Dal Granville
Assistant Professor
Email: dal.granville@nshealth.ca
Phone: 902.223.2913
Fax: 902.473.6120
Mailing Address:
Department of Medical Physics
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Rm 3003, Dickson Building
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, B3H 1V7
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Rm 3003, Dickson Building
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, B3H 1V7
Education
- BSc, Honours Physics (Acadia University, 2009)
- MSc, Radiation Oncology Physics (University of Calgary, 2011)
- PhD, Medical Physics (Carleton University, 2015)
- Medical Physics Residency (The Ottawa Hospital, 2017)
Research Interests
- AI and automation applications in radiotherapy
- Real-time transit dosimetry for adaptive radiotherapy
Awards and Honours
- Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Capital Equipment Research Grant (2023)
- Ottawa Hospital Foundation Murphy Grant (2020)
- Best Oral Presentation (1st Place, Senior Author) – COMP Annual Scientific Meeting (2019)
- Best Oral Presentation (2nd Place, Presenting Author) – COMP Annual Scientific Meeting (2017)
Recent publications
- Ali-Reza Haidari, Elsayed Ali, and Dal Granville. “Towards Real-Time Conformal Palliative Treatment of Spine Metastases: A Deep Learning Approach for Hounsfield Unit Recovery of CBCT Images,” Medical Physics, Accepted 2025.
- Cody Church, Michelle Yap, Mohamed Bessrour, Michael Lamey, and Dal Granville. “Automated plan generation for prostate radiotherapy patients using deep learning and scripted optimization,” Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, volume 32, page 100641, 2024.
- Jason Belec, Justin Sutherland, Matthew Volpini, Kawan Rakhra, Dal Granville, Dan La Russa, Teresa Flaxman, Eduardo Portela De Oliveira, Rafael Glikstein, Marlise Dos Santos, Joel Werier, Miller MacPherson, Richard Aviv, and Vimoj Nair, “A Pilot Clinical and Technical Validation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Platform for 3D Anatomical Modeling and Contouring in Support of Surgical and Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning,” Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, volume 37, pages 1-16, 2024.