Academic Rank

Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications

BSc, University of Bucharest, Romania
MSc, University of Alberta
PhD, University of Alberta
Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, Radiation Oncology

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Radiation Physicist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network

Academic & Clinical Interests

• MR-based radiation treatment planning
• MRI-guided radiation therapy (MRIgRT)
• MR image distortion correction
• Dosimetry in external magnetic field (MR-linac systems)
• Magnetic shielding
• Finite Elements Methods

Selected Publications

See current publications list at PubMed.

Wachowicz K, Stanescu T, Fallone BG: Implications of tissue magnetic susceptibility-related distortion on the rotating magnet in an MR-linac design. Med Phys. 37(4): 1714-21, 2010.

Stanescu T, Jans H, Wachowicz K, Fallone BG: Investigation of a 3D system distortion correction method for MR images. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 11(1): 200-216, 2010.

Stanescu T, Kirkby C, Wachowicz K, Fallone BG: Developments in MRI-based radiation treatment planning. IFMBE 25: 821-824, 2009.

Fallone BG, Murray B, Rathee S, Stanescu T, Steciw S et al.: First MR images obtained during megavoltage photon irradiation from a prototype integrated linac-MR system. Med Phys. 36(6): 2084-88, 2009.

Kirkby C, Stanescu T, Fallone BG: Magnetic field effects on the energy deposition spectra of MV photon radiation. Phys Med Biol. 54(2): 243-257, 2009.

Stanescu T, Jans HS, Pervez N, Fallone BG: A study on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiation treatment planning of intracranial lesions. Phys Med Biol. 53(13): 3579-93, 2008.

Kirkby C, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Carlone M, Murray B, Fallone BG: Patient dosimetry for hybrid MRI-radiotherapy systems. Med Phys. 35(3): 1019-1027, 2008.

Schroeder C, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Fallone BG: Lag Measurement in an Active Matrix Flat Panel Imager. Med Phys. 31(5): 1-7, 2004.

Steciw S, Stanescu T, Rathee S, Fallone BG: Sensitivity reduction in biased amorphous selenium photoconductors. J Phys D: Appl Phys. 35: 2716-22, 2002.