Faculty profile
Michelle Hilts
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Research
Latest papers
Clinical implementation of an open-source Monte Carlo system across multiple centers for permanent implant brachytherapy dose evaluation.
Brachytherapy · 2025
A Randomized Trial Comparing Quality of Life After Low-Dose Rate or High-Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy Boost With Pelvic External Beam Radiation Therapy.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2024
Seed distribution stability in permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy · 2024
Latest funding
- $164,000
The development of advanced imaging and dosimetry for permanent breast seed implant radiation therapy
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $715,276
The impact of Monte Carlo dose calculations on prostate and breast low-dose rate brachytherapy dose-outcome relationships and radiobiological modeling.
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
23 publications.
Clinical implementation of an open-source Monte Carlo system across multiple centers for permanent implant brachytherapy dose evaluation.
Moghadam N, Akbari F, Zhang C, Ouellet S, McKeown D, Hoseini-Ghahfarokhi M, Parent S, Carrier JF, Lavallée MC, Cygler JE, Hilts M, Vigneault E, Crook J, Beaulieu L, Thomson RM
A Randomized Trial Comparing Quality of Life After Low-Dose Rate or High-Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy Boost With Pelvic External Beam Radiation Therapy.
Crook J, Moideen N, Arbour G, Castro F, Araujo C, Batchelar D, Halperin R, Hilts M, Kim D, Petrik D, Rose J, Cheng JC, Bachand F
Seed distribution stability in permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy.
Zhang C, Northway C, Crook J, Hilts M, Batchelar D
Iterative image reconstruction algorithm analysis for optical CT radiochromic gel dosimetry.
Collins S, Ogilvy A, Hare W, Hilts M, Jirasek A
A postimplant dosimetry simulation framework for robustness evaluation in permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy.
Zhang C, Andrews JL, Batchelar D, Crook J, Hilts M
Iterative image reconstruction with polar coordinate discretized system matrix for optical CT radiochromic gel dosimetry.
Collins S, Ogilvy A, Huang D, Hare W, Hilts M, Jirasek A
Feasibility study of defining planning target volume using surgical margins in permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy.
Zhang C, Hilts M, Batchelar D, Crook J
Competency-Based Medical Education in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning.
Roumeliotis M, Morrison H, Conroy L, Becker N, Logie N, Grendarova P, Thind K, McNiven A, Hilts M, Quirk S
Dosimetric investigation of 103Pd permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy based on Monte Carlo calculations.
Deering SG, Hilts M, Batchelar D, Crook J, Thomson RM
Characterization and registration of 3D ultrasound for use in permanent breast seed implant brachytherapy treatment planning.
Zhang C, Hilts M, Batchelar D, Orlando N, Gardi L, Fenster A, Crook J
The development of advanced imaging and dosimetry for permanent breast seed implant radiation therapy
Principal investigators: Hilts, Michelle
Keywords: radiation therapy; brachytherapy; 3d ultrasound imaging; radiation dosimetry; 3d dosimetry; model based dose calculations; low dose rate implants; post-implant dosimetry
The impact of Monte Carlo dose calculations on prostate and breast low-dose rate brachytherapy dose-outcome relationships and radiobiological modeling.
Principal investigators: Beaulieu, Luc; Crook, Juanita M; Thomson, Rowan M; Vigneault, Eric
Keywords: Brachytherapy; Breast Cancer; Dose-Outcome Relationship; Low Energy Isotopes; Monte Carlo Method; Prostate Cancer; Radiation Biology; Radiation Oncology; Radiation Physics
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
- Luc Beaulieu and Eric Vigneault: 17 shared papers
- Andrew Jirasek and Michelle Hilts: 5 shared papers
- Warren Hare and Andrew Jirasek: 3 shared papers
- Aaron Fenster and Luc Beaulieu: 2 shared papers
- Aaron Fenster and Michelle Hilts: 2 shared papers
- Warren Hare and Michelle Hilts: 2 shared papers
- Mira Keyes and Eric Vigneault: 1 shared paper
- Mira Keyes and Michelle Hilts: 1 shared paper
- Luc Beaulieu and Michelle Hilts: 1 shared paper
- Eric Vigneault and Michelle Hilts: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Jirasek and Emily Heath: 1 shared paper
- Emily Heath and Michelle Hilts: 1 shared paper
- Medical Physics
- Okanagan - Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
- Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
- Okanagan Campus, Mathematics
- Physics
- Physique
- 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.
Andrew Jirasek
Okanagan - Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Warren Hare
Okanagan Campus, Mathematics
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Aaron Fenster
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Emily Heath
Physics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Eric Vigneault
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Mira Keyes
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2006
Luc Beaulieu
Physique
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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