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Thomas Farrell

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Professor EmeritusMedical ImagingMcMaster University

Thomas Farrell

Professor Emeritus

Medical Imaging

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2023

Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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141

Publications

2,145

Citations

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Contact

tfarrell@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesMedicine

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

141 publications.

Time‐Resolved Fluorescence and Diffuse Reflectance (TRF‐DR) Spectroscopy for Heterogeneous Breast Tissue Classification and Tumor Margin Assessment

Lad J, Dao E, Gohla G, Lovrics P, Fang Q, Farrell TJ, Farquharson MJ

Journal of Biophotonics2026

DOI: 10.1002/jbio.70230

Does size matter? Weight bias, stigma, and medical radiation technology practice in Canada

Smith S, Smoke M, Farrell T, Reis V, Brydon M

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2025.101886

Time‐resolved fluorescence and diffuse reflectance for lung squamous carcinoma margin detection

Costa S, Fang Q, Farrell T, Dao E, Farquharson M

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23761 PMID: W4391842982

Patient perceptions of advanced practice radiation therapists prescribing medication in radiation therapy

Uppal JK, Farrell T, Smoke M, Doerwald-Munoz L

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences20242 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2024.101443

Canagliflozin mediates tumor suppression alone and in combination with radiotherapy in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through inhibition of HIF‐1α

Biziotis O, Tsakiridis EE, Ali A, Ahmadi E, Wu J, Wang S, Mekhaeil B, Singh K, Menjolian G, Farrell T

Molecular Oncology202340 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.13508

The SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin suppresses growth and enhances prostate cancer response to radiotherapy

Ali A, Mekhaeil B, Biziotis OD, Tsakiridis EE, Ahmadi E, Wu J, Wang S, Singh K, Menjolian G, Farrell T

Communications Biology202339 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05289-w PMID: W4386545412

Breast tissue analysis using a clinically compatible combined time‐resolved fluorescence and diffuse reflectance (TRF‐DR) system

Dao E, Gohla G, Williams P, Lovrics P, Badr F, Fang Q, Farrell T, Farquharson M

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine20238 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23710 PMID: W4385442189

Multivariate analysis of breast tissue using optical parameters extracted from a combined time-resolved fluorescence and diffuse reflectance system for tumor margin detection

Dao E, Gohla G, Williams P, Lovrics P, Badr F, Fang Q, Farrell TJ, Farquharson MJ

Journal of Biomedical Optics20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.28.8.085001 PMID: W4386100001

Skin erythema and pigmentation: a review of optical assessment techniques

Abdlaty R, Hayward J, Farrell T, Fang Q

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy202160 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102127

Hyperspectral imaging assessment for radiotherapy induced skin-erythema: Pilot study

Abdlaty R, Doerwald-Munoz L, Farrell TJ, Hayward JE, Fang Q

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy202119 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2021.102195

Courses taught

Research Methods in Medical Radiation Sciences
MEDRADSC 3X03 · last taught 2023
Undergraduate