Assistant Professor

Teodor Stanescu

PhD, MCCPM

Publications

Location

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Address

610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2M9

Clinical Interests

MRI-guided radiation therapy (MRIgRT), MRIgRT equipment design, MR image distortions, MRI-only radiation treatment planning, Dosimetry in external magnetic field (MR-linac systems), Magnetic shielding, Finite Elements Methods

Accepting

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Qualification

BSc, University of Bucharest, Romania
MSc, University of Alberta
PhD, University of Alberta

Professional Memberships

Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, Radiation Oncology

Recent Publications

Stanescu T, Wachowicz K, Jaffray D: Characterization of tissue magnetic susceptibility-induced distortions for MRIgRT. Med Phys (in press)

Wachowicz K, Stanescu T, Fallone BG: Implications of tissue magnetic susceptibility-related distortion on the rotating magnet in an MR-linac design. Med Phys. 37(4): 1714-21, 2010.

Stanescu T, Jans H, Wachowicz K, Fallone BG: Investigation of a 3D system distortion correction method for MR images. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 11(1): 200-216, 2010.

Stanescu T, Kirkby C, Wachowicz K, Fallone BG: Developments in MRI-based radiation treatment planning. IFMBE 25: 821-824, 2009.

Fallone BG, Murray B, Rathee S, Stanescu T, Steciw S et al.: First MR images obtained during megavoltage photon irradiation from a prototype integrated linac-MR system. Med Phys. 36(6): 2084-88, 2009.

Kirkby C, Stanescu T, Fallone BG: Magnetic field effects on the energy deposition spectra of MV photon radiation. Phys Med Biol. 54(2): 243-257, 2009.

Stanescu T, Jans HS, Pervez N, Fallone BG: A study on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiation treatment planning of intracranial lesions. Phys Med Biol. 53(13): 3579-93, 2008.

Kirkby C, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Carlone M, Murray B, Fallone BG: Patient dosimetry for hybrid MRI-radiotherapy systems. Med Phys. 35(3): 1019-1027, 2008.

Schroeder C, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Fallone BG: Lag Measurement in an Active Matrix Flat Panel Imager. Med Phys. 31(5): 1-7, 2004.

Steciw S, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Fallone BG: Sensitivity reduction in biased amorphous selenium photoconductors. J Phys D: Appl Phys. 35: 2716-22, 2002.

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Radiation Physicist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network
Affiliated Faculty, Guided Therapeutics, Techna Institute