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Andrew Jirasek
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Research
Latest papers
Dosimetric analysis along core-needle biopsies in prostate HDR brachytherapy.
Physics in medicine and biology · 2026
Probabilistic quality assurance of biopsy DVH thresholds in HDR prostate brachytherapy under localization uncertainty.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026
Biochemical composition of prostate core-needle biopsies before and after a single fraction of 13.5 Gy: a Raman spectroscopy-based study.
The Analyst · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $250,000
From physics to biology: Connecting cellular-level energy deposition with biological response in radiation medicine
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $183,000
Development of optical spectroscopic and 3D dosimetric systems in radiation therapy
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $146,668
Ultrafast Pulsed Laser Source for the Spectroscopic Integration (SPIN) Program
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
43 publications.
Dosimetric analysis along core-needle biopsies in prostate HDR brachytherapy.
Muscat M, Crook J, Jirasek A, Andrews J, Becker N
Probabilistic quality assurance of biopsy DVH thresholds in HDR prostate brachytherapy under localization uncertainty.
Muscat M, Crook J, Jirasek A, Andrews J, Becker N
Biochemical composition of prostate core-needle biopsies before and after a single fraction of 13.5 Gy: a Raman spectroscopy-based study.
Milligan K, Wiebe M, Fuentes A, Popescu S, Ali-Adeeb R, Andrews J, Lum J, Brolo A, Haston C, Naghibi Torbati B, Crook J, Jirasek A
A probabilistic tissue classification metric for MR-US guided prostate core-needle biopsies with explicit modeling of localization uncertainty.
Muscat M, Crook J, Jirasek A, Andrews J, Becker N
Convolutional Autoencoder for Automated Pre-Processing of Tumor Cell and Tissue Raman Spectra.
Fuentes AM, Milligan K, Wiebe M, Lum JJ, Brolo AG, Andrews JL, Jirasek A
A novel system for micron-scale analysis of energy deposition and response to low-dose radiation.
Pasricha P, McNairn C, Mansour IR, Milligan K, Muir BR, Andrews JL, Cassol E, Chauhan V, Subedi S, Jirasek A, Murugkar S, Thomson RM
Modelling of immune infiltration in prostate cancer treated with HDR-brachytherapy using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning.
Popescu SN, Milligan K, Wiebe M, Fuentes A, Brewer JM, Haston CK, Lum JJ, Punch S, Raudales A, Brolo AG, Crook JM, Andrews JL, Jirasek A
Exploring the potential of Raman micro-spectroscopy of radiochromic films for experimental microdosimetry.
McNairn C, Pasricha P, Milligan K, Mansour IR, Cassol E, Chauhan V, Andrews JL, Subedi S, Jirasek A, Muir BR, Thomson RM, Murugkar S
Evaluation of dosimetric and spatial accuracy of a virtual cone technique for radiosurgery using linac-integrated CBCT-based polymer gel dosimetry.
Kunkyab T, Lamey M, Jirasek A, Kudla M, Becker N, Mou B, Hyde D
Semi-automated vertex placement for lattice radiotherapy and dosimetric verification using 3D polymer gel dosimetry.
Kunkyab T, Magliari A, Jirasek A, Mou B, Hyde D
From physics to biology: Connecting cellular-level energy deposition with biological response in radiation medicine
Principal investigators: Thomson, Rowan
Keywords: radiation medicine microdosimetry radiobiology Raman chemometrics Raman spectroscopy data analytics medical physics radiation oncology radiation response Monte Carlo simulation
Development of optical spectroscopic and 3D dosimetric systems in radiation therapy
Principal investigators: Jirasek, Andrew
Keywords: medical physics; radiation therapy; raman spectroscopy; 3d radiation dose verification; radiobiology; radiotherapy treatment verification; cellular response to ionizing radiation; biospectroscopy; radiation oncology; polymer gel dosimetry
Ultrafast Pulsed Laser Source for the Spectroscopic Integration (SPIN) Program
Principal investigators: Holzman, Jonathan
Programmable Voltage Source for the Spectroscopic Integration (SPIN) Program
Principal investigators: Holzman, Jonathan
Collaborations in medical radiation beams for cancer therapy
Principal investigators: Jirasek, Andrew
Optical fibre detectors for radiation beam characterization and dosimetry
Principal investigators: Jirasek, Andrew
Optical and dosimetric technologies for radiation therapy
Principal investigators: Jirasek, Andrew
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Alexandre Brolo and Andrew Jirasek: 6 shared papers
- Andrew Jirasek and Michelle Hilts: 5 shared papers
- Edana Cassol and Sangeeta Murugkar: 4 shared papers
- Andrew Jirasek and Jeffrey Andrews: 4 shared papers
- Warren Hare and Andrew Jirasek: 3 shared papers
- Edana Cassol and Andrew Jirasek: 2 shared papers
- Apurva Narayan and Andrew Jirasek: 2 shared papers
- Sangeeta Murugkar and Andrew Jirasek: 2 shared papers
- Warren Hare and Michelle Hilts: 2 shared papers
- Julian Lum and Alexandre Brolo: 1 shared paper
- Julian Lum and Andrew Jirasek: 1 shared paper
- Julian Lum and Jeffrey Andrews: 1 shared paper
- Andre Ivanov and Andrew Jirasek: 1 shared paper
- Alexandre Brolo and Jeffrey Andrews: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Jirasek and Emily Heath: 1 shared paper
- Emily Heath and Michelle Hilts: 1 shared paper
- Okanagan - Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Medical Physics
- Okanagan Campus, Mathematics
- Department of Computer Science
- Health Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Alexandre Brolo
Chemistry
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Michelle Hilts
Medical Physics
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Jeffrey Andrews
Okanagan - Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Warren Hare
Okanagan Campus, Mathematics
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Edana Cassol
Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Apurva Narayan
Department of Computer Science
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Sangeeta Murugkar
Physics
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Emily Heath
Physics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Andre Ivanov
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Julian Lum
Biochem
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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