Thomas Purdie
PhD, MCCPM

Qualification
- BSc, Department of Physics, McMaster University
- PhD, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario
- MCCPM, Certification in Radiation Oncology Physics, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine
Research Synopsis
- Online breast intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Dose modulated breast radiation therapy for heart sparing
Recent Publications
Purdie TG, Moseley DJ, Bissonnette J-P, Sharpe MB, Franks K, Bezjak A and Jaffray DA. Respiration correlated cone-beam computed tomography and 4DCT for evaluating target motion in Stereotactic Lung Radiation Therapy. Acta Oncol, 45: 915-22, 2006.
Sharpe MB, Moseley DJ, Purdie TG, Islam M, Siewerdsen JH and Jaffray DA. The stability of mechanical calibration for a kV cone beam computed tomography system integrated with linear accelerator. Med Phys, 33: 136-44, 2006.
Purdie TG, Bissonnette J-P, Franks K, Bezjak A, Payne D, Sie F, Sharpe MB and Jaffray DA. Cone-beam computed tomography for on-line image guidance of lung stereotactic radiotherapy: localization, verification, and intrafraction tumor position. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 68: 243-52, 2007.
Bissonnette J-P, Moseley D, White E, Sharpe M, Purdie TG and Jaffray DA. Quality assurance for the geometric accuracy of cone-beam CT guidance in radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 71: S57-61, 2008.
Bissonnette J-P, Franks KN, Purdie TG, Moseley DJ, Sonke JJ, Jaffray DA, Dawson LA and Bezjak A. Quantifying interfraction and intrafraction tumor motion in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy using respiration-correlated cone beam computed tomography. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 75: 688-95, 2009.
Bissonnette J-P, Purdie TG, Higgins JA, Li W and Bezjak A. Cone-beam computed tomographic image guidance for lung cancer radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73: 927-34, 2009.
McNiven AL, Sharpe MB and Purdie TG. A new metric for assessing IMRT modulation complexity and plan deliverability. Med Phys, 37(2): 505-515, 2010.
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network