Academic Rank

Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications

MSc, Medical Radiation Physics, McGill University
PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario

Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Director, Physics Education, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto

Academic & Clinical Interests

• Image-guided radiation therapy
• Extracranial radiosurgery (liver, lung)
• Adaptive radiation therapy for lunch cancer
• Quality assurance, error elimination, process analysis

Current Research Projects

• CT and PET Imaging during a course of Radical Radi0therapy to determine the dosimetric benefits of re-planning
• A simulation environment to change attitudes and behaviours arround errors in radiation therapy

Selected Publications

See current publications list at PubMed.

Bissonnette JP, Cunningham IA, Jaffray DA, Fenster A, et Munro P: A quantum accounting and detective quantum efficiency analysis for video-based portal imaging. Med Phys 24:815-26, 1997

Bissonnette JP, Cunningham IA, and Munro P: Optimal phosphor thickness for portal imaging. Med Phys 24:803-14, 1997

Craig T, Sharpe M, Haycocks T, Bissonnette JP, Catton C, et Jaffray D: Comparison of correction protocols for image-guided radiation therapy. Ellis RE & Peters TM (Eds.): MICCAI2003, LNCS 2879, 264-70, 2003

Bissonnette JP, Munro P, Cunningham IA: Monte Carlo simulation of the image formation process in portal imaging. Med Phys 30:3243-50, 2003

Huang F, Medlam G, lee J, Billingsley S, Bissonnette JP, Ringash J, Kane G, Hodgson DC:   Error in the delivery of radiation therapy: results of a a quality assurance review.   Int j Rad Oncol Biol Phys 61;1590-95, 2005

Dawson LA, Eccles C, Bissonnette JP, Brock K: Accuracy of daily image guidance for hypofractionated liver radiotherapy with active breathing control.  Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 62: 1247-52, 2005

Purdie T.G., Bissonnette J-P., Franks K., Bezjak A., Payne D., Sie F., Sharpe M. B., Jaffray D. A.:Cone-beam computed tomography for on-line image guidance of lung stereotactic radiotherapy: localization, verification, and intrafraction tumor position. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 68, 243-252, 2007.

Bissonnette J-P.: Quality Assurance of Image-Guidance Technologies. Semin. Radiat. Oncol. 17, 278-286, 2007.

Bissonnette J-P., Purdie T.G., Higgins J.A., Li W., Bezjak A.: Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Image Guidance for Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy.  Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 73, 927-934, 2009.

Bissonnette J-P., Franks KN, Purdie TG, Moseley D., Sonke J-J, Jaffray DA, Dawson LA, Bezjak A.: Quantifying Inter-Fraction and Intra-fraction Tumor Motion in Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Respiration-Correlated Cone Beam CT. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 75, 688-695, 2009.

Bissonnette J-P., Moseley D., White E., Sharpe M., Purdie T., Jaffray D.A., Quality Assurance for the Geometric Accuracy of Cone-Beam CT Guidance in Radiation Therapy.  Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 71, S57-S61, 2008.

Bissonnette J-P., Moseley D., Jaffray D.A.: A Quality Assurance Program for Image Quality of Cone-beam CT Guidance in Radiation Therapy.  Med. Phys. 35, 1807-1815, 2008.

Bissonnette JP, Cunningham IA, Jaffray DA, Fenster A, et Munro P: A quantum accounting and detective quantum efficiency analysis for video-based portal imaging. Med Phys 24:815-26, 1997

Bissonnette JP, Cunningham IA, and Munro P: Optimal phosphor thickness for portal imaging. Med Phys 24:803-14, 1997

Craig T, Sharpe M, Haycocks T, Bissonnette JP, Catton C, et Jaffray D: Comparison of correction protocols for image-guided radiation therapy. Ellis RE & Peters TM (Eds.): MICCAI2003, LNCS 2879, 264-70, 2003

Bissonnette JP, Munro P, Cunningham IA: Monte Carlo simulation of the image formation process in portal imaging. Med Phys 30:3243-50, 2003

Huang F, Medlam G, lee J, Billingsley S, Bissonnette JP, Ringash J, Kane G, Hodgson DC:   Error in the delivery of radiation therapy: results of a a quality assurance review.   Int j Rad Oncol Biol Phys 61;1590-95, 2005

Dawson LA, Eccles C, Bissonnette JP, Brock K: Accuracy of daily image guidance for hypofractionated liver radiotherapy with active breathing control.  Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 62: 1247-52, 2005

Purdie T.G., Bissonnette J-P., Franks K., Bezjak A., Payne D., Sie F., Sharpe M. B., Jaffray D. A.:Cone-beam computed tomography for on-line image guidance of lung stereotactic radiotherapy: localization, verification, and intrafraction tumor position. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 68, 243-252, 2007.

Bissonnette J-P.: Quality Assurance of Image-Guidance Technologies. Semin. Radiat. Oncol. 17, 278-286, 2007.

Bissonnette J-P., Purdie T.G., Higgins J.A., Li W., Bezjak A.: Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Image Guidance for Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy.  Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 73, 927-934, 2009.

Bissonnette J-P., Franks KN, Purdie TG, Moseley D., Sonke J-J, Jaffray DA, Dawson LA, Bezjak A.: Quantifying Inter-Fraction and Intra-fraction Tumor Motion in Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Respiration-Correlated Cone Beam CT. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 75, 688-695, 2009.

Bissonnette J-P., Moseley D., White E., Sharpe M., Purdie T., Jaffray D.A., Quality Assurance for the Geometric Accuracy of Cone-Beam CT Guidance in Radiation Therapy.  Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 71, S57-S61, 2008.

Bissonnette J-P., Moseley D., Jaffray D.A.: A Quality Assurance Program for Image Quality of Cone-beam CT Guidance in Radiation Therapy.  Med. Phys. 35, 1807-1815, 2008.