaneous Tissue Microenvironment Effects After Single - and Fractionated Dose Electron FLASH-RT in Yorkshire Swine. 2023 Flash Radiotherapy & Particle Therapy, Toronto, Canada, December 5-7, 2023, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Abana C, Palmiero A, Liu K, Green M, Li Z, Harris L, Younkin R, Mayor S, Samuel K, Garrow K, Moore E, Fowlkes N, Swain J, Norton W, Koong A, Woodward W, Taniguchi C, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin S. Cutaneous Tissue Microenvironment Effects After Single - and Fractionated Dose Electron FLASH-RT in Yorkshire Swine. 2023 Flash Radiotherapy & Particle Therapy, Toronto, Canada, December 5-7, 2023, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Simard M, Fullerton R, Volz L, Schuy C, Robertson D, Toltz A, Baker C, S . A Comparison of Carbon Ions versus Protons for Integrated Mode Imaging. Ion Imaging Workshop 2023, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Khriguian J, Mohamed AS, Beddar S, Lee A, Frank SJ, Gunn GB, Morrison WH. Disease Control and Toxicity Outcomes after Intraoperative HDR Brachytherapy for Neck Recurrences in Patient Previously Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2003, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):e592-e593, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Cavazos, Iskander GM, Cox V, Cheng H, Ejezie CL, Perez S, Nguyen J, Beddar S, Liao Z, Yeboa DN. Protocol in a Day: An Educational Institutional Workshop for Protocol Development. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2003, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):e557-e558, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Abana CO, Palmiero AN, Velasquez BD, Liu K, Koong AC, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin SH. Feasibility and Clinical Implementation of Electron FLASH Radiation Therapy in the Yorkshire Swine Model. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology 117(2/ Supplement):e637-e638, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Perles LA, Niedzielski J, Sawakuchi G, Martin R, Schueler E, Taniguchi CM, Ludmir EB, Vivar OI, Das P, Koong AC, Farber LA, Koay EJ, Beddar S. Assessment of the Spatial Bio-Distribution of NBTXR3 for Locally Advanced or Borderline-Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (LAPC or BRPC) Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, 117(2/ Supplement):e332-e333, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Chang E, Wong FCL, Erwin WD, Das P, Holliday E, Koong AC, Ludmir EB, Smith GL, Taniguchi CM, Beddar S, Martin R, Niedzielski J, Perles LS, Park PC, Kaseb A, Lee S, Tzeng CW, Vauthey JN, Koay EJ. Phase 1 Trial of SPECT-Guided Liver-Directed Ablative Radiotherapy for Patients with Low Functional Liver Volume. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):S106, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Abana CO, Palmiero AN, Liu K, Green MM, Li Z, Harris L, Mayor S, Samuel KQ, Younkin RA, Moore EJ, Norton W, Swain J, Fowlkes NW, Koong AC, Woodward WA, Taniguchi CM, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin SH. Subacute Cutaneous Toxicity with Single-Fraction Electron FLASH RT in Yorkshire Swine. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):S10-S11, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Khriguian J, Mohamed AS, Beddar S, Lee A, Frank SJ, Gunn GB, Morrison WH. Disease Control and Toxicity Outcomes after Intraoperative HDR Brachytherapy for Neck Recurrences in Patient Previously Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2003, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):e592-e593, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Cavazos, Iskander GM, Cox V, Cheng H, Ejezie CL, Perez S, Nguyen J, Beddar S, Liao Z, Yeboa DN. Protocol in a Day: An Educational Institutional Workshop for Protocol Development. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2003, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):e557-e558, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Abana CO, Palmiero AN, Velasquez BD, Liu K, Koong AC, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin SH. Feasibility and Clinical Implementation of Electron FLASH Radiation Therapy in the Yorkshire Swine Model. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology 117(2/ Supplement):e637-e638, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Perles LA, Niedzielski J, Sawakuchi G, Martin R, Schueler E, Taniguchi CM, Ludmir EB, Vivar OI, Das P, Koong AC, Farber LA, Koay EJ, Beddar S. Assessment of the Spatial Bio-Distribution of NBTXR3 for Locally Advanced or Borderline-Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (LAPC or BRPC) Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, 117(2/ Supplement):e332-e333, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Chang E, Wong FCL, Erwin WD, Das P, Holliday E, Koong AC, Ludmir EB, Smith GL, Taniguchi CM, Beddar S, Martin R, Niedzielski J, Perles LS, Park PC, Kaseb A, Lee S, Tzeng CW, Vauthey JN, Koay EJ. Phase 1 Trial of SPECT-Guided Liver-Directed Ablative Radiotherapy for Patients with Low Functional Liver Volume. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):S106, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Abana CO, Palmiero AN, Liu K, Green MM, Li Z, Harris L, Mayor S, Samuel KQ, Younkin RA, Moore EJ, Norton W, Swain J, Fowlkes NW, Koong AC, Woodward WA, Taniguchi CM, Beddar S, Mitra D, Schueler E, Lin SH. Subacute Cutaneous Toxicity with Single-Fraction Electron FLASH RT in Yorkshire Swine. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 1-4, 2023, San Diego, CA 117(2/ Supplement):S10-S11, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Robertson D, Stolen E, Fullerton R, Akgun U, Collins Fekete C, Beddar S. High-Density Scintillating Glasses for Integrating-Mode Particle Radiography. Optica Imaging Congress 2023, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Schueler E, Beddar S. How Ion Chamber Design Influences Their Response in Ultra-High Dose Rate Beamlines. 65th AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, July 23-27, 2023, Houston, Texas, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Palmiero A, Abana C, Liu K, Green M, Harris L, Mayor S, Samuel K, Younkin R, Green G, Garrow K, Moore E, Norton W, Swain J, Polasek H, Huynh T, Fowlkes N, Koong A, Woodward W, Taniguchi C, Beddar S, Mitra D, Lin S, Schueler E. Single-Fraction Electron Flash: Subacute Cutaneous Toxicity Analysis Via Swine Models. 65th AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, July 23-27, 2023, Houston, Texas,, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Schueler E, Beddar S. Feasibility of Using Exradin W2 Plastic Scintillator in Its Current Configuration for Flash Beamlines. 65th AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, July 23-27, 2023, Houston, Texas,, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Palmiero A, Abana C, Velasquez B, Liu K, Beddar S, Mitra D, Lin S, Schueler E. Clinical Workflow Implementation of Electron Flash Radiation Therapy Via Swim Models. 65th AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, July 23-27, 2023, Houston, Texas, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Huang K, Chung C, Das P, Ludmir, Zhang L, Vega GL, J, Owens C, Zhao Y, Chen X, Duryea J, Fuentes D, Cardenas C, Briere T, |Beddar S. Automatic Contouring and VMAT Treatment Planning for Rectal Cancers. 65th AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, July 23-27, 2023, Houston, Texas, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Beddar S, Simard M, Fullarton R, Robertson D, Collins-Fekete C. Proton radiography using a novel integrating acquisition and fast imaging. 61st Annual PTCOG Conference, June 10-16, 2023, Madrid, Spain, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Schueler E, Beddar S. Characterization of the Exradin W2 in FLASH Radiation therapy. ESTRO 2023, May 12-16, 2023, Vienna, Austria, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Schueler E, Liu K, Palmiero A, Chopra N, Li Z, Beddar S. Electron Ultra-High Dose-Rate (FLASH) beam monitoring and control through beam current transformers. ESTRO 2023, May 12-16, 2023, Vienna, Austria, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Simrad M, Robertson D, Fullarton R, Toltz A, Baker C, Beddar S, Collins-Fekete C. Image quality of a proton radiography system using 2D lateral projections for image guidance. ESTRO 2023, May 12-16, 2023, Vienna, Austria, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Alsanea F, Williamson T, Poenisch F, Martin R, Beddar S, Sawakuchi G, Perles L, Ludmir E, Koong A, Das P, Taniguchi C, Koay E, Niedzielski J. Feasibility of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Treating Pancreatic Cancer Using a Hypofractionated Approach. AAPM 64th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2022, Washington DC, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Huang K, Das P, Olanrewaju AM, Cardenas C, Fuentes D, Zhang L, Hancock D, Simonds H, Rhee DJ, Beddar S, Briere TM, Court L. Automated Rectal Cancer Radiotherapy Planning. AAPM 64th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2022, Washington DC, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Liu K, Glick A, Palmiero A, Chopra N, Beddar S, Schueler. Utilization of Toroids for Output and Energy Monitoring of Pulsed Electron FLASH Beams. AAPM 64th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2022, Washington DC, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Chopra N, Liu K, Beddar S, Schueler. Novel Radiochromic Film Dosimeter for Radiotherapy Applications. AAPM 64th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2022, Washington DC, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Darne C, Robertson D, Collins-Fekete C, Beddar S. A novel system and approach for proton radiography using a monolithic scintillator detector. European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting, 6-10 May, 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark 170(Supplement 1):S1373-S1375, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Liu K, Palmiero A, Chopra N, Beddar S, Schuler E. Dual beam current transformer design for real-time dose monitoring of electron FLASH beam parameters. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Connell L, Surry E, Beddar S, Young R, Schuler E. A methodology on determining FLASH radiation shielding requirements. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Chopra N, Liu K, Beddar S, Young R, Schuler E. Characterization of a novel Orthochromic Film for FLASH. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Palmiero A, Schuler E, Connell L, Velasquez B, Liu K, Chopra N, Neill D, Beddar S. Short- and Long-term Stability of the Mobetron FLASH System. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Velasquez B, Liu K, Chopra N, Beddar S, Schuler E. Characterization of Luminescent Based Dosimeters for Ultra-High Dose Rate (FLASH) electron beams. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Beddar S, Schuler E. Characterization of commercially available ionization chambers in FLASH Radiation therapy. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Schueler E, Fredette N, Chopra N, Darne C, Beddar S. Commissioning of the Flash Mobetron System at MD Anderson Cancer Center. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Liu K, Holmes S, Schuler E, Beddar S. Characterization of the Exradin W2 in FLASH Radiation therapy. 2nd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) Conference, November 30 - December 2, 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Tanderup K, Johansen J, Fonseca G, Smith R, Beaulieu L, Beddar S, Kertzscher G, Verhaegen F. In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy: Requirements and future directions for research, development and clinical practice. ESTRO 2021, August 27-31,2021, Madrid, Spain, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Niedzielski J, Beddar S, Martin R, Perles L, Rebueno N, Holliday E, Smith G, Minsky B, Ludmir E, Das P, Koay E, Taniguchi C, Koong A, Sawakuchi G. Towards Daily Online Adaptive SBRT for Pancreatic Cancer: Dosimetric Analysis of Daily Adaptive Re-Planning Using Re-Optimization and Dose Escalation Techniques. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Huang K, Rhee D, Olanrewaju A, Hancock D, Zhang L, Cardenas C, Das P, Beddar S, Fuentes D, Briere T, L Court L. A Fully-Automated Field-In-Field Algorithm Translatable to Multiple Disease Sites. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Thrower S, Holmes S, Prajapati S, Schueler E, Beddar S. Output Constancy of the W2 Scintillator in Flattening Filter Free Fields in a Medical Linac. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Darne C, Robertson R, Alsanea F, Tendler I, Perles P, Collins-Fekete C, Beddar. A Novel Integrating Proton Radiography System with a Monolithic Scintillator Detector. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Polf J, Maggi P, Panthi R, Mackin D, Peterson S, Beddar, S. The Effects of Compton Camera Data Acquisition Timing and Readout On Prompt Gamma Images Acquired at Clinical Proton Beam Dose Rates. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Barajas C, Kroiz G, Polf J, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S, Gobbert M. Neural Network Based Event Classification to Improve Compton Imaging for Proton Beam Range Verification. AAPM 63st Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2021, Virtual 48(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Linares Rosales HM, Cantin A, Aubin S, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. From conception to clinical trial: IViST, the first multi-sensor-based platform for real-time In Vivo Source Tracking in HDR brachytherapy. The 11th International Conference on 3D and Advanced Dosimetry, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Beddar S, Darne CD, Robertson DG. Development of a novel proton CT system using a 3D scintillator detector. The 11th International Conference on 3D and Advanced Dosimetry, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Johansen J, Johansen EB, Overgaard J, Piche-Meunier D, Rosales HML, Tho D, Tanderup K, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Kertzscher. Characterization of an inorganic scintillation detector system for time resolved in vivo dosimetry. Radiotherapy and Oncology 158(1):S77-S79, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Beddar S, Darne C, Robertson D, Alsanea F, Pan T, Sahoo N, Grosshans D. Feasibility study of a novel proton radiography/CT system using a volumetric scintillator detector. Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group 59 Conference (PTCOG), May 21-26, 2021, Taipei, Taiwan, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Niedzielski J, Liu Y, Martin R, Perles L, Beddar S, Rebueno N, Koay E, Taniguichi C, Holliday E, Das P, Smith G, Minsky B, Ludmir E, Koong A, Sawakuchi. Impact of interfractional anatomic variations on breath-hold SBRT for pancreatic cancer: Are we flying blind with daily cone-beam CT image guidance?. 12th Annual COMP-OCPM Canadian Winter School, February 1-4, 2021, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Wang H, Court LE, Mumme R, CIHM N, Beddar S, Wang XA, Wang C, Tung S, Martel MK, Moreno AC, Reddy J, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Phan J. Developing a Radiation Oncology Treatment Plan Library (ROTPL) for Head and Neck Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 108(3):E357, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Iskander G, Liao Z, Herman JM, Beddar S, Perez S, Koong AC, Yeboa DN. Protocol-in-a-Day Workshop: Increasing Resident and Junior Faculty Research Edducation and Mentorship in Protocol Development. International Journal of Radiaiton Oncology, Biology, Physics 108(3):S123-S124, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Wang H, Court L, Mumme R, Nguyen C, Beddar S, Wang X, Wang C, Tung S, Martel M, Moreno A, Reddy J, Garden A, Rosenthal D, Phan J. An External Beam Radiation Oncology Treatment Plan Library (ROTPL) for Head and Neck Cancer. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Niedzielski J, Ng S, Beddar S, Martin R, Holliday E, Smith G, Minsky B, Koong A, Taniguchi C, Das P, Koay E, Sawakuchi G. Dosimetric Impact of Interfraction Anatomical Variations On Breath-Hold SBRT for Pancreatic Cancer. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Huang K, Das P, Zhang L, Amirmazaheri M, Nguyen C, Rhee D, Netherton T, Beddar S, Briere T, Fuentes D, Holliday E, Court L, Cardenas C. Incorporating GTV Information in a Multi-Stage Process to Improve Automatically Generated Field Apertures for Rectal Cancer Radiotherapy. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Maggi P, Barajas C, Kroiz G, Basalyga J, Peterson S, Mackin D, Panthi R, Beddar S, Gobbert M, Plf J. Compton Camera Event Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Maggi P, Peterson S, Panthi R, Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J. Dectector Performance Effects on Compton Camera Data Quality. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Peterson S, Maggi P, Panthi R, Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J. Investigating the Impact of Secondaries Neutrons On Compton Camera for Medical Imaging. 2020 Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Panthi R, Mackin D, Peterson S, Maggi P, Polf J, Beddar S. A Novel Kernel-Weighted Back-Projection Reconstruction Algorithm for Compton Camera Imaging. 2020 Joint AAPM COMP Meeting, July 12-16, 2020, Virtual, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Alsanea F, Beddar S. Ionization quenching correction for 3D scintillator detectors for spot scanning proton therapy. European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting, November 28 - December 1, 2020, Vienna, Austria, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Darne CD, Robertson DG, Alsanea F, Pan T, Grosshans DR, Beddar S. A novel approach to proton radiography and CT using a large-volume scintillator detector system. European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting, November 28 - December 1, 2020, Vienna, Austria, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Cazacu I M, Singh B S, Martin R, Slagowski J M, Beddar S, Koay E, Taniguchi C, Herman J, Bhutani M S. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fiducial Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: 923. American Journal of Gastroenterology 114:S539, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Darne C, Alsanea F, Robertson D, Hojo Y, Sahoo N, Beddar S. 3D Scintillator Detector System for Proton Scanning Beam Therapy. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, Illinois, Red Journal, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Beddar S. How to write for physics grants. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, Illinois, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Slagowski J, Cazacu I, Martin R, Singh B, Colbert L, Koay E, Taniguchi C, Koong A, Herman J, Bhutani M, Beddar, S. Evaluation of the Visibility and Artifacts of Seven Common Fiducials for Image-guided Radiation Therapy. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, Illinois 105(1, Supplement):E735-E736, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Park P, An P, Yoon H, Damian A, Monge D, Das P, Koay E, Holliday E, Koong A, Minsky B, Taniguchi C, Smith G, Krishnan S, Suh Y, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S, Herman J. Patient Setup Management for Pancreatic SBRT: Daily CT Based Assessment of Setup Accuracy using Vertebral Bone, Fiducial Markers, Biliary Stent, and Soft-Tissue Targeting. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, Illinois 105(1, Supplement):E770-, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Darne C, Robertson D, Alsanea F, Guan F, Pan T, Grosshans D, Gautam A, Beddar S. A Proton Radiography System Design Using a Liquid Scintillator Detector. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, September 15-18, 2019, Chicago, Illinois 105(1, Supplement):E716-E717, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Darne C, Alsanea F, Robertson D, Hojo Y, Sahoo N, Beddar S. 3D Scintillator Detector System for Proton Scanning Beam Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 105(1, Supplement):S89 - S90, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Panthi R, Maggi P, Peterson S, Mackin D, Polf J, Beddar S. Secondary Particle Interactions in a Compton Camera Designed for in Vivo Range Verification of Proton Therapy. AAPM 61st Annual Meeting, July 14-18, 2019, San Antonio, TX, Med Phys 46(6):2833, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Darne C, Alsanea F, Hojo Y, Beddar, Sam. Development of An Image Acquisition Method for Optical Cameras to Efficiently Capture Pencil Beams Used in Proton Therapy. AAPM 61st Annual Meeting, July 14-18, 2019, San Antonio, TX, Med Phys 46(6):2860, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Linares Rosales H, Johansen J, Cantin A, Kertzscher G, Archambault L, Tanderup K, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. A Platform for Real-Time In Vivo Source Tracking in HDR Brachytherapy. AAPM 61st Annual Meeting, July 14-18, 2019, San Antonio, TX, Med Phys 46(6):2865, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Linares-Rosales HM, Archambault L, Beddar, S, Beaulieu L. A high-performance dosimetry system for in vivo HDR brachytherapy: Real time source tracking and dose measurements. ABS Annual Meeting, June 13-15, 2019, Miami, Florida(Abstract Book), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Peterson SW, Maggi P, Panthi R, Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J. Investigating Scatter during Gamma Imaging using a Dual Head CdZnTe Compton Camera. 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 27- November 3, 2019, Manchester, England, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Maggi P, Panthi R, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S, Yang H, He Z, Polf J. Simulated and Measured Detector Timing Effects at Clinical Dose Rates in a Compton-camera Based Prompt-gamma Imaging for Proton Radiotherapy. 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 27- November 3, 2019, Manchester, England, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Panthi R, Maggi P, Peterson S, Mackin D, Polf J, Beddar S. Secondary Particle Interactions in a Compton Camera Designed for in-vivo Range Verification of Proton Therapy. 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, October 27- November 3, 2019, Manchester, England, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Beddar S. A proton radiography imaging system using a large volume liquid scintillator and a CCD camera. 15th Int. SCINT 2019, September 29 - October 4, 2019, Sendai, Japan, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Linares-Rosales HM, Archambault L, Beddar, S, Beaulieu L. Development and Characterization of a 3 points plastic scintillator dosimeter in HDR brachytherapy. COMP Proceedings of the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, September 12-15, 2018, Montreal, Canada(Abstract book), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Beddar S. In-vivo dosimetry for brachytherapy. IUPESM 2018 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Marin R, Williamson T, Yepes P, Poenisch F, Melkun M, Titt U, Mirkovic D, Beddar, S, Mohan R, Holliday E, Sawakuchi G. Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for anal canal cancer. AAPM 60th Annual Meeting Program, July 29-Aug 2, 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, Med Phys 45(6):2763, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Choi G, Suh Y, Das P, Herman J, Holliday E, Koay E, Koong A, Krishnan S, Minsky B, Taniguchi C, Beddar S. Assessment of setup uncertainty in hypofractionated liver radiation therapy with breath-hold technique using automatic image registration-based image guidance. AAPM 60th Annual Meeting Program, July 29-Aug 2, 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, Med Phys 45(6):2779, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Peterson S, Leigh M, Mackin D, Chen H, Maggi P, Beddar S, Polf J. Studies of Prototype dual head compton camera for applications in medical imaging. AAPM 60th Annual Meeting Program, July 29-Aug 2, 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, Med Phys 45(6):2763, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. On-line treatment verification during brachytherapy using miniature inorganic scintillation detectors. IUPESM 2018 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Beddar S. 3D volumetric scintillation dosimetry for proton scanning beam therapy applications. IUPESM 2018 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Martin R, Williamson T, Yepes P, Colbert L, Poenisch F, Mirkovic D, Titt U, Mohan R, Beddar S, Taniguchi C, Sawakuchi G. Hypofractionated intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. AAPM 60th Annual Meeting Program, July 29-Aug 2, 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, Med Phys 45(6):2736, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Linares Rosales H, Archambault L, Beddar, S, Beaulieu L. A high-performance 3 points plastic scintillator dosimeter for HDR Brachytherapy: conception, development and characterization. AAPM 60th Annual Meeting Program, July 29-Aug 2, 2018, Nashville, Tennessee, Med Phys 45(6):2744, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Development of an inorganic scintillation detector system for in vivo dosimetry for brachytherapy. ESTRO 37th Annual Meeting, April 20-24, 2018, Barcelona, Spain:S89, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Darne C, Alsanea F, Robertson D, Beddar S. Development status of a real-time 3D scintillation detector system for proton dosimetry. ESTRO 37th Annual Meeting, April 20-24, 2018, Barcelona, Spain(Abstract Book):S463, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Alsanea, F, Darne, C, Robertson, D, Beddar S. Light yield and ionization quenching measurements of the 3D scintillator detector for proton therapy. ESTRO 37th Annual Meeting, April 20-24, 2018, Barcelona, Spain(Abstract Book):S41, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar. Miniature inorganic scintillation detectors for on-line treatment verification during brachytherapy. The 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications, 18-22 September 2017(Abstract book):28, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Beddar S. Real-time 3D scintillation dosimetry using organic liquid scintillators for proton therapy. The 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications, 18-22 September 2017(Abstract book):28, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Alsanea F, Darne C, Ramezani S, Robertson D, Beddar S. Ionization quenching correction of volumetric organic scintillators for use in proton therapy. The 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications, 18-22 September 2017(Abstract Book):28, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Linares-Rosales HM, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Optimization and experimental characterization of a 3 points plastic scintillator dosimeter. COMP Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting, July 12-15, 2017, Ottawa, Canada(Abstract book), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Beddar S. Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy Using Mobile Linear Accelerators. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):3200, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Beddar S. Roles of In-Vivo Dose Verification in Radiation Therapy. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):3135, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Valencia Lozano II, Dedes G, Mackin D, Zoglauer A, Draeger E, Chen H, Beddar S, Aldawood S, S Liprandi S, Miani A, Mayerhofer M, Thirolf PG, Polf JC, Parodi K. Quantitative Comparison of Two Prompt-Gamma Image Reconstruction Algorithms Using Compton Camera Detection Systems. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):3010, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Linares Rosales H, Wallace B, Roy R, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Design and Signal Optimization of Multi-Point Plastic Scintillator Detectors Using a Novel Hyper-Spectral Deconvolution Method. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):2988, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chen H, Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Beddar S, J Polf J. Using Multiple Cameras to Improve Image Reconstruction of Prompt Gamma Emission During Proton Beam Radiotherapy. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):2756, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Suh Y, Park P, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S, Koay E, Krishnan S, Minsky B, Taniguchi C, Holliday E, Herman J, Das P. Delay Time for Optimal Contrast-Enhanced CT Scans of Liver and Pancreas Tumors. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, July 30 - Aug. 3, 2017, Denver, CO, Med. Phys 44(6):2734, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Asghar M, Zhifei W, Suh Y, O'Brien D, Beddar S, Buzdar S, Ibbott G. Characterisation of the prototype plastic scintillation detector (PSD) in a strong magnetic field. ESTRO 36, May 05-May 09, 2017 Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol(Abstract book), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Ziri H, Robertson D, Beddar S. Development of a 3D plastic Scintillator detector for a fast verification of ocular proton beam. ESTRO 36, May 05-May 09, 2017 Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol(Abstract book), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chadha AS, Gunther JR, Minsky BD, Taniguchi CM, Mahmood U, Delclos ME, Suh Y, Sawakuchi GO, Park PC, Beddar S, Gupta S, Kaur H, Javle MM, Kaseb AO, Koay EJ, Das P, Crane CH, Krishnan S. Proton Therapy Outcomes for Localized, Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96(2S):E181-E182, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27673993.
- Logan JK, Park PC, Wong FC, Erwin WD, Beddar S, Kaseb AO, Crane CH, Koay EJ. Outcomes of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Advanced Cirrhosis After High-Dose Radiation Therapy Guided by Functional Liver Imaging With Tc99m Sulfur Colloid Liver SPECT-CT. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology,Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96(2S):E167-E168, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27673954.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Wen Z, Ibbott G, Beddar S. Impact of a magnetic field on the response from a plastic scintillation detector. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3876, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Alsanea F, Therriault-Proulx, Sawakuchi G, Beddar S. A Real-time method to simultaneously measure linear energy transfer and dose for proton therapy using organic scintillators. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3869, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Pitfalls when using Ruby as an inorganic scintillator detector for Ir-192 brachytherapy dosimetry. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3810, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Beddar S. Real-Time volumetric scintillation dosimetry for radiation therapy. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3790, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Chen H, Mackin D, Peterson S, Avery S, Beddar S, Polf J. A 3 dimensional prompt gamma imaging system for range verification in proton radiotherapy. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3757, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J, Peterson S, Draeger E. An improved method for event selection in Compton camera imaging for particle therapy. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3454, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Chen H, Beddar S, Polk J. A method to improve the spatial resolution of prompt gamma based Compton imaging for proton range verification. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3451, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Yan Y, Yang J, Beddar S, Ibbott G, Balter P, Kudchadker R, Krishnan S, Fuller C, Wang J. Dosimetric impact of MR image distortion in treatment planning. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3446, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Wen Z, Therriault-Proulx F, Owens C, Ibbott G, Beddar S. Study on the magnetic field effect on the exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3417, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Bruno T, Beddar S. In phantom full-implant validation of plastic scintillation detectors for in vivo dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3463, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Darne C, Robertson D, Alsanea F, Beddar S. System design for a 3D volumetric scintillation detector using SCMOS cameras. AAPM 58th Annual Meeting, July 31 - Aug. 4, 2016, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 43(6):3337, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Beddar S. Current status and challenges of volumetric scintillation dosimetry for proton therapy. PTCOG 55th Annual Conference, May 22-28, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Mackin D, Draeger E, Peterson S, Avery S, Polf J, Beddar S. A Quasi-3D Algorithm for Count Starved Compton Camera Imaging. PTCOG 55th Annual Conference, May 22-28, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Avery S, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf J. Improving Compton camera based prompt gamma imaging for proton beam range verification. PTCOG 55th Annual Conference, May 22-28, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Kertzscher G, Beddar S. Red-emitting inorganic scintillation detectors to verify HDR brachytherapy treatments in real time. ESTRO 36, May 05-May 09, 2017 Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol(Abstract book), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Park PC, Koay E, Yang J, Suh Y, Das P, Crane C, Beddar S. Patient-specific deformable image registration quality assurance based on feature points. ESTRO 35, April 29-May 3, 2016, Turin, Italy, Radiother Oncol(Abstract book):308, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J. Improving image reconstruction for Compton camera based imaging for proton radiotherapy verification. ESTRO 35, April 29-May 3, 2016, Turin, Italy, Radiother Oncol(Abstract book):147, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Chadha AS, Liu G, Chen HC, Das P, Minsky BD, Mahmood U, Delclos ME, Suh Y, Sawakuchi GO, Beddar S, Katz MHG, Fleming JB, Javle MM, Varadhachary GR, Wolff RA, Crane CH, Wang X, Thames H, Krishnan S. Splenic radiation during pancreatic cancer radiotherapy: Are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?. 2016 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium; J Clin Oncol, January 21-23, 2016, San Francisco, CA(Abstract book), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. A high sensitivity plastic scintillation detector for in vivo dosimetry of LDR brachytherapy. 2016 ESTRO 35, April 29-May 3, 2016, Turin, Italy, Radiother Oncol(Abstract Book):98, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Alsanea F, Wootton L, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Patients in vivo skin dosimetry using the Exradin W1 plastic scintillator for proton therapy. 2016 ESTRO 35, April 29-May 3, 2016, Turin, Italy, Radiother Oncol(Abstract Book):184, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Robertson D, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Quality assurance of scanned proton beams with a volumetric liquid scintillator detector. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3728, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Wootton L, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Proton beam entrance dosimetry with the exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3727, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Schmidt D, Culberson W, Bonde C, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. A systematic characterization of the low energy response of plastic scintillation detectors. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3720, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Development of a scintillation dosimetry system capable of real-time dosimetry during LDR brachytherapy seed implant. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3707, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Polf J, Avery S, Mackin D, Beddar S. Imaging of prompt gamma rays emitted during delivery of clinical proton beams with a compton camera: feasibility studies for range verification. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3679, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Wootton L, Beddar S. A temperature independent plastic scintillation detector capable of simultaneous dose and temperature measurement. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3650, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Henry T, Robertson D, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S. Verification of range, SOBP width, and output for passive-scattering proton beams using a liquid scintillator detector. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3581, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Wen Z, Hui C, Stemkens, Tijssen R, van den Berg C, Beddar S. Sorting 2D dynamic MR images using internal respiratory signal for 4D MRI. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3574, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Hui C, Wen Z, b S, Tijssen R, van den Berg C, Beddar S. Achieving 4D MRI in regular breathing cycle with extended acquisition time of dynamic MR iamges. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3537, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Hui C, Robertson D, Alsanea F, Beddar S. Proton range measurements using a geometrically calibrated liquid scintillator detector. AAPM 57TH Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3483, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Alsanea F, Wootton L, Kudchadker R, Usama M, Beddar S. In vivo skin dosimetry using the exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector for passively scattered proton beam therapy. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3446, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Suh Y, Hui C, Robertson D, Pan T, Das P, Crane C, Beddar S. Comparison between internal respiratory signal and external respiratory signal in 4D CT. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3301, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Suh Y, Crane C, Krishnan S, Das P, Koay E, Beddar S. Comparison between soft tissue alignment and bony alignment for pancreatic cancer radiotherapy. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3271, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Wootton, L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S. What can the medical physics field learn from the open source hardware community. AAPM 57th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 42(6):3231, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette, Beaulieu L. A novel tool for in vivo dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology using plastic scintillation detectors. World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedial Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Wen Z, Mathis MVP, Sawakuchi GO, Flint D, Tailor R, Beddar S, Ibbott GS. Study of potential effects of a strong magnetic field on radiation dosimeters (TLD,OSLD, EBT3 film, PRESAGE). World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Mathis M, Sawakuchi G, Flint D, Tailor R, Beddar S, Ibbott G, Wen Z. Effects of a strong magnetic field on selected radiation dosimeters (TLD, OSLD, EBT3 film, PRESAGE). Combined Scientific Meeting, 2014, Melbourne, Australia, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Robertson D, Sahoo N, Beddar S. Quality assurance of scanned proton beam delivery systems with a 3D liquid scintillator detector. PTCOG-NA 2014, Houston, TX, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. A new and accurate tool for live skin dose monitoring in interventional radiology; measuring dose without compromise. Radiological Society of North American 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hui C, Suh Y, Robertson D, Pan T, Das P, Crane C, Beddar S. Internal respiratory surrogate for 4D CT using fourier transform and anatomical features. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):572, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Duguary-Drouin P, Delage M, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Toward an optimized multi-point scintillation detector. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):83, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Boivin J, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. Systematic evaluation of photodetectors performances for plastic scintillation dosimetry. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):83, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Goulet M, Rilling M, Gingras L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. Experimental validation of a lung SBRT technique using a novel, true volumetric plenoptic-plastic-scintillator detector. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):53, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Pino R, Therriault-Proulx F, Yang J, Beddar S. Quality assurance for gamma knife perfexion using the exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):48, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Pino R, Therriault-Proulx F, Wang X, Yang J, Beddar S. TrueBeam small field dosimetry using commercial plastic scintillation and other stereotactic detectors. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):47, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Mathis M, Wen Z, Tailor R, Sawakuchi G, Flint D, Beddar S, Ibbott G. Effects of a strong magnetic field on select radiation dosimeters. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):45, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Polf J, Brown S, Mann J, Mackin D, Zheng Y, McCleskey M, Beddar S. Measuring prompt gamma emission profiles with a multi-stage compton camera during proton beam irradiaition: initial studies. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):35, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Wootton L, Kudchadker R, Lee A, Beddar S. Results from a 5 patient in vivo rectal wall dosimetry study using plastic scintillation detectors. AAPM 56th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2014, Austin, Texas, Med. Phys 41(6):27, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Dipasquale G, Sedmak C, Nouet P, Beddar S, Dubouloz A, Rouzaud M. Stereotactic radiosurgery dose quality assurance: a commercial plastic scintillation versus a diamond detector. 2014 ESTRO 33, April 4-8, 2014, Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol 111(Supplement 1):597, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Beddar AS. In vivo dosimetry and its potential for DGRT. 2014 ESTRO 33, April 4-8, 2014, Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol 111(Supplement 1):141, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Francescon P, Beddar S, Das I. Monte Carlo output correction factors for Cyberknife and Synergy small fields for the Exradin W1 scintillator. 2014 ESTRO 33, April 4-8, 2014, Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol 111(Supplement 1):22, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Beddar S. Results from an online patient in-vivo dosimetry protocol for prostate cancer. 2014 ESTRO 33, April 4-8, 2014, Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol 111(Supplement 1):237, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Goulet M, Rilling M, Gingras L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. 3D real-time water-equivalent dosimeter using a single light-field camera for pre-treatment QA. 2014 ESTRO 33, April 4-8, 2014, Vienna, Austria, Radiother Oncol 111(Supplement 1):209, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Beddar S, Robertson D, Hui C, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Mohan R. Fast high-resolution measurements of clinical hadron therapy beams using a large liquid scintillator detector. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:81, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beddar S, Wootton L, Kudchadker R, Choi S, Pugh T, Lee A. Online in-vivo dosimetry of rectal dose using plastic scintillation detectors for prostate patients. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSC, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:83, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Polf JC, Mackin DS, Beddar S. Development of prompt gamma based in-vivo range verification systems in proton radiotherapy. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:80, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beddar S, Suh Y, Wen Z, Das P, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Minsky B, Crane CH. 4D and multi-phase breath-hold CT imaging with synchronized intravenous contrast injection for liver tumor delineation. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:240, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Boivin J, Gagnon LP, Beddar S, Guillemette M, Beaulieu L. Real-time low dose rate dosimetry for interventional radiology. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:83, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Therriault D, Gingras L, Beddar S. Performance of a novel, water-equivalent commercial scintillation dosimeter for small fields and high dose rate external beam dose measurements. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2013, Seoul, Korea:83, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Polf J, Mackin J, Lee E, Dolney D, Avery S, Beddar S. Assessing dose delivery and patient response during proton therapy using prompt gamma imaging. NIH/AAPM/ASTRO Joint Workshop: Technology for innovation in Radiation Oncology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 13-14, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Polf J, Mackin J, Lee E, Avery S, Dolney D, Beddar S. Characterizing prompt gamma signal during proton radiotherapy. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):547, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beddar S, Deye J, Romeijn E, Mackie T, Paganetti H, Jin J, McGuire S. Grantsmanship and funding. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):497, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Plastic scintillation detectors: present status and their application for quality assurance and in vivo dosimetry. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):472, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Gagnon L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Characterization of a fiber-taper CCD photo-counting system for plastic scintillation dosimetry and comparison to the traditional lens system. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):432, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Goulet M, Gingras L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. Novel full 3D water-equivalent dosimetry technique using a single light-field camera for photons, electrons and ion-beams dosimetry. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):430, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Boivin J, Guillemette M, Beddar S. Real-Time plastic scintillation dosimeter for fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):427, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Hui C, d R, Beddar S. 3D reconstruction of scintillation light emission from mono-energetic proton beams using a limited projection approach: a simulation study. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):398, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Avery S, Lee E, Dolney D, Beddar S. Characteristics of prompt gamma compton interactions in detectors. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):307, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ingram WS, Robertson D, Beddar S. An evaluation of two organic liquid scintillators for use in real-time 3D proton dosimetry. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):227, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Lee E, Polf J, Mackin D, Dolney D, Beddar S, Avery S. Patient-based study on characteristic prompt gamma-ray spectra using a prompt gamma imaging system during proton therapy. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, Med. Phys 40(6):381, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Suh Y, Swanick SW, Beddar AS, Crane CH. Duodenal dose sparing with varying stomach volume during IG-IMRT treatment. ASTRO 2013 Annual Meeting, Sept. 22-25, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Kudchadker RJ, Wootton LS, Lee AK, Beddar AS. Localization methodology for water-equivalent plastic scintillation detectors using surrogate fiducials in CT. 2nd ESTRO Forum, April 19-23, 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Beddar S, Wootton LS, Kudchadker RJ, Lee AK. Preliminary results of an online patient in-vivo dosimetry protocol to monitor anterior rectal wall dose in real time. 2nd ESTRO Forum, April 19-23, 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Archambault L, Beaulieu L, d K, Bourgouin A, Wootton L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S. Performance of the first commercial miniature plastic scintillation detector. 2nd ESTRO Forum, April 19-23, 2013, Geneva Switzerland, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Wootton L, Beddar AS. Characterization of the temperature dependence of BCF scintillation detectors. 2nd ESTRO Forum, April 19-23, 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Palmer M, Mok H, Ciura K, Georges R, Nguyen B, Crawford C, Beddar S, Zhu R, Crane C, Das P. Dose reduction to small bowel and other relevant structures in rectal carcinoma with proton therapy. ASTRO 2012 Annual Meeting, Oct. 28 - 31, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, Int J Radia Oncol Biol Phys 84(3):S846, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Hynstrom JR, Tzeng CD, Beddar S, Delclos ME, Crane CH, Krishnan S, Das P, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA. Intraoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced primary and recurrent colorectal cancer: ten-year institutional experience. ASTRO 2012 Annual Meeting, Oct. 28 - 31, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, Int J Radia Oncol Biol Phys 84(3):S345, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Archambault L, Beaulieu L. Sci-Thur PM: YIS - 10: A new optically encoded single-fiber plastic scintillation detector for multi-point radiation dosimetry. Med Phys 39(7Part2):4623-4624, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28516538.
- Lessard F, Archambault L, Plamondon M, Després P, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Sci-Sat AM: Brachy - 07: Plastic scintillation detector validation for kV dosimetry. Med Phys 39(7Part4):4646, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28516648.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Archambault L, Beaulieu L. Sci-Thur PM: YIS - 10: A new optically encoded single-fiber plastic scintillation detector for multi-point radiation dosimetry. Med Phys 39(7Part2):4623-4624, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28516538.
- Lessard F, Archambault L, Plamondon M, Després P, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Sci-Sat AM: Brachy - 07: Plastic scintillation detector validation for kV dosimetry. Med Phys 39(7Part4):4646, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28516648.
- Robertson D, Mirkovic D, Beddar S. A quenching correction method for volumetric scintillation dosimetry of proton beams. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3886, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Ingram WS, Robertson D, Beddar S. The water equivalence of organic liquid scintillators for proton dosimetry. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3729, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Beddar S. Using the distance of closest approach to improve compton camera image quality. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3670, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Beddar S. Three-stage compton camera image resolution losses due detector effects. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3882, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Wootton L, Klein D, Bonde C, Adams E, Schmidt D, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Characterization of a commercial photodiode based plastic scintillation detector prototype. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina. Med. Phys 39(6):3886, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. On the importance of fluorescence within the stem effect of scintillation detectors. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3967, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. A novel multi-point plastic scintillation detector for in vivo dosimetry and quality assurance in radiation therapy. AAPM 54th Annual Meeting, July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina, Med. Phys 39(6):3967, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Archambault L, Beaulieu L. A new optically encoded single-fiber plastic scintillation detector for multi-point radiation dosimetry. COMP Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Annual Meeting, Halifax, Canada:19, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Lessard F, Archambault L, Plamondon M, Despres P, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Plastic scintillation detector validation for kV dosimetry. COMP Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Halifax, Canada:92, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Ingram WS, Robertson D, Beddar S. SU-E-T-116: The Water Equivalence of Organic Liquid Scintillators for Proton Dosimetry. Med Phys 39(6Part11):3729, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28517156.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. WE-G-BRB-05: On the Importance of Fluorescence Within the Stem Effect of Scintillation Detectors. Med Phys 39(6Part28):3967-3968, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519638.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. WE-G-BRB-04: BEST IN PHYSICS (THERAPY) - A Novel Multi-Point Plastic Scintillation Detector for in Vivo Dosimetry and Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy. Med Phys 39(6Part28):3967, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519652.
- Mackin D, Peterson S, Polf J, Beddar S. SU-E-J-79: Using the Distance of Closest Approach to Improve Compton Camera Image Quality. Med Phys 39(6Part7):3670, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519827.
- Ingram WS, Robertson D, Beddar S. SU-E-T-116: The Water Equivalence of Organic Liquid Scintillators for Proton Dosimetry. Med Phys 39(6Part11):3729, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28517156.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. WE-G-BRB-05: On the Importance of Fluorescence Within the Stem Effect of Scintillation Detectors. Med Phys 39(6Part28):3967-3968, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519638.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Beddar S. WE-G-BRB-04: BEST IN PHYSICS (THERAPY) - A Novel Multi-Point Plastic Scintillation Detector for in Vivo Dosimetry and Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy. Med Phys 39(6Part28):3967, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519652.
- Mackin D, Peterson S, Polf J, Beddar S. SU-E-J-79: Using the Distance of Closest Approach to Improve Compton Camera Image Quality. Med Phys 39(6Part7):3670, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519827.
- Beddar S. Implantable MOSFET dosimeters. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S76-S77, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Beddar AS, Robertson D, Archambault L, Mohan R. Correction of optical artifacts in a liquid scintillator dosimetry system. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S22, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Morin J, Béliveau-Nadeau D, Chung E, Seuntjens J, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. A sub-millimeter plastic scintillation detector for small field measurements delivered by a CyberKnife unit. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S207-S208, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. A revolutionary multi-point plastic scintillation detector for in-vivo dosimetry in HDR brachytheray. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S2):S28, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Archambault L, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Development and application of a novel multi-point plastic scintillation detector for radiation therapy. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S85-S86, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Lessard F, Therriault-Proulx F, Després P, Archambault L, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Low energy photon dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S87-S88, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Robertson D, MIrkovic D, Beddar AS. Quenching correction for volumetric scintillation dosimetry of proton beams. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S310-S311, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Klein DM, Wootton LS, Kudchadker RJ, Lee AK, Beddar AS. In-phantom dose verification of four-field box and IMRT treatment delivery using plastic scintillation detectors. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S126-S127, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Bourgouin A, Bonde C, Adams E, Schmidt D, Beddar S, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. Characterization and validation of a commercial plastic scintillation detector prototype. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S315, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Archambault L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S, Beaulieu L. Formalism for hyper-spectral, multi-point, plastic scintillation detectors. ESTRO 31 Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Radiother Oncol 103(S1):S313-S314, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abboud M T, Crane C, Javie M, Kaseb A, Haque W, Delclos M, Krishnan S, Beddar S, Briere T, Das P. Risk factors for gastrointestinal bleeding in patients treated with radiation therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Int J Radia Oncol Biol Phys 81(2):S354, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Peterson S, Polf J, Mackin D, Beddar S, Gillin M. Reconstructing images of prompt gammas emitted during proton radiotherapy. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med Phys 38(6):3853, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Robertson D, Mirkovic D, Mohan R, Beddar S. Voxelized quenching correction for proton pencil beams in a liquid scintillator detector. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med Phys 38(6):3816, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Paganetti H, Jeraj R, Beddar AS. Practical research advice: NIH navigation and grantsmanship. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med Phys 38(6):3738, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Gillin M, Beddar S. Evaluating a stochastic reconstruction algorithm for compton camera based prompt gamma imaging during proton therapy. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med Phys 38(6):3567-3568, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Klein D, Wootton L, Tailor R, Beddar S. Investigating the effects of using several calibration conditions on the measurement accuracy of plastic scintillation detectors. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med Phys 38(6):3367, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Wang L, Perles L Archambault L, Sahoo N, Beddar, Mirkovic D. Application of a plastic scintillation detector in measuring depth-dose curves for passive-scattering proton beams. AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Med. Phys 38(6):3366, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Mitchell MP, Abboud M, Crane CH, Eng GJ, Chang MA Rodriguez-Bigas JM, Skibber YN, You S, Beddar S, Krishnan ME, Delclos P, Das S. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with concurrent chemotherapy for anal cancer: A lage single institution experience. 2011 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Kelley P, Das, P, Pinnix C, Beddar S, Pham M, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane CH. Duodenal toxicity after fractionated chemoradiation for unresectable pancreatic cancer. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Int J Radia Oncol Biol Phys 81(2):S70, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Li H, Delclos ME, Briere TM, Beddar AS, Das P, Krishnan S, Zhu X, Crane C. The impact of free breathing versus average 4D CT image data on external beam radiotherapy planning for liver tumors. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3322, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Wang L, Beddar AS. Study of response of plastic scintillation detectors in small field 6 MV photon beams. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3283, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Beddar AS, Beaulieu L, Archambault L. Scintillation dosimetry: From plastics to liquids and from photons/electrons to protons. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3333, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Briere TM, Das P, Beddar AS, Crane CH. Reproducibility of a vaginal dilator used for female anal cancer patients. Imaging for Treatment Assessment in Radiation Therapy, National Harbor, MD, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Briere TM, Das P, Beddar S, Crane CH. Reproducibility of a vaginal dilator used for female anal cancer patients. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3167, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Melancon A, Lee A, Kudchadker R, Titt U, Beddar AS, Zhu X, Dong L. Range adaptive proton therapy for prostate cancer. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3332, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Klein D, Tailor R, Archambault L, Wang L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar AS. Plastic scintillation detector characterization for small fields and stereotactic radiosurgery. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3261, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Robertson D, Poenisch F, Archambault L, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar AS. Liquid scintillator dosimetry for passive scattering proton beam quality assurance. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3292, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Archambault L, Guillot M, Gingras L, Beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Generalized formalism and optimization of the calibration sequence of plastic scintillation detectors. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3266, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Lacroix F, Guillot M, McEwen M, Cojocaru C, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Extraction of perturbation factors for parallel-plate chambers in electron beams using a plastic scintillation detector. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3455, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Gagnon J, Theriault D, Guillot M, Archambault L, Beddar AS, Gingras L, Beaulieu L. Dosimetric performance of the plastic scintillation detector for radiosurgery quality assurance. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3261, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Wang L, Klein D, Beddar AS. Directional dependence of the response of plastic scintillation detectors in photon beams. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3281, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Guillot M, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. A water equivalent and angular independent two-dimensional plastic scintillation detector array for quality assurance of IMRT treatments. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3329, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Beaulieu L. A necessary and efficient Cerenkov subtraction technique for in vivo scintillation dosimetry for HDR brachytherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3346, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Archambault L, Poenisch F, Polf J, Robertson D, Sahoo N, Gillin MT, Mohan R, Beddar AS. A 3D liquid scintillator detector system for intensity modulated proton therapy: online measurements of proton spots intensity. AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Med. Phys 37:3409, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Guillot M, Gingras L, Archambault L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. A two dimensional plastic scintillation detector array for quality assurance of intensity modulated radiation therapy. Proceedinsof the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting, COMP/CCPM, Ottawa, ON, Canada:12, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Lee A, Griffin MT, Mohan R, Beddar AS. Fast and accurate verification of proton range, position and intensity in IMPT with a 3D detector system. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2010, San Diego, CA 78:S132, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Li H, Delclos ME, Briere TM, Beddar AS, Das P, Krishnan S, Zhu X, Crane C. Comparison of free breathing versus average 4D CT image data on external beam radiotherapy planning for liver tumors. ASTRO 2010 Annual Meeting, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2010, San Diego, CA 78:S325, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Mok H, Briere TM, Martel MK, Beddar AS, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane C, Das P. Comparative analysis of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) versus intensit modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for radiotherapy of anal carcinoma. ASTRO 2010 Annual Meeting, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2010, San Diego, CA 78:S830, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Poenisch F, Beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Toward a true real-time in vivo dosimetry system using plastic scintillators. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2709, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Poenisch F, Archambault L, Briere TM, Gillin M, Beddar AS. Liquid scintillation detector system for real-time IMRT quality assurance. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2608, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Villeneuve M, Martin A, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. In vivo dosimetry for HDR brachytherapy using a scintillating fiber dosimer. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2427, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Melancon A, Archambault L, Lee A, Kudchadker R, Zhang L, Beddar AS, Titt U, Dong L. In vivo detection of the anterior rectal wall using a scintillation fluid-filled rectal balloon for prostate cancer radiotherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2431, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Guillot M, Gingras L, Beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Importance of contamination signal removal on HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry when using a scintillating fiber dosimeter. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2536, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Najmael S, Poenisch F, Beddar AS, Briere TM. Evaluation of a generalized contrast enhancement protocol for 4D-CT imaging of liver tumors. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2436, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Polf J, Roeder B, Peterson S, Tabacaru G, Beddar AS, Trache L. Determining changes to tissues irradiated during proton treatment delivery by measuring secondary prompt gamma-ray spectra. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2761, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Archambault L, Poenisch F, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar AS. A 3D system for spatial localization of scanned proton beams: characterization and experimental validation. AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Med. Phys 36:2776-2777, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Therriault_Prouls F, Villeneuve M, Martin AG, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Scintillating fiber dosimeter for in vivo dose measurements in HDR brachytherapy. GEC-ESTRO-ISIORT Europe Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Therriault-Proulx F, Villeneuve M, Martin AG, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. In vivo dose measurements for HDR brachytherapy using a new scintillating fiber dosimetry system: a prostate phantom study. ABS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2009, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Beddar S. Improving image quality produced by CCD cameras exposed to stray radiation from a medical linac. Med Phys 35:3399, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 28513027.
- Beddar AS, Archambault L, Briere TM, Lacroix F, Gingras G, Beaulieu L. Recent developments in scintillating fiber detection systems in radiation therapy. SPIE Conference on Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Scintillation Dosimetry: Review , New Innovations and Applications. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2964, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Briere TM, Krishnan S, Balter P, Nelson C, Starkschall G, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Respiratory-gated radiation therapy for the liver: A 5-patient study. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX,July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2718, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Jones J, Briere TM, Archambault L, Beddar AS. Quality Control in the fabrication of scintillating fiber probes for radiotherapy applications. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2789, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Amos RA, Bouchard M, Briere TM, Crane C, Beddar AS, Gillin MT. Proton therapy for pancreatic cancer: a treatment planning study. The 14th Annual Scientific Meeting and Biennial Radiotherapy Meeting of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Bath, United Kingdom, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Bouchard, Briere TM, Beddar AS, Das P, Delclos ME, Krishnan K, Ch C. Practical guidelines for radiation treatment planning and dose constraints for gastro-intestinal cancers. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2836, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Poenisch F, Archambault L, Briere TM, Sahoo N, Beddar AS, Mohan R, Gillin MT. Liquid scintillators for 2D photon dosimetry. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2904, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Beddar AS. Improving image quality produced by CCD cameras exposed to stray radiation from a medical linac. Organization of Medical Physicist (COMP), Québec, QC, Canada, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Archambault L, Briere TM, Beddar AS. Improving image quality of CCD cameras exposed to stray radiation form a linac. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2878, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Bouchard M, Briere TM, Amos RA, Crane CH, Beddar AS. Impacts of dose distribution variations in proton therapy according to gastro-intestinal tract air filling and breathing. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2968, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Archambault L, Beddar AS, Sahoo N, Peonisch F, Gillin MT, Mohan R. Experimental proof and feasibility of a 3D real-time detector system for therapeutic proton beams. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2905, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Lacroix F, Guillot M, Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS. Electron depth dose measurements using a plastic scintillation detector and a parallel-plate ionization chamber. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2904, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Gao S, Dar P, O'Daniel JC, Brouchard M, Briere TM, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH, Beddar AS. A new technique to prevent target underdosage in anal cancer IMRT. AAPM Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2008, Med. Phys 35:2742, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Hodges JC, Das P, Eng C, Reish AG, Beddar AS, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the treatment of squamous call anal cancer with para-aortic involvement. ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2008, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Hodges JC, Das P, Eng C, Reish AS, Beddar AS, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Crane CH. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for the treatment of squamous cell anal cancer with para-aortic nodal involvement. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 2008, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:S266, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Bourchard M, Briere TM, Amos RA, Beddar AS, Crane CH. Dose escalation with proton or photon radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Sept. 2008, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:S540, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Starkschall G, Beddar AS, Johnson JL, Kudchaker RJ, Lawyer A, Tung SS, Zhang S. Use of a website for support of a clinical rotation in radiation oncology physics. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2400, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Aarchambault L, Polf J, beaulieu L, Beddar AS. Proton dose deposition in water-equivalent plastic scintillation detectors. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007 34:2336, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Lindsay P, Briere T, Balter P, Sadagopan R, Starkschall G, Zhu X, Beddar AS. Effect of respiratory gating on the dose distributions of dynamic wedge and IMRT treatment fields. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2446, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Polf J, Harvey MC, Beddar AS, Smith A. Dose variations from passively scattered proton beams due to changes in beam size and orientation. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2439, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Archambault L, Vedam S, Starkschall G, Mohan R, Beddar AS. Determination of prospectrive displacement gate threshold for respiratory-gated radiation delivery from retrospective phase-based gate threshold selected at 4D-CT simulation. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapois, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2545, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Lacroix F, Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Clinical prototype of a plastic water-equivalent scintillating fiber dosimeter matrix for IMRT QA applications. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2610, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Briere TM, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Characterization of the dose response of a new implantable MOSFET detector. AAPM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007, Med. Phys 34:2423, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Briere TM, Krishnan S, Pan T, Ng C, Balter P, Tolani N, Starkschall G, Janjan N, Delclos N, Das P, Crane C, Beddar AS. 4D-CT imaging with synchronized IV contrast for the treatment planning of liver tumors. ESTRO Annual Meeting, Leipiz, Germany, October 2006, Radiother Oncol 81:S42, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Archambault L, Frelin AM, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Water equivalent multichannel dosimeter arrays for external beam therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2249, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Vassiliev O, Beddar AS, Krishnan S, Briere TM, Gillin MR, Mohan R, Titt U. A treatment planning study of liver cancer treatments with a flattening filter free linear accelerator. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2064, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Archambault L, Frelin AM, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Water equivalent multichannel dosimeter arrays for external beam radiotherapy. Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Briere TM, Jhaveri P, Krishnan S, Beddar AS. Evaluation of a breathing technique using visual feedback for end-expiration gated radiotherapy. American Radium Society, Maui, HI, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Beddar AS. 4D-CT Imaging with synchronized IV contrast for liver tumors. 14th Annual Radiation workshop at Round Top: Gastrointestinal Cancer: Advances in biology and therapy, Round Top, TX, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Tsunashima Y, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Krishnan S, Tolani N, Starkschall G, Gillin MT, Mohan R. Use of minimum intensity projection for target volume delineation in 4D-CT using contrast for liver cancer. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2147, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Briere TM, Krishnan S, Dong L, Balter P, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. Respiratory gating in the treatment of liver tumors. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2134, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Archambault L, Ayotte G, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Beaulieu L. Plastic scintillator preparation and coupling in scintillation dosimetry. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2129, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Wang HC, Krishnan S, Wang X, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Crane C, Mohan R, Dong L. Improving soft tissue contrast in 4D-CT images of liver cancer patients using deformable image registration method. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2039, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Kainz K, Beddar AS, Briere TM, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Krishnan S. Correlation between external abdominal and internal liver fiducial motion in 4D-CT. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2030, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Briere TM, Jhaveri P, Krishnan S, Crane C, Balter P, Gillin MT, Mohan R, Beddar AS. Breath coaching with visual feedback for end-expiratory gated radiotherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2006, Med. Phys 33:2075, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Archambault L, Beddar AS. Behavior of plastic scintillator under proton irradiations: Monte Carlo simulations and experimental measurements. Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group Conference, Houston, TX, 10/2006, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Wang XC, Krishnan S, Zhang X, Beddar AS, Wang C, Mohan R, Gillin M, Dong L. Treatment planning study using protons for liver patients. ASTRO Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Archanmbault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Small volume dosimetry with multiple scintillation probes. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Med. Phys 32:2007, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Briere TM, Tailor R, Tolani NB, Prado KL, Lane RG, Woo SY HA, CS, Gillin GT, Beddar AS. In vivo dosimetry using disposable MOSFET dosimeters for total body irradiation. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Med. Phys, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Beddar AS, Briere TM, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane C, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Skibber JM, Gillin MT. Evaluation of implantable MOSFET dosimeters for conventional and intraoperative radiation therapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Med. Phys 32, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Beddar AS, Hong B, Mistretta CA, Phillips MH. Grantmanship workshop. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA 32:2168, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Beddar AS, Biggs P, Chang S, Ezzell G, Faddegon B, Hensley F, Mills M. Intraoperative radiation therapy using mobile electron linear accelerators: Preliminary report of AAPM radiation therapy committee task Group No. 72. ISIORT 2005, Miami, FL, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Beddar AS, Briere T, Krishnan S, Gillin M. Implantable radiation dosimetrs for intraoperative radiation therapy. ISIORT 2005, Miami, FL, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Beddar AS, Briere T, Wang W, Krishnan S, Horton JL, Crane C. Dose delivery for HDR-IORT using curved HAM applicators. ISIORT 2005, Miami, FL, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Briere TM, Krishnan S, Wang XC, Crane CH, Horton JL, Beddar AS. The optimization of dose delivery for intraoperative high-dose radiation therapy using curved HAM applicators. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 2005, Med. Phys 32:2007, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Briere TM, Krishnan S, Wang XC, Crane CH, Horton JL, Beddar AS. The optimization of dose delivery for intraoperative high-dose radiation therapy using curved HAM applicators. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 2005, Med. Phys 32:2099, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Plastic scintillation dosimetry: Optimal selection of scintillating fibers and scintillators. AAPM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, July 2005, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulitu L. Development of a small volume dosimeter with multiple scintillation probes. Young investigator competition of Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hamidian H, Salehpour MR, Beddar AS. Evaluation of minimally invasive implantable radiation dosimeters. AAPM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Archambault L, Girard SL, Arsenault J, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Comparison of scintillating fibers for increasing the signal to noise ratio of scintillator dosimeters. Joint Congress of CAP, CASCA, COMP (Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Archambault L, Girard SL, Arsenault J, Gingras L, Beddar AS, Roy R, Beaulieu L. Dosimétrie par fibres scintillants. Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Montréal, QC, Canada, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Beddar AS. Stability of a mobile electron accelerator system for IORT. The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Proceedings, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Beddar AS, Black RD, Mann G, Lehman P, McSoley B, Rini C, Widener S, Scarantino C. Implantable radiation dosimeter for external beam therapy and intraoperative radiotherapy. The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Proceedings, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Law SH, Suchowerska N, Beddar AS. Design of scintillator probes for optical-fibre-coupled scintillation radiation therapy dosimeters. The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Beddar AS, Ellis RJ, Kinsella RJ, Faddegon BA, Phillips T, Mills M, Fajardo LC, Chang S, Tepper J, Ezzell GA, Gunderson LL. Utilization of a mobile electron accelerator system for intraoperative radiation therapy in the United States. The 3rd ISIORT Meeting, Strahlentherapie and Onkologie, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Domanovic MA, Ouzidane M, Beddar AS. IORT using mobile linear accelerator: Perioperative nursing consideration. The 3rd ISIORT Meeting, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Ouzidane M, Xue J, Kinsella RJ, Beddar AS. Intraoperative radiation therapy using a mobile linear accelerator: Field matching in large-field electron irradiation. The 3rd ISIORT Meeting, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Kirov AS, Piao Z, Shrinivas S, Devic S, Beddar AS. Estimate of the pertubing effect of Cerenkov radiation to the signal from a liquid scintillator volume irradiated by a megavoltage photon beam. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL (Short paper published in Med. Phys.), 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Ikhlef A, Arsenault C, Beddar AS. Unidimensional dose measurement probe based on plastic scintillating fibers. Imaging Oncology Science (ISO), Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Ellis RJ, Meadows K, Sodee DB, Spirnak P, Dinchman K, Vertocnik A, Kim E, Beddar AS, Kirov A, Kinsella RJ, REsnick M. Feasibility of radioimmunoguided prostate brachtherapy as salvage for local failure following external beam radiation. American Urology Association Annual Meeting (AUA), 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Ellis RJ, Medows K, Sodee DB, Spirnak P, Dinchman K, Vertocnik A, Kim E, Beddar AS, Kirov A, Kinsella TJ, Resnick M. Second International Conference of the International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy. (ISIORT), Boston, MA, ISIORT Proceedings, p. 12, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Beddar AS, Sibata CH, Mackie TR, Kinsella TJ. Light collection efficiency and "Scintillator to fiber signal" ratio in plastic scintillation dosimetry. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Beddar AS, Sibata CH, Qu QJ, Marcu M, Colussi V, Ellis R, Samuels M, Kinsella TH. HDR brachytherapy quality assurance and patient dose monitoring using diodes. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Colussi V, Sibata CH, Beddar AS, Wu QJ, Kinsela RJ. Daily quality assurance of beam output and flatness using diodes. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Colussi V, Sibata CH, Beddar AS, Wu QJ, Kinsella TJ. A single dose detector for in vivo dosimetry of photon beams. AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Ikhlef A, Beddar AS, Sibata CH. Application of scintillating optical fibers for 2D dosimetry mapping. AAPM Annual Meeting, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Ikhlef A, Arsenault C, Beddar AS. X-ray imaging and detection using plastic scintillating fibers. 2nd Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Beaune, France, June 21-25, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Beddar AS, Sibata CH, Ikhlef A, Kinsella TJ. A miniature "Scintillator-Fiberoptic-PMT detector system for the dosimetry of small fields in stereotactic radiosurgery. 2nd Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Beaune, France, June 21-25, 1999. e-Pub 1999.
- Beddar AS. Water-equivalent plastic scintillation detectors for radiotherapy dosimetry. The Third Biennial European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) on Physics in Clinical Radiotherapy, Brescia, Italy, Radiother Oncol 37:S28, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Beddar AS, Quader MS, Ojomo KM. The University of Rochester Cancer Center experience in total body irradiation: Techniques and outcome. The Third European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), Biennial Meeting on Physics in Clinical Radiotherapy, Brescia, Italy, Radiother Oncol 37:S65, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Quader MA, Beddar AS. Evaluation of a new scintillator detector system for radiotherapy quality assurance. The Third European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Biennial Meeting on Physics in Clinical Radiotherapy, Brescia, Italy, Radiother Oncol 37:S31, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Beddar AS, Siebers JV. Application of miniature plastic scintillation detectors to proton therapy beam dosimetry. The Third European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Biennial Meeting on Physics in Clinical Radiotherapy, Brescia, Italy, Radiother Oncol 37:S44, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
- Beddar AS. Innovations in plastic scintillation dosimetry. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Phys. Med. Biol 39A:354, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Beddar AS. Application of Burlin cavity theory to water-equivalent plastic scintillator detectors. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Phys. Med. Biol 39A:344, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
- Beddar AS. A new scintillator detector system for the quality assurance of Co-60 and high energy therapy machines. AAPM Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Med. Phys 20:904, 1993. e-Pub 1993.
- De Boer SF, Rawlinson JA, Beddar AS. Reduction of optical fiber signal in plastic scintillation dosimeters. AAPM Annual Meeting in conjunction with the COMP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Med. Phys 19:840, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Beddar AS, Thomason C, Leung PMK. Evaluation of a new 3D treatment planning dose compensator system. AAPM Annual Meeting in conjunction with COMP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Med. Phys 19:835, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Mason DL, Beddar AS, O'Brien PF. Dual-mode computerized linear accelerator for stereotactic radiosurgery. AAPM Annual Meeting in conjunction with the COMP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Med. Phys 19:789, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Beddar AS, Mason DL, O'Brien PF. Dosimetry of stereotactic radiation fields using a miniature plastic scintillation detector. AAPM Annual Meeting in conjunction with the COMP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Med. Phys 19:790, 1992. e-Pub 1992.
- Beddar AS, Attix FH, Mackie TR. Water-equivalent plastic scintillators for high-energy photon and electron dosimetry. Young Investigators Symposium, AAPM Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, Med. Phys 17:532, 1990. e-Pub 1990.
- Beddar AS, Attix FH, Mackie TR. On the nature of the light induced by radiation in transparent media in radiotherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, Med. Phys 16:683, 1989. e-Pub 1989.
- Beddar AS, Higgins PD, Sibata CH. Tissue-equivalent scintillation detector for high-energy photon and elctron beam dosimetry. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, San Antonio, Texas, Med. Phys 15:447, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
- Sibata CH, Mota HC, Higgins PD, Beddar AS. Detector size influence in photon beam profile measurements. European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO). The 7th Annual Meeting, Den Haag The Netherlands, ESTRO proceedings:418, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
- Beddar AS, Higgins PD. Use of ferroelectric crystal detectors for electron dosimetry. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, Med. Phys 13:606, 1986. e-Pub 1986.
- Stolen E, Holmes J, Beddar S, Sohn J, Robertson D. CNN-Based Reconstruction for 3D Scintillation Dosimetry of Proton Pencil Beams. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
- Tho D, Beddar S. Characterization of an Inorganic Powderbased Scintillation Detector Under an Ultrahigh Dose Rate Electron Beam for Flash Dosimetry. 63rd Annual PTCOG Conference, June 2-7, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Ruzek J, Hoang A, Dehghanpour M, Baker J, Martin Paulpeter R, Niedzielski J, Beddar S, Sawakuchi G, Holiday E, Perles L. A Comparison of the Impact to Mean Doses to Organs at Risk of Small Versus Large Spot Sizes in Pelvic Proton Therapy. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
- Insley B, Bocian B, Reiazi R, Jensen P, Martin Paulpeter R, Beddar S, Flint D, Sawakuchi G, Perles L. Monte Carlo Simulation of Dose Perturbations in HAM Applicator HDR Brachytherapy Treatments. AAPM 67th Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
Book Chapters
- Tho D, Beddar S. Scintillators. In: Radiation Detectors and Methods in Medicine. Springer, Cham, 129-139, 2026.
- Beddar S, Tendler I, Therriault-Proulx F, Archambault L, Beaulieu. Recent Advances and Clinical Applications of Plastic Scintillators in the Field of Radiation Therapy. In: Plastic Scintillators. Springer, 425-460, 2021.
- Ng SP, Kantor ME, Beddar S, Koay E, Herman J, M Taniguchi AC. Locally Advanced/Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer. In: Gastrointestinal Malignancies --A Practical Guide on Treatment Techniques. First Edition. Springer, 231-256, 2018.
- Robertson D, Beddar AS. 3D liquid scintillation dosimetry for photons and protons. In: Scintillation Dosimetry. Taylor & Francis Group, 271-289, 2016.
- Wootton L, Beddar AS. In vivo dosimetry l: External beam radiation therapy. In: Scintillation Dosimetry. Taylor & Francis Group, 135-151, 2016.
- Darne C, Wootton L, Beddar AS. Plastic scintillation detectors: Basic properties. In: Scintillation Dosimetry. Taylor & Francis Group, 53-72, 2016.
- Robertson D, Beddar AS. Quenching of scintillation light. In: Scintillation Dosimetry. Taylor & Francis Group, 21-36, 2016.
- Cygler JE, Tanderup K, Beddar S, Perez-Catalyud AJ. In Vivo Dosimetry in Brachytherapy. In: Comprehensive Brachytherapy: Physical and Clinical Aspects. First Edition. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 378-396, 2013.
- Beddar AS. Mobile Electron Beam Intraoperative Radiation Therapy. In: Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy. First Edition. Taylor & Francis, 497-502, 2010.
- Beddar AS, Briere TM. Plastic Scintillation Detectors. In: Clinical Dosimetry for Radiotherapy. Medical Physics Publishing, Ch 34, pp 1059-1082, 2009.
- Crane CH, Beddar AS, and Evans DB. The Role of IORT in Pancreatic Cancer. In: Surgical Oncology Clinics. 4. W.B. Saunders Company, 965-978, 2003.
Books (edited and written)
- Liu K, Holmes S, Khan AU, Hooten B, DeWerd L, Schuler E, Beddar S. Development of novel ionization chambers for reference dosimetry in electron flash radiotherapy, 2024.
- S Beddar S, L Beaulieu L. Scintillation Dosimetry. Ed(s) First Edition. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2016.
- S Beddar S. AAPM Task Group Report #92. Intraoperative radiation therapy using mobile electron linear accelerators: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 72. Medical Physics Publishing Company: ISBN:1-888340-63-0/9781888340631, 2006.
- S Beddar S. Water equivalent plastic scintillation detectors for high-energy photon and electron beams. Medical Physics Publishing Company,, 1990.
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