M. Allan  Hupman

Education

• Medical Physics Residency - University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Hospital), 2023
• PhD, Medical Physics - Dalhousie University, 2021
• MSc, Medical Physics - Dalhousie University, 2017
• BSc, Honours Physics - Dalhousie University, 2015

Research Interests

• Radiation Detectors
  • Organic Electronics (Diodes and TFTs)
  • Scintillators
  • Monte Carlo Simulations to Optimize Detector Design
• Brachytherapy
• Machine Learning

Academic Interests

• Radiation Detectors
• Brachytherapy                       

Awards and Honours

• First Prize - J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators Symposium, COMP Annual Meeting 2021

Recent publications

• Ong, W.L., Hupman, M.A., Davidson, M., Ruschin, M., Detsky, J., Liu, S., Vesprini, D. and Loblaw, A., (2024). Urethra contouring on computed tomography urethrogram versus magnetic resonance imaging for stereotactic body radiotherapy in prostate cancer. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, p.100722.
• Weiss Y, Chin L, Younus E, Guo K, Dydula C, Hupman A, Lau A, Husain Z, Bayley A, Higgins K, Enepekides D. (2023) Cine MRI-based analysis of intrafractional motion in radiation treatment planning of head and neck cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109790
• Hupman, M. A., Hill, I. G., & Syme, A. (2022). Measuring small field profiles and output factors with a stemless plastic scintillator array. Medical Physics, 49(1), 624-631. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15357
• Valitova, I., Mitchell, A., Hupman, M. A., Hill, I. G., & Syme, A. (2021). Preliminary Evaluation of Pentacene Field Effect Transistors with Polymer Gate Electret as Ionizing Radiation Dosimeters. Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 11(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311368
• Valitova, I., Hupman, A., Hill, I. G., & Syme, A. (2021). Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) based diodes for ionizing radiation dosimetry applications. Organic Electronics, 88, 105981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105981
• Hupman, M. A., Monajemi, T., Valitova, I., Hill, I. G., & Syme, A. (2020). Fabrication and characterization of a stemless plastic scintillation detector. Medical Physics, mp.14475. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14475
• Hupman, M. A., Valitova, I., Hill, I. G., & Syme, A. (2020). Radiation induced photocurrent in the active volume of P3HT/PCBM BHJ photodiodes. Organic Electronics, 85, 105890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105890