Peter G.F. Watson
Title:
Dr
Academic title(s):
Assistant Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology & Medical Physics Unit, Â鶹AV
Clinical Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, Â鶹AV Health Centre
Group:
Assistant Professor
Degree(s):
BSc, Physics (Waterloo '07)
MSc, High Energy Physics (Â鶹AV '11)
MSc, Medical Physics (Â鶹AV '13)
PhD, Medical Physics (Â鶹AV '19)
Location:
Glen Hospital
Current research:
KV dosimetry, IORT, Monte Carlo simulation.
Areas of interest:
KV photon dosimetry, intraoperative radiotherapy, mammography scatter correction
Selected publications:
- D.S. Ayala Alvarez, P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, V.J. Heng, M.D.C. Evans, J. Seuntjens, Monte Carlo calculation of the TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the INTRABEAM source with spherical applicators, Phys. Med. Biol. 66, No. 21 (2021).
- D.S. Ayala Alvarez, P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, V.J. Heng, M.D.C. Evans, J. Seuntjens, Monte Carlo calculation of the relative TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the INTRABEAM electronic brachytherapy source, Phys. Med. Biol. 65, No. 24 (2020).
- P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, L.H. Liang, N. Tomic, S. Devic, J. Seuntjens, Clinical implication of dosimetry formalisms for electronic low-energy photon intraoperative radiation therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology 11, No. 1 (2020).
- S. Devic, L.H. Liang, N. Tomic, H. Bekerat, M. Morcos, M. Popovic, P.G.F. Watson, S. Aldelaijan, J. Seuntjens, Dose measurements nearby low energy electronic brachytherapy sources using radiochromic film, Physica Medica 64 (2019).
- P.G.F. Watson, H. Bekerat, P. Papaconstadopoulos, S.D. Davis, J. Seuntjens, An investigation into the INTRABEAM miniature X-ray source dosimetry using ionization chamber and radiochromic film measurements, Med. Phys. 45, No. 9 (2018).
- P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, J. Seuntjens, Determination of absorbed dose to water from a miniature kilovoltage x-ray source using a parallel-plate ionization chamber, Phys. Med. Biol. 63, No. 1 (2018).
Awards, honours, and fellowships:
Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM: Diagnostic Radiology), 2020
Certificate, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM: Mammography), 2021