Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy

Research Students

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PhD students

   

Raja Aamir
X-ray imaging : Biomedical nanoparticles in MARS-CT.
(PhD thesis)

Alicia Cavan
Dosimetry for microbeam radiotherapy.
(PhD thesis)

Robert Doesburg
Inversion from MARS-CT data of spectrally distinct multi-angular two dimensional X-ray projections to estimate the spatial distribution and density of identified materials within a bounded physical body.
(PhD thesis)

Tracy Melzer
Parkinson's disease - Cognitive impairment, eye movements and brain imaging.
(PhD thesis, Van der Veer Institute)

Syen Jien Nik
Evaluating the benefits of spectroscopic imaging in discriminating biological materials.
(PhD thesis)
Paul Ronaldson
(PhD thesis, Department of Radiology, University of Otago Christchurch)

Anas Abdulhamid Sedayo
Understanding how to control fluorescence from x-ray scattering in clinical treatment of patients with radiotherapy.
(PhD thesis)

Mike Walsh
(PhD thesis, Department of Radiology, University of Otago Christchurch)

Rafidah Zainon
Spectroscopic Biomedical Imaging with the MEDIPIX Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner Medipix All Resolution System (MARS).
(PhD thesis - submitted)

   

 

MSc students

Ivy Au
Daniel Kiim

Nate Tang

Neil Campbell
Effects of modulation constraints on Volumetric Arc Therapy plan quality and efficiency.
(MSc [clinical], registrar at Auckland City Hospital, 2011 -2013)

Ihab Ramadaan
Design and Validation of an Adaptive Radiotherapy Approach in External Beam Radiotherapy Treatments of Head and Neck Cancer.
(MSc [clinical], registrar at Wellington Hospital, 2011 -2013)

Jethro Donaldson
Optically Stimulated Luminescence of Mn2+ and Eu2+ in NaMgF3 and RbMgF3: Characterization in Medical Radiations.
(MSc [clinical], registrar at Wellington Hospital, 2011 -2013)

Teyu Chyou
Patient setup guidance and position monitoring in radiotherapy using 3D vision,
in collaboration with HitLab NZ.
(MSc thesis 2011-2012)

Naomi Flatman
An analysis into the role of positron emission tomography in the treatment of cervical cancer through use of Bayesian networks,
in collaboration with the University of Washington.
(MSc thesis 2011 – 2012)

Maggie Anderson
TBD.
(MSc [clinical] registrar at Palmerston North Hospital, 2011 -2013)

Qing Yang
Development of low-cost quality control tests for SPECT gamma cameras,
in collaboration with Christchurch Hospital.
(MSc thesis 2011 – 2012)

Kaidi Liang
A fibre optics approach to radiation dosimetry,
in collaboration with the Biophotonics Lab at the University of Auckland
(MSc 2011 – 2012)

Katherine Fricker
Collateral exposure: the additional dose from radiotherapy treatment.
(MSc thesis [clinical], registrar at Auckland City Hospital,2010 – 2012)

Jonathan Downs
Monte Carlo Simulation of the skin-dose modification due to immobilisation devices used during IMRT head and neck treatments.
(MSc thesis [clinical], registrar at Auckland City Hospital, 2009 – suspended)
Alexander Chernoglazov
Improving visualization of large multi-variate datasets: new compression and rendering techniques using a hardware-accelerated approach.
(MSc thesis, HITLabNZ)
   

 

PGDipSc

   

 

Summer and project students

Abdullah Alotaibi
Introductory radiotherapy treatment planning with Prism (PHYS391 project, 2010)
Advanced radiotherapy treatment planning with Prism (PHYS493 project, 2010)

Adrien Carlu
The use of holographic interferometry to determine the ratio of refractive indices for a striated medium.